Nvidia asks partners to cut manufacturing costs of GeForce 8800 GT cards

Nvidia asks partners to cut manufacturing costs of GeForce 8800 GT cards
Nvidia's G92 GeForce 8800 GT has been quite a successful card despite its share of availability problems but the good times haven't really remained unchanged since the arrival of the Radeon HD 3800 series. To better counter AMD's RV670-powered Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia has told its partners that they can just cut the GeForce 8800 GT's production costs by using PCBs with six layers instead of the current one that have ten layers.

By using the new PCBs the cards will be able to be sold a little cheaper thus offering the 3870 a more decisive run for its money. Apparently not every manufacturer was happy with Nvidia's suggestion but either way they put it the move will make the 8800 GT cheaper and most likely even more popular so everyone (involved) should be on the winning side. I'll have a $229 8800 GT please.