NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

GeForce 8600 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 April 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $159. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G84.

Core clock speed - 540 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8.6 billion / sec. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 76.16 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 47 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 700 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 22.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
123
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
43
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
449 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
449.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1397 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1397.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 449 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 449.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1397 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1397.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G84
Launch date 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Place in performance rating 1624
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm
Pipelines 32
Texture fill rate 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 47 Watt
Transistor count 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI