NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocard review

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

38287

131

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

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	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	42
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	1621
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