NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition videocard review

GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition 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 - 600 MHz. Texture fill rate - 9.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 92.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 47 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 24 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G84
Launch date	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	289 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3