NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS videocard review

GeForce 8600 GTS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 April 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G84.

Core clock speed - 675 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 92.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 60 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

159

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

10 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

10.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1728 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1728.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	159
PassMark - G2D Mark	28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	10 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	10.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1728 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1728.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G84
Launch date	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1544
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 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	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI