NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

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
38582
159
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
28
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 1545
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