NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT videocard review

GeForce 8600M GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 31 December 2007. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G84.

Core clock speed - 475 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 60.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 20 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3, GDDR2. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 22.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

113

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

1267 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

1267.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1267 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1267.000 Fps

Games performance

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	43.80
Medium, 1024x768	18.60
High, 1024x768	9.80

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	28.00
High, 1024x768	12.50

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	138.40
Medium, 640x480	125.95
High, 800x600	114.35
Ultra, 1024x768	78.15

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

365.20

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G84
Launch date	31 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1646
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	289 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0