NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

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
38588
90
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
29
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 90
PassMark - G2D Mark 29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1267 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1267.000 Fps

Games performance

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76843.80
Medium, 1024x76818.60
High, 1024x7689.80

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x76828.00
High, 1024x76812.50

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480138.40
Medium, 640x480125.95
High, 800x600114.35
Ultra, 1024x76878.15

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768365.20

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