NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 45 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	45 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	45	44
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	121
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1397

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Tesla
Code name	C73	G84
Launch date	4 October 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1618	1620
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	112 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		76.16 gflops
Pipelines		32
Texture fill rate		8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI