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[spectre7]

Nvidia jumped the gun on Windows Vista and DirectX10 when it launched the high-priced and equally high-performance GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS graphics processing units last year. While the ATI/AMD complex has yet to release a single DirectX 10 product, Nvidia pushes into budget territory with a trio of cards in the sub-$200 range. The GeForce 8600 GTS leads the pack, while the GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8500 GT follow behind. Expect to find all of the cards available in stores and online on April 17.


PNY GeForce 8600 GTS
The GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB comes with 32 stream processors, one-third of the 96 processor GeForce 8800 GTS, and one-quarter of the flagship 128 processor 8800 GTX. Stock GeForce 8600 GTS cards have a 675MHz core clock paired with a 1.45GHz shader clock, and 256MB of GDDR3 memory at an effective speed of 2.0GHz. The value-oriented GeForce 8600 GT has the same engine as the GeForce 8600 GTS; however, Nvidia reduced the core and shader speeds to 540MHz and 1.19GHz, respectively. The company also throttled the memory back to an effective speed of 1.4GHz.
In comparison to the 8600s, Nvidia trimmed the budget-oriented GeForce 8500 GT down to 16 stream processors and reduced the clock speeds even further. The 8500 GT gets to muck about with a 450MHz core and 900MHz shader clock paired with downright anemic 800MHz memory.

 

[Atif]

The GeForce 8600 GTS and the GeForce 8600 GT wowed and disappointed at the same time. Performance in shader intensive games like Oblivion was impressive; however neither of the cards offers performance gains over what you can already purchase in the sub-$200 category. More often than not, the 8600s lag behind the GeForce 7900 GS, the Radeon X1950 Pro, and especially the Radeon X1900 XT. The allure of DirectX 10 support might count for something, but we're not prepared to give Nvidia credit until we see how these cards actually perform with DirectX 10 games. For the moment, we'd pass on the GeForce 8600 GTS and the GeForce 8600 GT in favor of similarly priced higher-performance DirectX 9 cards. If you’re willing to spend a little more, the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB provides vastly superior performance.

Oblivion, 2048x1536, High Quality, 4xAA/16xAF


GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
56

PNY GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB
33

Radeon X1900 XT 256MB
32

GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
28

GeForce 7900 GS 256MB
27

Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB
26

Radeon X1650 XT 256MB
19

GeForce 7600 GT 256MB
16


Company of Heroes, 2048x1536, High Quality

GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
59

Radeon X1900 XT 256MB
44

Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB
33

GeForce 7900 GS 256MB
25

PNY GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB
23

GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
20

Radeon X1650 XT 256MB
16

GeForce 7600 GT 256MB
15

 

[Fahad007]

these cards realy sucks in games but only advantage is DX10

 

[Desolator]

Well i am also quite dissapointed with the performance but the way i see it the price range of 7900GS is high as compared to 8600. So therefore 8600 wins.

 

[Atif]

By price 8600 is winner and guys one more thing,check the resolutions on which these cards are checked....casual gamers like me usually play games on 1024x768 pixels and i m sure it will perform better on these pixels.

 

[Fahad007]

these Rusults are from a EXtreem Machin
C2Q, 2GB Ram, and Blah blah......

 

[Atif]

Now that is a point that on Extreame machines these GPU's(DX10) give poor performance then how the hell mainstream machines perform?

 

[A.Rafay]

Their performance will increase as new drivers arrive..... but don't expect miracles...... I will give 8600 5/5 coz it gives beast ratio of price/performance...... Infact I am planning to buy it in June/July

 

[Fahad007]

i see it for 14400 on Galaxy

 

[Desolator]

Thats a nice price for a start. i will buy it around 12,000.

 

[Fahad007]

i hope price will go down within one or two months

 

[A.Rafay]

made a comparison Chart



8800 GTX 8800 GTS 640MB8800 GTS 320MB 8600 GTS 8600 GT 8500 GT
GPU G80 G80 G80 G84 G84 G86
Transistors 681 M 681 M 681 M 289 M 289 M 210 M GPU
Process size 90 nm 90 nm 90 nm 80 nm 80 nm 80 nm
Shader Model 4.04.04.04.04.04.0
Pixel Shaders128 96 96 32 32 16
Vertex PipesROP (#) 24 20 20 8 8 4
Memory Interface 384 bit 320 bit 320 bit 128 bit 128 bit 128 bit
Memory Size768 MB 640 MB 320 MB 256/512 MB 256 MB 256 MB
Memory Type GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 DDR2
Core Clock575 MHz 500 MHz 500 MHz 675 MHz 540 MHz 450 MHz
Memory Clock900 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 1000 MHz 700 MHz 400 MHz
Shader Clock 1350 MHz 1200 MHz 1200 MHz 1450 MHz 1180 MHz 900 MHz Interface PCI-E PCI-E PCI-E PCI-E PCI-E PCI-E
Inital Price$599$449$399$199-229 $149-159 $89-12


BTW made that on a table but not supported here (I think)

 

[Fahad007]

i have to read it like ABCDEFGHIGKLMNIO..... Post it correctaly

 

[A.Rafay]

Now the new NVIDIA line-up (performance wise) will look like this:

• GeForce 8800 GTX
• GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB
• GeForce 8880 GTS 320MB
• GeForce 8600 GTS
• GeForce 8600 GT
• GeForce 8500 GT
• GeForce 7600 GS
• GeForce 7300 GT
• GeForce 7300 LE
• GeForce 7100

 

[spectre7]

much better

 

[Desolator]

640mb Omg

 

[Fahad007]

I will go for ATI If they have better Benchmark if not I will Go for G80

 

[Atif]

ATI.........still a far cry...no DX10 card on horizon.

 

[Fahad007]

they are going to realease this Month I heard the News not confirmed

 

[A.Rafay]

they have already been released and they are available in Karachi..... check www.galaxy.pk

I am going for 8600 GTS... but not now