8600GT Performance Revealed...

Maybe they should call it the FX8600... lol

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Originally Posted by perkam

The GTS in Australia costs $320 AUS, which is $260 USD, and the GT costs $260 AUS, which is $210 USD.

http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=8600GT

Considering that the 8800 gtx 320mb costs $420 AUS, which is $350 USD, prices are on average 17% higher, meaning prices here would be around $225 for the gts, and $175 for the gt. Though I have a feeling the GT would be closer to $150...with 512 mb editions of the gts getting closer to the $250 mark....and newegg noobs going ALL over it X(

Perkam

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8800GTS goes for like 260USD...

so it's really a lot worse than that...

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Originally Posted by [LCN]Knowledge

Hey, talking about the Prey benchmark results, remember that Prey uses OpenGL.

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And currently unified shader gpus seem to not like opengl much, going by the xbox360(quake 4, prey only being able to run at 30fps on the 360), the 8800GTX/GTS, and now apparently the 8600GTS.

The 8600GTS is at least an upgrade to those that use 7800, 7600, 7300, 6xxx based cards. Even on a basic A64 3500+, 1GB PC3200 & a single 7800GT (500/1150) gets about 4k on 3DMark06 (old rig).

It's my old mans birthday in May so I hope there's 512MB versions of the 8600GTS around then as he'll appreciate the upgrade (he's using a 6600LE).

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Originally Posted by DilTech

DX10 is less demanding....

DX10 is about performance increases, not special effects.

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If only more people realized this.

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Originally Posted by Cybercat

If only more people realized this.

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the major change from DX10 to DX9 is that the GPU wont be relaying much on the CPU ,,,,,,,, will be more efficient ??? yes >>>>validating recourse will be executed once instead millions of times on the other hand more registers will be used and more textures + larger texture size ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that performance increase will come when developers can fully manipulate DX10 and by that time they will be using more effects


any way Crysis is coming ,, we will wait and see :D

But since there are no games that use DX10 how does one know?...i'd assume DX10 games will be more advanced then anything previous and as such put more strain on the GPU then ever before.

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Originally Posted by kemo6600

the major change from DX10 to DX9 is that the GPU wont be relaying much on the CPU ,,,,,,,, will be more efficient ??? yes >>>>validating recourse will be executed once instead millions of times on the other hand more registers will be used and more textures + larger texture size ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that performance increase will come when developers can fully manipulate DX10 and by that time they will be using more effects


any way Crysis is coming ,, we will wait and see :D

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Well you're probably right, it's like Shader Model 2.0, or even 3.0, they enabled a lot of effects to be done faster, but by the time they were really used to large degree in games, all the effects in general made them perform worse.

DX10 has the potential to perform even worse because, like you said, a lot of things that used to be done on the CPU can be done on the GPU.

But speaking of Crysis, I think that since it's a transitional game from DX9 to DX10, it will provide a performance benefit in DX10 mode, because there won't be a huge amount of new effects added from the different modes.

personally, im more excited about the ATi midrange R6xx offerings.


There is just nothing exciting about the nv cards so far, we will see though.

edit: nvmd. =P


whatever, maybe Nvda will learn it's lesson when another company gives it heat for the same prices... and let capitalism take into effect.


We need more GPU companies out there.

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Originally Posted by Cybercat

Well you're probably right, it's like Shader Model 2.0, or even 3.0, they enabled a lot of effects to be done faster, but by the time they were really used to large degree in games, all the effects in general made them perform worse.

DX10 has the potential to perform even worse because, like you said, a lot of things that used to be done on the CPU can be done on the GPU.

But speaking of Crysis, I think that since it's a transitional game from DX9 to DX10, it will provide a performance benefit in DX10 mode, because there won't be a huge amount of new effects added from the different modes.

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That link in your sig .. is borked.

HardwareZone has posted a Performance preview...its in the stickied 8600 review thread.

It is on even ground with the x1950 pro...but loses to the X1950XT, which stays equal to the 8800gts in a lot of the games, miserably.

Not bad...but I was expecting x1950pro performance from the 8600GT not the 8600GTS.

I have yet to see how the 8600GT overclocks tho, not to mention official drivers aren't out yet...

Perkam

They have released them and I'd wait and see what AMD has to offer.

I'll buy an 8600GTS if it falls to around $110 USD... that's about what it's worth

I think they want to charge extra for the DX10 cards because they're the only game in the DX10 town. meanwhile Nvidia continues to make money where ATI I'm sure is in the red ;)

Wow, I am shocked by this. I thought the market was moving fast, and I was scared my poor 7900gs were going to suck... Really, how many games are going to be DX10 and how many people are going to get them, and how many people are going to replace their wonderful "cheap" cards with this even s***tier card????

people should just skip the 86xx Gxx and go with a 8800GTS 320MB.

yes, no sense in gettin the 8600gts its only a $50 difference, you would be crazy not to get the 8800gts 320mb.