8600GT Performance Revealed...

[p0tter]

We have seen some good midranged cards from nvidia last year.

6600gt

6800gs

7600gt

7900gs !

[RAMMAN]

apparently someone already has the 8600gts

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...=715719#bottom

[[XC] hipno650]

this is a joke right? all you people who come on hear saying it is way worse than the 7600gt and nvidia should burn and all that stuff are blind. there is OBVIOUS issues with drivers. you can't score that much higher in carbon and 3dmark06 and score that low in others without there being issues. also has anyone thought that this might be a load of BS.

be really guys get some brains there are some issues that need to be worked out with the drivers and compatibility but this is clearly a faster card than the 7600gt.

[perkam]

apparently someone already has the 8600gts

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...=715719#bottom

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

[RAMMAN]

this should be interesting

http://www.au-ja.de/review-club3d8600gts-4.phtml

obvious driver issues in fear and doom3, my two favourite games .

[perkam]

this should be interesting

http://www.au-ja.de/review-club3d8600gts-4.phtml

obvious driver issues in fear and doom3, my two favourite games .

Good Synthetic performance....not to mention riddick performance is also good...I might lose my bet after all.

*sigh* if only i could lose my bet on the 8600GT :S .. it'd actually be beneficial to me.

Perkam

[dinos22]

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

yeah roughly right there

looks like 8800GTS 320MB is the card to get

they will drop further down i'm sure....i reckon end of april we'll be buying them ~AUD$370-380 here


i'll see how my 86xx goes in testing when then send me the card/s i really hope it will be a tad better than some of these benchmarks are showing atm but i'm going all out with phase and mods heheheh

[kemo]

Good Synthetic performance....not to mention riddick performance is also good...I might lose my bet after all.

*sigh* if only i could lose my bet on the 8600GT :S .. it'd actually be beneficial to me.

Perkam

every body wants you to lose the best but apparently you wont

[verndewd]

Those are disappointing results.

Only if the picture quality is worse. Seems to me a 256 bus would have made that card awesome. With 48 shader procs ? what a way to choke a card .

[RAMMAN]

stalker performance aint bad...

http://www.au-ja.de/review-club3d8600gts-10.phtml

[RAMMAN]

Yeah, Perkam is jumping to conclusions as usual...

http://forum.donanimhaber.com/m_13340017/tm.htm

Maybe the rig used for these results didn't have a Silverstone PSU

that review was done with a 512mb 8600gts.perhaps the 256mb version is crippled in doom3/fear?

[Tonucci]

this is a joke right? all you people who come on hear saying it is way worse than the 7600gt and nvidia should burn and all that stuff are blind. there is OBVIOUS issues with drivers. you can't score that much higher in carbon and 3dmark06 and score that low in others without there being issues. also has anyone thought that this might be a load of BS.

be really guys get some brains there are some issues that need to be worked out with the drivers and compatibility but this is clearly a faster card than the 7600gt.

I also think (and hope) that these weird scores are indications of driver issues...

[Kenetixx]

Really we wont know till DX10 is mainstream after all thats what these cards are made for, wait till 3dwankmark releases a DX10 variant then we can really see how well these cards go, and of course with some real DX10 games aswell, After all isnt technology suposed to move forward? Why would they bother with DX9 performance DX10 is on the way like it or not.

[Tonucci]

Really we wont know till DX10 is mainstream after all thats what these cards are made for, wait till 3dwankmark releases a DX10 variant then we can really see how well these cards go, and of course with some real DX10 games aswell, After all isnt technology suposed to move forward? Why would they bother with DX9 performance DX10 is on the way like it or not.

Yeah, but performance should be at least enough for dx-9 titles @ 1024x768 or 1280x1024...and thats why we are afraid.

[J-Mag]

that review was done with a 512mb 8600gts.perhaps the 256mb version is crippled in doom3/fear?

Good catch... I don't have FEAR anymore but many newer games I have tested use over 256mb of memory when running up at 1600x1200 with some sort of AA enabled.

[Caparroz]

Why would they bother with DX9 performance DX10 is on the way like it or not.

Well, right now there's about ZERO DX10 games on the market. If this card sucks on DX9 it won't sell. Even if there was DX10 games around, people would want to be able to play DX9 games at decent speed/IQ.

[zakelwe]

To get he 8600 to be a killer card whats needed is

a) polished drivers
b) picking a card with as fast a memory as you can get
c) good cooling to allow a good overclock.

all those will come in time, whether it is enough fto beat off the R6xx midrange is another story though.

Could nvidia be about to lose the midrange edge? They still might be able to chuck it out for cheap on that old 76 PCB though so a,b,c above might not apply if it gets really low in price where nobody cares....

Regards

Andy

[Cybercat]

Well, right now there's about ZERO DX10 games on the market. If this card sucks on DX9 it won't sell. Even if there was DX10 games around, people would want to be able to play DX9 games at decent speed/IQ.

Definitely. To say DX9 performance doesn't matter is about as silly an argument as you can get. DX9 is still current. What dictates that? The games available. So they are definitely important.

[kemo]

Definitely. To say DX9 performance doesn't matter is about as silly an argument as you can get. DX9 is still current. What dictates that? The games available. So they are definitely important.

not to mention that DX10 is definitely more demanding

[xVeinx]

apparently someone already has the 8600gts

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...=715719#bottom

This guy's work has been indicating that:
1. the stock sink is crap and needs to be replaced for ANY overclocking (and I wonder if it is even sufficient for stock).
2. the card is performing pretty poorly overall, even with overclocking
3. takes a hit with both SM2 and SM3

Rats, and this was the card I was hoping to buy too...

[DilTech]

not to mention that DX10 is definitely more demanding

DX10 is less demanding....

DX10 is about performance increases, not special effects.

[perkam]

This guy's work has been indicating that:
1. the stock sink is crap and needs to be replaced for ANY overclocking (and I wonder if it is even sufficient for stock).

I respect the guy a lot for being the first on the net with a GTS and taking requests for tests and benchies from the oc crowd...but...

he has the overclocking skills of a goat.

Wait for April 17th as some of our XIPs will be able to overclock it the right way.

Also, looks like the inq story about there being two revs of 8600 being true: http://www.gamedude.com.au/

With rev 1 not being able to clock down from its max 3d clock in 2d.

Perkam

[xVeinx]

I respect the guy a lot for being the first on the net with a GTS and taking requests for tests and benchies from the oc crowd...but...

he has the overclocking skills of a goat.

Wait for April 17th as some of our XIPs will be able to overclock it the right way.

Also, looks like the inq story about there being two revs of 8600 being true: http://www.gamedude.com.au/

With rev 1 not being able to clock down from its max 3d clock in 2d.

Perkam

LOL, I'll grant you that. I have however noticed that the stock cooler appears the same as that used on the 7900 GS, and I assumed that this would be insufficient based on the results of 8800 heat output. The latest silicon from nvidia runs hot, no way around it.

[NickS]

I love ATi

[[LCN]Knowledge]

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