8600GTS Real Benches from an Aussie

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Well, this is XS, so I'm at least expecting stock cooling to be out of the question. Still even if you take volt mods out of account, ~6100 is within the capabilities of the 8600GTS. It really is a small difference, and like Perkam says, it's the games that matter anyway.

the scores on the topic was with zalman vf900 ,with stok cooling and default clocks the card reach 70c


with zalman vf900 max clocks = 715/1145

And the problem i see its not the OC , its the score , form default clocks to OC 715/1145 only ~200 points

Stock

3DMark Score 5542 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 2284 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 2036 Marks

CPU Score 2605 Marks

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Overclocked (705 core // 1145mhz Ram)

3DMark Score 5654 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 2342 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 2079 Marks

CPU Score 2603 Marks

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Delta Stock -> OC

3DMark Score +112 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score +58 Marks

SM 3.0 Score +43Marks

CPU Score -2 Marks

Perhaps the memory is holding your card back... I'm surprised that overclocking yielded so little performance.

MAX OC w/ Zalman VF900 >> 715Mhz core // 1145Mhz memory (5847 Marks)

720 gave me a little green dot on the fuzzy cube when "scanning for artifacts".

I just tried the memory. Got up to 1155 (with find max mem), then cube turned into a big yellow square, with something about direct x not matching?



(Stock settings with stock cooler got to 70c)

Btw: In Games seems Better than in Benchmakrs (3Dmark)

In terms of overclocking, both are overclocking masters when overclocked the "professional" way... But close to 60% headroom can be garnered on the 7900GTbut "only" about 35%on the 8600GTS. For how well this card overclocks, http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883

7900GT performence ( a litle better) with DX10 , Not BAD for 200$



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