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Today on the test bench we have an 8600 Gts from Nvidia. It's the latest, it's the greatest, it's the 8600 Gts! It has all the latest tech including SLI and CUDA and supports GeForce Experience. It has a whopping 32 shader processing cores with an actual shader performance of 54 to power all the demanding titles at extreme resolutions including 800x600. It has an insane single slot cooler that includes a fan and some little heatsink that doesn't actually do anything! (seriously you put the fan on 100% and it screeches like a dying bird and runs exactly the same temperature as 30% fan under any load.)

 

GPU: post-192956-0-20020000-1441755180.jpg

Core: 675mhz

Memory: 1008mhz

Shader: 1450mhz

256mb Vram

 

Test system:

i5 4460

MSI B85M E45

16GB ADATA 1600mhz

Nvidia 8600 Gts 256mb (OEM cooler)

Thermaltake TR2 600w Bronze

NZXT S340 (white) with added 2x140mm intakes for maximum airflow

 

I decided doing the testing inside a case would give us the most realistic results as you guys won't be running your PC's on a test bench 24/7 when you game.

 

Results:

 

Heaven low 720p no AA: post-192956-0-03230100-1441755314.png

Valley low 720p no AA: post-192956-0-28907300-1441755323.png

Bioshock Infinite benchmark medium 720p: post-192956-0-55699100-1441755444.png

 

Pretty solid results. Your eyes see in 240p 24hz so these numbers mean nothing. These are 100% playable. But what if you overclock?

 

OC specs:

Core: 738mhz

Memory: 1152mhz

Shader: 1782mhz

 

OC results:

Heaven low 720p no AA: post-192956-0-29869900-1441755318.png

Valley low 720p no AA: post-192956-0-82512900-1441755326.png

Bioshock Infinite benchmark medium 720p: post-192956-0-85653800-1441755654.png

 

Conlusion:

The 8600 Gts is a solid card. It runs hot, and is loud as fuck. BUT it does actually overclock well and gets noticeable gains from doing so. It only needs a single 6 pin PCIe power connector so there's no cable clutter and it's single slot. If you SLI the performance to be had is ungodly and if you can afford the insane price tag, I recommend it. I give it 8/8 I r8 gr8 m8.

 

*FOR TECH NOOBS DONT ACTUALLY BUY THIS PLEASE GO GET SOMETHING GOOD THIS IS A WASTE OF YOUR MOTHERS $15 OFF EBAY SERIOUSLY DONT*

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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Today on the test bench we have an 8600 Gts from Nvidia. It's the latest, it's the greatest, it's the 8600 Gts! It has all the latest tech including SLI and CUDA and supports GeForce Experience. It has a whopping 32 shader processing cores with an actual shader performance of 54 to power all the demanding titles at extreme resolutions including 800x600. It has an insane single slot cooler that includes a fan and some little heatsink that doesn't actually do anything! (seriously you put the fan on 100% and it screeches like a dying bird and runs exactly the same temperature as 30% fan under any load.)

 

GPU: attachicon.gif8600gts.jpg

Core: 675mhz

Memory: 1008mhz

Shader: 1450mhz

256mb Vram

 

Test system:

i5 4460

MSI B85M E45

16GB ADATA 1600mhz

Nvidia 8600 Gts 256mb (OEM cooler)

Thermaltake TR2 600w Bronze

NZXT S340 (white) with added 2x140mm intakes for maximum airflow

 

I decided doing the testing inside a case would give us the most realistic results as you guys won't be running your PC's on a test bench 24/7 when you game.

 

Results:

 

Heaven low 720p no AA: attachicon.gifheaven no OC's.png

Valley low 720p no AA: attachicon.gifValley no OC's.png

Bioshock Infinite benchmark medium 720p: attachicon.gifbioshock no OC's.png

 

Pretty solid results. Your eyes see in 240p 24hz so these numbers mean nothing. These are 100% playable. But what if you overclock?

 

OC specs:

Core: 738mhz

Memory: 1152mhz

Shader: 1782mhz

 

OC results:

Heaven low 720p no AA: attachicon.gifheaven with OC's.png

Valley low 720p no AA: attachicon.gifvalley with OC's.png

Bioshock Infinite benchmark medium 720p: attachicon.gifbioshock with OC's.png

 

Conlusion:

The 8600 Gts is a solid card. It runs hot, and is loud as fuck. BUT it does actually overclock well and gets noticeable gains from doing so. It only needs a single 6 pin PCIe power connector so there's no cable clutter and it's single slot. If you SLI the performance to be had is ungodly and if you can afford the insane price tag, I recommend it. I give it 8/8 I r8 gr8 m8.

 

*FOR TECH NOOBS DONT ACTUALLY BUY THIS PLEASE GO GET SOMETHING GOOD THIS IS A WASTE OF YOUR MOTHERS $15 OFF EBAY SERIOUSLY DONT*

*Starts clapping*

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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Woah it does better then my APU. I've got a PNY one in my basement :3 xD. I might grab my stepdads old GPU from.. Wait for it 14 YEARS AGO.

 

 

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I'll take 2 in SLI. :P

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Woah it does better then my APU.

really? figured this thing would get destroyed by ANYTHING remotely modern.

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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This might be useful in CUDA rendering.

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I'll take 2 in SLI. :P

everytime you buy one I get a $0.00 commission fee from nvidia so please do!

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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really? figured this thing would get destroyed by ANYTHING remotely modern.

Well.. Did. I've got a 750Ti now xD

 

 

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Oh man I was looking for this!  Now I know that my upgrade is a solid decision!  :D

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Haha I'm using an even older card.

 

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xD an 8400 powers my grandfathers dell (it has a p4 with hyperthreading I think) and it does alright. It does videos in 720p so he doesnt mind

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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Just a pointer, this section 'Tech News and Reviews' is not for member reviews, they go in their own respective section called 'Member Reviews'. 

 

Still a top review lol. 

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I have the same card :P For some reason it fails to work with my 780i but the 6800 works like a charm, want to get it working thought cause it looks great and fits well with that board.

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*FOR TECH NOOBS DONT ACTUALLY BUY THIS PLEASE GO GET SOMETHING GOOD THIS IS A WASTE OF YOUR MOTHERS $15 OFF EBAY SERIOUSLY DONT*

Yeah, buy something like a 9500 gt instead since it doesn't require a 6 pin PCIe connector, runs cooler, and has more VRAM.

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