2012-12-21-307

8600GTS Gaming Performance

Let's take a look at how the upcoming 8600GTS performs in current games, 3 gamestested.

PlatformTest Setup

CPU IntelCore 2 Duo E4300 Overclocked @ 9 x 266MHz = 2.4GHz

Motherboard

ASUSP5N-E SLI 650i SLI

Memory

2x 1GB GSkill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ DDR II set to run @ CL4-4-4-12, DDR2 800MHz,2T

GraphicsCard

8600GTS 745/1145

7900GT 450/660

HardDisk Drive

Seagate80GB Barracuda SATA Hard Disk Drive

PSU

SilverStoneZeus ST56ZF

OperatingSystem

WindowsXP Pro

I tested the 8600GTS at 745/1145MHz against one of theclosest card in price point, the 7900GT. The equivalent on ATi's side would beX1950 Pro but unfortunately no card at the moment so not tested with that yet. 

Drivers used is Forceware 101.02, support for all cards modded by Guru3D. Image Quality settingsused default settings in Control Panel, with maximum in-game quality settingsselected. No Anti-Aliasing applied, and 16xAF used when stated at the lastbenchmark.