8600 Benched (Real)

Cyber-Mav · 2 Apr 2007 at 14:29

yep gonna wait for the agp version of this card. its deffo needed.

jrodga2k5 · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:09

"These cards are wild beasts when it comes to overclocking... and the irony is that this 8600GTS arrived physically damaged in the first place, one SMD component knocked off and one SMD capacitor loose."

lol it was also damaged

Now the thing is do these things come with 512mb ram? With 512 ram and crazy overclocking they could well be worth it! then again for the overclocking potential alone they will be!

I expect stock performance will fall to just over 6k in 3D Mark 06 however!

warren_1979 · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:15

How much will these cards cost?

Timdog · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:23

about 150 or less i would say if they wanna get in on the 1950pro market but i have no idea really

LoadsaMoney · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:32

Be very nicely priced seen as the 320mb GTS is sub £200, id say £150 or less would probably not be far off the mark.

Cyber-Mav · 2 Apr 2007 at 16:56

i rekon they will have 256mb ram, since the market they are targetted for may not need more.

Gashman · 2 Apr 2007 at 17:42

timmy1988 said:
why would they make them out of concrete?

hehe i liked that

warren_1979 · 2 Apr 2007 at 17:57

I can't see them being around the £150 mark if GTS's are sub £200.

I'm hoping for £100 or a little more.

VaderDSL · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:02

Anyone know how long they are? same length as GTS I guess? Really need a powerful yet short card for a v300

LoadsaMoney · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:08

Probably be a bit shorter than the GTS, 7600 GT length (if they are shorter than GTS) i think they will be around, from the pics they don't look as long as the GTS.

Zefan · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:12

Damn impressive for the price.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:17

From the pics it does look along the lines of the 7600 GT length, and those are only 7.5 inches long.

Timdog · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:27

why couldnt they just have done a normal benchmark before the volt modding :rolleyes:

i wanna see it at stock :mad:

james.miller · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:29

LoadsaMoney said:
Probably be a bit shorter than the GTS, 7600 GT length (if they are shorter than GTS) i think they will be around, from the pics they don't look as long as the GTS.

i did a quick comparison of the 3 cards. not perfect by any means, but it should give us an idication of the card lengths

>image removed, see below<

even if i havent got the perspectives bang on, its obvious the 8600 is short when you look at the overhang after the pci-e connector

LoadsaMoney · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:31

Its well dinky compared to the GTS, and thats 9.5 inches.

Good work there.

VaderDSL · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:51

Nice

I wonder if it would fit into a v300 ....

probably not

melbourne720 · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:52

Nice work Mr Miller

james.miller · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:52

looks to be about the same size an an x850 if that helps at all

VaderDSL · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:54

melbourne720 said:
Nice work Mr Miller

Indeed, is anyone able to use the fact the GTX is 9.5 to work out how long the 8600 is in that pic? needs to be around 7" not to be aught on the v300 floppy drive bay.

jaykay · 2 Apr 2007 at 18:57

the fan looks to be a loud one