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Simmtronics 8600GT

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Based on 8600 chipset from Nvidia, Simmtronics 8600GT is a budget range

solution for game enthusiasts. It has a core clock speed of 540 MHz and a memory

clock speed of 700 MHz with 256 MB of DDR2 RAM. We must anyhow prefer DDR3 RAM

instead of the DDR2, it would enable you to get much faster bus speed and higher

peak throughputs than earlier technologies, but ofcourse you need to pay few

extra bucks. It has all the regular features such as HDTV, DVI, VGA etc, though

the HDCP support is missing, which could've been an added advantage.



It performed decently in all the tests. In 3D Mark06 it gave a score of 3067,
which at this price is decent enough, but is lower than the likes of Asus 8600GT

(256 MB DDR2), Palit 8600GT (256 MB RAM), MSI 8600GT (256 MB RAM) all of which

have scored over 4000 in 3D Mark06 test. In gaming tests, it gave an average of

20.5 fps at max setting in Company of Heroes, which is low considering the fact

that we have seen better performance from cards with similar chipsets. For

instance Palit 8600GT scored 29 fps at max setting, whereas MSI scored around 31

fps. Being a DirectX 10 compatible card it can play all the latest games. You

might not find this one adequate to enjoy high intensity games such as Crysis at

max settings, but you can surely enjoy the game at lower resolution and graphic

settings.

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Price: Rs 6,850 (3 years warranty)



Key Specs: 540 MHz of clock speed, 700 MHz of memory speed,
256MB DDR2 RAM, 8600 chipset, HDTV ready, SLI ready, DVI



Contact: Simmtronics Semiconductor, New Delhi


Phone:
40570300



email:


sales@simmtronicssemi.com




Website:


www.simmtronicssemi.com




SMS Buy 130292 to 56677

Bottomline: If you have a limited budget but you

want decent graphics performance , then this one is worth a look

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