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XFX GeForce 8600 GT

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This card has a name similar to its cousin reviewed above. However, the

similarity between 8600 GT and 8600 GTS ends over here. Although there aren't

any major differences apart from the clock speed and cost, XFX 8600 GT has a

slightly lower clock speed of 620 MHz and a memory speed of 1.6 GHz along with

256 MB of GDDR3 RAM. What 8600 GT doesn't have is support for HDCP which 8600

GTS boasts of. Also this card doesn't require any external power support, unlike

the 8600 GTS. In terms of performance there isn't a huge difference between the

8600 GT and GTS. At 1280x1024 resolution the 8600 GT gave a score of 5118, just

833 less than the 8600 GTS. In games like FEAR (at max setting) it gave a score

of 82 fps which is similar to what we got from 8600 GTS. However, if you are not

a hard core gamer it will be difficult for you to find any difference in terms

of performance between the two cards. We played some graphically challenging

games like STALKER, Far Cry, Doom 3 and Brain Lara Cricket 2007 and experienced

good performance without any concern on fps.

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In terms of value for money, this card will take the crown away form the 8600

GTS as it is cheaper and performed almost at par with 8600 GTS. It's surely

going to excite a lot of budget conscious gamers to look forward to the DirectX

10 games.

Bottomline: A gem at this price for any budget conscious gamer.

Price: Rs 8,200 (3 yr warranty)



Key Specs:
8600 GT Chipset, 620 MHz Core

Clock, 1.6 GHz Memory clock, 256 MB DDR3 RAM, SLI ready, HDTV ready,

Dual DVI out.




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