Comments for: BFG Tech's GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 graphics card

Nice review Geoff, but man, this card is $245 shipped at Newegg, and a eVga 320MB 8800GTS is like $286 with a $20 rebate, making it $266.

Why would anyone buy this card instead of the 320MB 8800GTS, which cleans its clock?

Check the different scores in this review.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2975&p=6

I guess my point is, if you are spending $245 on card, spend another 10% and get 30-50% increase in performance.

#10, Agreed completely, 267$ US for the Evga 8800 GTS is awesome,... : AbRASiON (#14) «

#10, Oh, cards are always priced high when new to the market. A m... : SPOOFE (#15) «

#15, 90$ more for a card which totally rapes it..... : AbRASiON (#16) «

#16, Oh my god! You mean spending more money can yield a be... : SPOOFE (#18) «

#18, i bet you can't post a non-sarcastic remark. : eitje (#20) «

#20, See post 15. : SPOOFE (#22) «

#16, $90 is A LOT to some a lot of people. : flip-mode (#26) «

#26, I am really happy I am not a part of this "lot of p... : lordT (#28) «

#28, Uh, I'm glad for you too. :D : flip-mode (#29) «

#26, Don't forget that a X1950 would slap it around too.... : swaaye (#31) «

#31, Too true, although that price gap is shrinking a... : SPOOFE (#32) «

#16, plz remind me ... what's cool about that word. thx. : swaaye (#30) «

#27. Posted at 08:15 AM on Jul 20th 2007

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flip-mode

Thanks for the review.

The first round of DX10 cards is a loser. As DX10 benchmarks start trickling out even the mighty 8800GT( ) cards get pummeled.

None the less, if you need a card it may as well be a DX10 card. But for anyone with a 7900 series or x1900 series card I'd suggest waiting.

I'm going console when I get the chance anyway. I'm done spending $200 a pop on a single video card. Oh, and then another $130 (minimum!!!) on Vista to get full access to all it's features. To wii or to 360, that is the question.

#25. Posted at 04:54 AM on Jul 20th 2007, Edited at 04:55 AM on Jul 20th 2007

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poulpy

"NVIDIA'S GEFORCE 8600 GTS has proven so potent that AMD hasn't introduced a mid-range Radeon HD graphics card to compete directly with it"

I thought the 8600s weren't stellar and the AMD ones were just slower, didn't see the 8600 as "so potent"..

#24. Posted at 04:04 AM on Jul 20th 2007, Edited at 04:06 AM on Jul 20th 2007

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maroon1

#19,

It gets owned by what ?

Just look at your own benchmark

8600GTS is not a bad performer, it performed better than X1950Pro in STALKER.

I would say that it is overall slightly faster than 7900GS but slightly slower than X1950pro. In other words 8600GTS is not a bad video card as many people claim. Not to forget that 8600GTS runs cooler than the older DX9 cards, and it produce better image quality

#21. Posted at 11:49 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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Usacomp2k3

Just saw a link to a 8600gts for $140 after rebates.

#5. Posted at 04:57 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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maroon1

#1

The cheapest 8600GTS cost $149 after MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130084

#5, OK, so it works out $5 cheaper than I thought, great! :) : Nullvoid (#6) «

#5, See benchmarkks here: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.... : AbRASiON (#19) «

#11. Posted at 07:39 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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unmake

What's up with that Gigabyte card? Passively cooled, yet it's louder under load and uses more power?

#11, I was going to post the same exact thing. How does the passi... : MadManOriginal (#12) «

#12, More on the Gigabyte card's noise and power consumption i... : Dissonance (#13) «

#8. Posted at 06:52 PM on Jul 19th 2007, Edited at 06:53 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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Tarx

Although the aim was similar cards, it would be nice to have a couple or so comparative cards included in such a review.
Especially the X1950Pro as it is quite cheap these days, but also the 8800GTS 320MB (to see what paying a bit more will bring) and the 2600XT (more of a 8600GT competitor, but still)

#2. Posted at 03:47 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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Ruiner

Holy crap.....73C under load is 'good'?

#2, For a GPU, not bad at all. I'm not sure about the 8600s, but... : 41.60l23 (#4) «

#1. Posted at 03:43 PM on Jul 19th 2007

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Nullvoid

Far better just to buy the cheapest 8600gts you can ($154.99 for an MSI on newegg) and then slap a Zerotherm GX815 ($31.99) onto it. You should be able to get near enough the same final clock speeds, the card will undoubtedly run cooler and you'd be roughly $50 better off.