GeForce 8500/8600
If consumers had impressed with the GeForce 8800 is expensive, thirsty power (145-175 watts), and tend to narrow casing makes the start in May 2007 and they can breathe more relieved. The graphics card manufacturers have been cast based VGA GeForce 8500/8600 chipset to market. In addition to measuring more “normal”, this type of VGA also sold friendlier (down U.S. $ 300) compared to the series 8800 price of U.S. $ 500 and over.
Users who are curious about the Windows Vista and DirectX 10 is now more flexible select VGA as 8500/8600 series feature the latest technology has the exact same with the 8800 series but is now more present power saver (40-75 watts), more svelte dimensions, and of course cheaper. This series comes in 3 variants: 8600GTS, 8600GT, 8500GT and the coolest, comparison of three specifications you can see on the table.
Seeing from the kitchen speed, the power to render 3-chip middle class is 3x more lumbering monster of 8800. Even though the GPU and RAM clock not far away but the memory on the 8500/8600 only 128-bit, compare with the GeForce 8800GTS (320-bit) and the GeForce 8800GTX (384-bit) is 2,5-3 times more. Stream processor is 4-8x less than 8800. This is the 8500/8600 so that more of 8800.
Although energy GeForce 8500/8600 lower but not this means the ability VGA so low for gaming. See it in the VGA-based test chip is the latest nVidia. We also show the GeForce 8800GTX and 7950GT series as a comparison.
Specifications GeForce 8500/8600
| GeForce 8600GTS | GeForce 8600GT | GeForce 8500GT | |
| Stream Processors | 32 | 32 | 16 |
| Core Clock (MHz) | 675 | 540 | 450 |
| Shader Clock (MHz) | 1450 | 1190 | 900 |
| Memory Clock | 2GHz | 1,4GHz | 800MHz |
| Memory Interface (bit) | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/det) | 32 | 22,4 | 12,8 |
| Texture Fill Rate (Miliar/detik) | 10,8 | 8,64 | 3,6 |
| Memory | GDDR3 | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| SLI (software) | SLI | SLI | SLI |
| Port | 2 x dual-link DVI | 2 x dual-link DVI/ HDTV | CRT/Dual-link DVI /HDTV |
| HDCP | Yes | Optional | Optional |
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