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TheBritScott

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I reside in Thailand, and yesterday (16/04/07) I bought myself a Geforce 8600 GT for 5000 baht which is around £75.

I have literally just installed it and its all working. I can't find much about it online apart from its meant to be released May 1st - so I have it 2 weeks early.

It has a GPU Core 540MHz and GPU Memory 700 MHz

This is just using the Nvidia Monitor View to see what it has in it.

I wondered if anyone could tell me anything about it.

The board has 2 DVI and S-Video out. There is no extra power supply needed for the card.

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AmdInside

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This is funny. This is the opposite of a paper launch. This is a hard launch before it is publicy announced by NVIDIA.
 
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HannibalX

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Originally posted by: TheBritScott
I reside in Thailand, and yesterday (16/04/07) I bought myself a Geforce 8600 GT for 5000 baht which is around £75.

I have literally just installed it and its all working. I can't find much about it online apart from its meant to be released May 1st - so I have it 2 weeks early.

It has a GPU Core 540MHz and GPU Memory 700 MHz

This is just using the Nvidia Monitor View to see what it has in it.

I wondered if anyone could tell me anything about it.

The board has 2 DVI and S-Video out. There is no extra power supply needed for the card.

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1 post, default icon... hmm
 
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TheBritScott

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Apr 16, 2007
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OK Will give you a photo in the next few minutes.... tell me what you want a screenie of....

yes its my first post because i am puzzled as to why they had it...

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TheBritScott

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Ok here you go, sorry but I am not taking out of my case, but you can clearly see the label on the back as well as the box and the driver cd (which was rather basic) but it all came bundled with SpellForce 2 as well as the required leads.

The Driver CD comes with version 101.03 and automatically detects the Card as an 8600 GT
The CD also contains DX9 WDM and muvee maker.

Anymore Q's let me know...

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I don't have 3dmark on my computer and with a slow ADSL connection it would take about 2 days to download. So I cannot run that benchmark, but if you know of any "smallish" programs that you would like me to run then link me and I will run them.
 
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TheBritScott

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Apr 16, 2007
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Currently downloading 3dmark 2005 V1.2 so will post some benchmarks soon... Probably tonight Thai Time

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betasub

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Nice catch. Did you get this on the grey market?

Interested to see benchmarks (3Dmark2005 is a good starting point). Price is very competitive for lower mid-range.
 
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TheBritScott

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Apr 16, 2007
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There is a huge plaza called Panthip Plaza and its 4 floors of all computer stuff. Must be over 200 shops there.
Anyway I was just buying a Zalman 9700 HS/F and then saw this card. The guy showed me it, and since I was looking for a 7600GT he said what about this. Showed me the 8600 and I was hesitant but i knew it must be quicker than the 7 series, and with DX10 as well. So I just took the plunge....

Now still waiting for 3dmark05 to download. at 58% and it has been going hours.... sigh

Anyway will benchmark and report results ASAP.

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TheBritScott

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Apr 16, 2007
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Ok here are the 2 results

3dMark05 V1.3

CPU 6300 @ 1.86Ghz
1GB DDR-2

Default - (no AA) 1024 = 8590
4AA 8AF = 6970

All I did was installed it, and ran it.

After running it twice - it went up a few more points, but thats what I got.

3D Mark 05 - V 1.3

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Driver 6.14.11.102

Description NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Total Local Video Memory 256 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 624 MB
AGP Aperture Size 0 B
Driver File nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.11.102
Driver Date 3-22-2007
Driver WHQL Certified false
Max Texture Width 8192 px
Max Texture Height 8192 px
Max User Clipping Planes 6

Maybe the driver? There is a newer one out there, I will try that and see how that goes.

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TheBritScott

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Apr 16, 2007
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Just read the Articles and it seems i need to get the new 158.14 as Guru3D mentions the problems with the drivers I have, but they dont provide a link to the ones he used.

So if anyone has a link or can find me these drivers, let me know.

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BladeVenom

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Here's something that might be worth knowing.
HDCP support is a requirement for all GeForce 8600 GTS cards, regardless of manufacturer, while HDCP support is an optional feature for the GeForce 8600 GT that NVIDIA leaves to their individual board partners.
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-Firing Squad
 
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Passingout101

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in reading the reviews on here, I wouldnt jump on the 8600 series just yet. it doesnt seem to be worth it to be honest!!
 
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