XFX 8600 GT Fatal1ty Review

Propane - December 13, 2007
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Specifications:

Clock rate	620 MHz
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600	Dual
Memory Clock	1.7 GHz
Shader Clock	1355 MHz
Chipset	GeForce 8600 GT
Memory	256 MB
Bus Type	PCI-E
Memory Type	DDR3
Highlighted Features	Dual DVI Out , Vista , TV Out , HDTV ready , SLI ready
Memory Interface	128 bit
Memory Bandwidth	22.4 GB/Sec
Fill Rate	8.6 billion/sec
Chipset	GeForce™ 8600 GT
Stream Processors	32
Shader Clock	540 MHz
RAMDACs	400 MHz

Features:

Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Support: World’s first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects. NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology: Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single graphics card configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today’s hottest games.
NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine: Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.
OpenGL™ 2.0 Optimizations and Support: Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications.NVIDIA® nView® Multi-display Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.
Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™: NVIDIA’s fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3D graphical user interface.
PCI Express™ Support: Designed to run perfectly with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture. This new bus doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X delivering over 4 GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers.
Dual DVI Support: Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays.
Dual Link DVI: Capable of supporting digital output for high resolution monitors (up to 2560x1600).
NVIDIA® unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology: Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR): Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects—now with support for anti-aliasing.
16x Anti-aliasing: Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA): Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs.
NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ Technology: Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU—all while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI. Dual 400MHz RAMDACs: Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates--up to 2048x1536@85Hz.
NVIDIA® nView® Multi-Display Technology: Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.
NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Technology: The combination of high-definition video processors and NVIDIA DVD decoder software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater. (Feature requires supported video software.)