Wednesday, January 16, 2008

GeForce 8600GT Video Card

I got this with a rebate, so the price was even better. This card does what it says it will do, and then some. The updated drivers and nZone interface let you overclock if you want, but I have no need to. I'm using the card on a MediaCenter PC and my video performance has improved substantially. I run six live video feeds at one time through some home surveillance software and it doesn't even hiccup. Prior to installing the card I was getting random drops and terrible frame rates. As a side note, I can also play games I couldn't run before (BF2142 and COH). They run great.

Weaknesses: 128 bit bottleneck. You MUST cancel all previous video drivers or you get lots of interference

Strengths: Easy installation. Very low power consumption (30-40watts), compatible with my 300 watt (dell) power supply. Easily overclockable - comes w/ Nvidia's ntune program. Only uses one slot, low power consumption, boosts ALL games, directx10 compatible!


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