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Albatron GeForce 8600GT-256 PCI Express Videocard Review
Albatron GeForce 8600GT-256 PCI Express Videocard Review - PCSTATS
The nVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS has proven itself to be the darling of the videocard industry, but in its shadows is the GeForce 8600GT. The main difference between the two videocard is clock speed.
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External Mfg. Website: Albatron Jun 13 2007   Max Page  
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Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06

Futuremark 3DMark05 1.2.0 Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportFuturemark 3DMark05 1.2.0
Overall Points Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 12098
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 10260
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 15251
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 14674
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 14703
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 15207
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 11640
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 11676
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 13781
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 11071
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 8630
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 5711
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 4998
Albatron 8600GT-256 9701
Albatron 8600GT-256 (712/1760) 11213

At stock speeds the Albatron 8600GT-256 PCI Express videocard slots in exactly where we expect it to. When overclocked the Albatron videocard is able to approach GeForce 8600GTS levels. That is a good place to be for any budget oriented DirectX 10 Vista compatible videocard.

FutureMark 3DMark06 1.0.2 Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportFuturemark 3DMark06 1.0.2
Overall: Points Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 6060
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 4904
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 9785
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 8799
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 8777
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 8827
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 5556
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 5518
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 8057
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 6173
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 4945
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 3268
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 2654
Albatron 8600GT-256 4648
Albatron 8600GT-256 (712/1760) 5264
SM2.0 Points Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 2342
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 1949
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 4551
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 4010
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 3958
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 4157
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 2376
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 2343
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 3619
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 2579
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 1974
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 1286
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 1007
Albatron 8600GT-256 1949
Albatron 8600GT-256 (712/1760) 2188
HDR/SM3.0 Points Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 2614
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 2011
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 4688
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 3976
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 4006
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 3769
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 2083
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 2085
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 3466
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 2494
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 1935
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 1163
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 1097
Albatron 8600GT-256 1675
Albatron 8600GT-256 (712/1760) 2047

3DMark06 results for the Albatron 8600GT-256 are pretty strong for its class. If needed, you can overclock this videocard for a bit more performance, not a bad deal if you ask me.

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Contents of Article: Albatron 8600GT-256
 Pg 1.  Albatron GeForce 8600GT-256 PCI Express Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  GeForce 8600GTS Technology
 Pg 3.  Overclocking the Albatron 8600GT-256
 Pg 4.  — Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
 Pg 6.  Videocard Benchmarks: Doom 3, Quake 4
 Pg 7.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 8.  8600GT - A Good DirectX10 Alternative?

 
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