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MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC Geforce 8600GT Videocard Review
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC Geforce 8600GT Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Reading through the spec sheet for the nVIDIA GeForce 8600GT GPU, you might be mistaken for thinking it's a high performance graphics processor.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Jul 12 2007   C. Sun  
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Videocard Benchmarks: Doom 3, Quake 4

ID Software Doom 3 1.3

Source: id Software

At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Doom 3 1.3
HQ 1024x768 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 170.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 143.2
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 185.3
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 182.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 180.8
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 180.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 152.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 155.9
Albatron 8600GT-256 146.7
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 97.4
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 172.4
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 174.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 165.9
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 134.7
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 118.9
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 146.9
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 155.8
HQ1600x1200 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 116.7
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 81.9
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 175.1
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 153.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 154.8
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 143.3
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 79.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 82.2
Albatron 8600GT-256 74.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 44.6
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 162.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 134.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 112.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 71.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 60.8
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 74.8
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 79.3
UQ 1024x768 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 164.4
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 134.1
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 184.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 183
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 180.7
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 178.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 147.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 150.4
Albatron 8600GT-256 142.6
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 83.1
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 170.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 174.5
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 164.3
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 127.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 115.9
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 143.2
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 151.2
UQ 1600x1200 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 110.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 76.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 174.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 151.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 153.3
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 112.1
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 69.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 71.9
Albatron 8600GT-256 70.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 41.2
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 160.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 130.9
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 109.7
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 68.6
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 59.9
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 70.8
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 73.1

Doom 3 framerates are very good for the MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC's class. The card runs this game with all the eye candy enabled with the resolution turned up to maximum!

ID Software Quake 4 1.3

Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo
HQ 1024x768 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 151.8
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 145.8
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 186.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 190.1
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 183.3
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 186.3
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 182.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 180.6
Albatron 8600GT-256 175.5
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 116.5
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 176.3
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 184
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 173.1
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 165.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 141.5
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 176.2
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 181.6
HQ 1600x1200 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 135.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 118.3
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 185.9
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 180.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 181.5
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 179.5
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 132.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 136.3
Albatron 8600GT-256 128.2
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 64.3
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 172.7
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 164.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 171.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 116.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 95.1
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 129.1
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 132.4
UQ 1024x768 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 150.9
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 130.6
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 186.6
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 184.6
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 182.9
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 181.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 172.9
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 177.4
Albatron 8600GT-256 164.3
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 111.4
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 178.1
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 179.8
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 165.2
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 143.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 137.1
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 165.2
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 175.2
UQ 1600x1200 FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 130.3
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 108
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 185.7
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 177.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 178.2
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 171.7
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 125.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 127
Albatron 8600GT-256 118.9
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 57.8
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 172.2
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 160.1
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 115.6
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 104.5
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 91.5
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC 119.3
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC (708/1730) 121.5

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Contents of Article: MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC
 Pg 1.  MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC Geforce 8600GT Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  nVidia GeForce 8600GTS Technology
 Pg 3.  Overclocking the MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E-OC
 Pg 4.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry
 Pg 6.  Videocard Benchmarks: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
 Pg 7.  — Videocard Benchmarks: Doom 3, Quake 4
 Pg 8.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 9.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez, Lost Planet
 Pg 10.  PCSTATS Maximum Videocard Overclocking Chart & Conclusions

 
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