8800 Vs 8600

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-08-2007, 08:11 PM

Hi ive notice a lot of specs have changed on these two GPU's and i need some help understanding them before i buy one...

8800 Specs

ASUS GeForce™ 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3
PCI Express™ x16
Memory 768MB GDDR3
Memory Interface 384-bit
Graphics Core 256-bit
Core Clock 575MHz
Memory Clock 1800MHz
Shader Clock 1350MHz
RAMDAC Dual 400MHz
Connectors: Two Dual-Link DVI, HDTV
DirectX 10 Compliant
HDCP Compliant (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray ready)
A massive 681 million transistors GPU
128 Stream Processors
SLI Multi-GPU Ready

Price on Ebay $800AUD

8600 Specs
Memory Clock 1.6 GHz
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600 Dual
Clock rate 620 MHz
Chipset GeForce 8600 GT
Memory 256 MB
Bus Type PCI-E
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Bus 128 bit
Highlighted Features Dual DVI Out , HDTV ready , RoHS , TV Out , SLI ready
Memory Interface 128 bit
Fill Rate 8.64 billion/sec
Memory Bandwidth 22.4 GB/Sec
Chipset GeForce™ 8600 GT
RAMDACs 400 MHz
Stream Processors 32
Shader Clock 1190 MHz

Price on Ebay $360AUD

Fisrt thing i need to know is the Memory Interface the 8800 is at 384bit and the 8600 is at 128bit. How much of a differnce in performance will this make if any?
And the stream processor what is that?
Also the 8600 has a higher core clock rate and a memory clock.. how will this impact on performance...
I can affored both cards atm but i want either the 8800 in SLI or the 8600 in SLi.. 8600 looks like a cheap alternative but will the performance be close to have two 8800's...
Thanks

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 05-08-2007, 08:23 PM

8600 in sli can barly match one 8800 but you will need a good psu for ether in sli

neowolf · 05-09-2007, 03:33 AM

From what I've read the 8600GT is severely lacking in performance. It would actually be better to get a cheaper and better performing 7900GS. The 8600GTS is the one you would be looking at for that price range.

As for SLI, it seems to be more trouble than its worth as the 8800GTX should perform as well without the driver hassles from SLI mode

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-09-2007, 08:10 AM

Well looks like its settled i will buy one 8800 then a month down the track when i get more money i will buy a second for SLi..
Thanks

**Kalim** · 05-12-2007, 07:48 AM

The 8800 GTX is a massive lead over anything released yet. It even beats the $1000 G80Ultra when OC'd and it OC'd just as high.

It was a very good card and it did very well.

05-08-2007, 08:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,450 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	8800 Vs 8600 Hi ive notice a lot of specs have changed on these two GPU's and i need some help understanding them before i buy one... 8800 Specs ASUS GeForce™ 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express™ x16 Memory 768MB GDDR3 Memory Interface 384-bit Graphics Core 256-bit Core Clock 575MHz Memory Clock 1800MHz Shader Clock 1350MHz RAMDAC Dual 400MHz Connectors: Two Dual-Link DVI, HDTV DirectX 10 Compliant HDCP Compliant (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray ready) A massive 681 million transistors GPU 128 Stream Processors SLI Multi-GPU Ready Price on Ebay $800AUD 8600 Specs Memory Clock 1.6 GHz Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600 Dual Clock rate 620 MHz Chipset GeForce 8600 GT Memory 256 MB Bus Type PCI-E Memory Type DDR3 Memory Bus 128 bit Highlighted Features Dual DVI Out , HDTV ready , RoHS , TV Out , SLI ready Memory Interface 128 bit Fill Rate 8.64 billion/sec Memory Bandwidth 22.4 GB/Sec Chipset GeForce™ 8600 GT RAMDACs 400 MHz Stream Processors 32 Shader Clock 1190 MHz Price on Ebay $360AUD Fisrt thing i need to know is the Memory Interface the 8800 is at 384bit and the 8600 is at 128bit. How much of a differnce in performance will this make if any? And the stream processor what is that? Also the 8600 has a higher core clock rate and a memory clock.. how will this impact on performance... I can affored both cards atm but i want either the 8800 in SLI or the 8600 in SLi.. 8600 looks like a cheap alternative but will the performance be close to have two 8800's... Thanks

05-08-2007, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: 8800 Vs 8600 8600 in sli can barly match one 8800 but you will need a good psu for ether in sli __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

05-09-2007, 03:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
neowolf Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 19 OS: XP	Re: 8800 Vs 8600 From what I've read the 8600GT is severely lacking in performance. It would actually be better to get a cheaper and better performing 7900GS. The 8600GTS is the one you would be looking at for that price range. As for SLI, it seems to be more trouble than its worth as the 8800GTX should perform as well without the driver hassles from SLI mode

05-09-2007, 08:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,450 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: 8800 Vs 8600 Well looks like its settled i will buy one 8800 then a month down the track when i get more money i will buy a second for SLi.. Thanks

05-12-2007, 07:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Re: 8800 Vs 8600 The 8800 GTX is a massive lead over anything released yet. It even beats the $1000 G80Ultra when OC'd and it OC'd just as high. It was a very good card and it did very well.