“Today we will be taking a look at the release of the 8500GT, 8600GT and the 8600GTS. Zotac was nice enough to send over one of each of the cards for testing. With the DirectX 10 support and the price point of these cards it looks like Nvidia as well as Zotac have a real winner on their hands.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- GeForce 8800 Ultra pixellated @ The Inquirer
- Nvidia Foxconn Geforce 8800GTX GPU @ hard-h2o
- Foxconn 8600GTS-256 Geforce 8600GTS DirectX10 Videocard Review @ PCSTATS
- BFG Tech GeForce 8600GTS OC Graphics Card @ TweakTown
- eVGA e-GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB Superclocked edition @ Guru of 3D/A>
- MSI 8600 GT OC Edition @ PureOverclock
- 8600 GT/GTS Follow-up Performance @ AnandTech
- ATI R600 : What It Means To Us Posted @ TechARP
- ATI Catalyst 7.4 Performance Analysis (Windows XP) @ TweakTown
- Two GPUs and CrossFire on one PCB – Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual 1GB @ HEXUS
Cheap DX10 card shootout
The new mid-range cards from nVIDIA are the 8500GT, 8600GT and the 8600GTS, and Pro-clockers have rounded up one of each from Zotac. The cards they tested do not appear on PriceGrabber, but other manufacturers have priced the 8500GT at about $100, the 8600GT at $160 and the GTS at about $200. Read the article to see if these low price cards can compete, or if you are better off investing the extra $60 in an 8800GTS.
