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PNY GeForce 8600GTS review

Mega for movies. Not so great for games

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2008-03-10March 10th 2008

Price at launch £140.00
MPN GH86GTSN1F25XPB
Warranty Length 3 Years
API Support New DirectX 10
Graphics Chipset nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS
Graphics Core Clockspeed 675
Graphics Interface Type PCI Express x16
Graphics Memory (Mb) 256
Graphics Memory Speed (GHz) 1
Graphics Memory Type GDDR3
Max Supported Resolution 2560 x 1600
RAMDACs 400
Video Output Composite Video, DVI, S-Video, VGA

Product Summary

GeForce 8600GTS

Price at launch

£140.00

For

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Cheap for an 8600GTS

Against

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Cheaper rivals perform better

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