XFX 8600GT SLI beats 8800GTS 320MB OC and Costs Less

[Harvik780]

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Guys can you believe this

Compare the above two

 

[Who]

well 8600 GT scores pretty high in 3d mark, can you post FPS result in games like oblivion, company of heroes etc on 1024 x 768 with AA (&without)(i am planning to use SLI too for minimal gaming), also i think SLI requires a more powerful PSU so it costs more in the longer run, also it reuires a SLI mobo which also cost some buck (not much though)

 

[Harvik780]

I am posting benchmarks in newer games like Call Of Duty 4 Demo,Crysis Demo,Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo,NFSPS demo and also lost planet with patch 1.4 in DirectX 10.Wait till midnight.
I don't have Oblivion and Company Of Heros.

 

[Who]

that's all right, if they perform good in new games they should work very nicely in the old ones anyway thank you very much for your help harvik.

 

[cynosure]

I think there is some error. your SLI config is showing to be better than all 8800 series cards at the one time (with 0 AF). Is this some joke or you have superclocked your cards?

 

[Who]

cynosure i think those results are real , 8600 GT really do get very high scores in 3Dmark also all the other cards 8800GTS 320 MB overclocked ones except for the 8800 GTX , also i think the cards are not fully overclocked with some volt- modding you can overclock an 8600 GT upto

Core :- 760 Mhz+
Shader:- 1720 Mhz +
Memory: 900 Mhz+

This clocks would even beat 8800GT in 3Dmark but it needs some pencil volt modding which can be risky but i myself am intrested in real world gaming tests.

 

[assasin]

interesting stuff.was satisfied with my XFX 8600GT but didnt know that 2 8600GT in SLi wud beat the 8800GTS 320MB else i wud hav got another 8600GT and setup SLi.bad for me.

 

[cynosure]

Gotta download 3Dmark06 and gotta overclock my 8600GT

 

[Harvik780]

I have tested three games now.m installing Lost planet now in x64 vista.Will post the benchmark results soon.

Edit : Here are the benchmarks


Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Demo
Resolution : 1280*720( 720p HD )
Settings : Maximum
FSAA : 4x
Filtering : Anisotrpic

2007-11-08 21:33:01 - iw3sp
Frames: 43430 - Time: 704399ms - Avg: 61.655 - Min: 29 - Max: 207

Crysis Demo
Resolution : 1024*768
Settings : HIGH DirectX9 ( Volumetric Clouds-Medium,Particles-Medium)
FSAA : None
Filtering : Game Controlled

2007-11-08 21:50:44 - Crysis
Frames: 5874 - Time: 213653ms - Avg: 27.493 - Min: 8 - Max: 45

Need for speed Demo test
Resolution : 1280*720( 720p HD )
Settings : Maximum
FSAA : 4x
Filtering : Anisotropic

Grip Race
2007-11-08 21:17:46 - nfsdemo
Frames: 8833 - Time: 191339ms - Avg: 46.164 - Min: 29 - Max: 78

Speed Challenge
2007-11-08 21:24:32 - nfsdemo
Frames: 6155 - Time: 145911ms - Avg: 42.183 - Min: 30 - Max: 68

Lost Planet DirectX 9
Resolution - 1280*720( 720p HD )
Settings - Maximum
FSAA - 4x
AF - 8x

Average FPS snow - 36.7
Average FPS cave - 50.3

Lost Planet DirectX 10
Resolution - 1280*720( 720p HD )
Settings - Maximum DX10 ( HDR medium)
FSAA - 4x
AF - 8x

Average FPS snow - 26.0
Average FPS cave - 35.3

 

[Who]

harvik good news , you see crysis can't really take advantage of SLI right now also nvidia are still working on drivers optimized for crysis also crytek is working hard on optimizing the game & there is tweak guide out for crysis already which boosts some FPS of crysis so this all add up to one thing 8600 GT SLI will able to 1024 x 768 2x aa with most settings high in the near future

 

[hahahari]

A friend of mine reported of getting 20-30 FPS for crysis at max setting in 1280*720 for a 8600GT ultra 512 [OC card].In vista btw

 

[Stalker]

@ Harvik780

u probably are trying with the newer drivers.....while 8800GTS results might be with the older drivers

 

[Harvik780]

^^My brother gets 9630 in 3DMark06 with the 169.04 drivers.

 

[cynosure]

A friend of mine reported of getting 20-30 FPS for crysis at max setting in 1280*720 for a 8600GT ultra 512 [OC card].In vista btw

Yeah baby, I got that card.

 

[Harvik780]

LOL my 8600GT OC SLI is the fastest system compared to similar systems.

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I just ordered for Artic Cooling Mx-2 from theitwares.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

Awesome info guys.. I have 8600GT and will buy another and sli if this is true

 

[deathvirus_me]

Well , 3DMark score seems nice. . how many times have u played it ???

 

[Harvik780]

Well i have stress tested the cards a lot of times more than 5Hrs.Have tested a heck a lot of games and crysis was obviously most demanding even with the OC.Still waiting for the crysis patch.
Actually 3DMark is the best real world benchmark because it does not favor any card.Whereas crysis on the other hand favor's the 8800series.
I have ordered for a Arctic Cooling's MX-2 thermal compound and am thinking of increasing the clocks further by 40Mhz to get over 10,000.
The 8600GT is also not weak at AA and AF.I have tested the SLI setup and compared it to a single 8800GTS 640MB with 4x4AA and 8x4AF and it scored only 202 less with a score of 8294 at 1024*768.

 

[darklord]

@ Harvik, have you personally done these tests ?
If yes i have some questions for you,
I see all Geforce 8 series cards there, then why was Radeon X1950XTX used ? Shouldnt we have 2900/2600 and so on ? for a fair competition ?
There are 2 more 8800GTS, care to mention whether they were 640MB or 320MB ?

Cheers !
Amey

 

[Harvik780]

No that comparison is pretty old and found it on some reviewer's site.
I have seen the latest comparisons with the latest drivers.
My brother scores 9690 with the same settings in 3D mark with a single 8800GTS 640MB with the latest drivers.

I haven't done those tests i just posted the benchmarks here for some games.

I would also like to mention that i am having problems even though i have installed the SLI hotfix's from microsoft for vista.

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