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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
- Graphics Processor
- G84
- Cores
- 16
- TMUs
- 8
- ROPs
- 8
- Memory Size
- 512 MB
- Memory Type
- DDR2
- Bus Width
- 128 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 640x480
- 1280x720
- 1366x768
The GeForce 8600 GS was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on April 17th, 2007. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G84 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G84 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 169 mm² and 289 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition, which uses the same GPU but has all 32 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce 8600 GS to reach the product's target shader count. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB DDR2 memory with the GeForce 8600 GS, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 540 MHz, memory is running at 400 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 47 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce 8600 GS is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 47 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce 8600 GS is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Apr 17th, 2007
- Generation
-
GeForce 8
(8600)
- Predecessor
- GeForce 7 PCIe
- Successor
- GeForce 9
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 1.0 x16
- Reviews
- 183 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 540 MHz
- Shader Clock
- 1190 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 512 MB
- Memory Type
- DDR2
- Memory Bus
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 12.80 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 16
- TMUs
- 8
- ROPs
- 8
- SM Count
- 2
- L2 Cache
- 32 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 4.320 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 4.320 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 38.08 GFLOPS
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Single-slot
- TDP
- 47 W
- Suggested PSU
- 200 W
- Outputs
- 1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
- Power Connectors
- None
- Board Number
- P403 SKU 1,
P403 SKU 3,
P403 SKU 4
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 11.1 (10_0)
- OpenGL
- 3.3
- OpenCL
- 1.1
- Vulkan
- N/A
- CUDA
- 1.1
- Shader Model
- 4.0
G84 GPU Notes
| PureVideo HD: VP2 VDPAU: Feature Set A Latest Drivers: Windows 2000: Quadro Release 261.19 Windows XP / Server 2003 x64: GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks) GeForce Release 340.52 Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01) Tesla Release 258.96 Windows Vista: GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks) GeForce Release 342.01 Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01) Tesla Release 258.96 Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10: GeForce Release 342.01 Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01) Tesla Release 258.96 |
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