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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
- Graphics Processor
- G84
- Cores
- 32
- TMUs
- 16
- ROPs
- 8
- Memory Size
- 128 MB
- Memory Type
- GDDR3
- Bus Width
- 128 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 640x480
- 1280x720
- 1366x768
The GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition was a mid-range graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on April 17th, 2007. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G84 graphics processor, in its G84-303-A2 variant, 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. It features 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 128 MB GDDR3 memory with the GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 600 MHz, memory is running at 750 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 47 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI. GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface. The card measures 170 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 159 US Dollars.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 47 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI. GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface. The card measures 170 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 159 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Apr 17th, 2007
- Generation
-
GeForce 8
(8600)
- Predecessor
- GeForce 7 PCIe
- Successor
- GeForce 9
- Production
- End-of-life
- Launch Price
- 159 USD
- 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
- 600 MHz
- Shader Clock
- 1450 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
750 MHz
1500 Mbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 128 MB
- Memory Type
- GDDR3
- Memory Bus
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 24.00 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 32
- TMUs
- 16
- ROPs
- 8
- SM Count
- 4
- L2 Cache
- 32 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 4.800 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 9.600 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 92.80 GFLOPS
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Single-slot
- Length
- 170 mm
6.7 inches
- TDP
- 47 W
- Suggested PSU
- 200 W
- Outputs
- 2x DVI
- Power Connectors
- None
- Board Number
- P402
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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