XFX GEFORCE 8600 GTS PREVIEW

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 8600 GTS puts in a great performance with 3dmark 2005 and finishes 544 points ahead of the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro. The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro fights back with 3dmark 2006 but still the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS wins this time by much smaller 100 points."

COMMENT - "Serious Sam 2 fails to provide a clear winner and the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS and Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro both deliver the same performance."

COMMENT - "Prey is a massive victory for the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro and it blows away the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS delivering 25% better performance. 45fps is too close to unplayable for my liking."

COMMENT - "Splinter Cell 3 is more like the performance I would expect from the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS and although it loses by 11% to the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro that is only 7fps which is okay."

COMMENT - "Fear is another blow to the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS and the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro once again wipes the floor with a 33% clear victory. The XFX GeForce 8600 GTS could only deliver 38fps which is barely playable."

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SUMMARY - "The XFX GeForce 8600 GTS is a good video card but I expected greater performance. The XFX GeForce 8600 GTS is a DX10 video card but I think the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS will be far to slow to be able to run demanding DX10 games software at a playable level."

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce 8600 GTS is an interesting product which offers all of the latest features like Purevideo and DX10. However it's performance was disappointing, it's performance with 3dmark 2005 and 3dmark 2006 was good but these are synthetic benchmarks. It's performance with games software was poor and the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS couldn't outperform the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro. It got very close with Serious Sam 2 but the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro beat it by 25% with Prey, 11% with Splinter Cell and 33% with Fear."

XFX GEFORCE 8600 GTS PREVIEW