Testing setup and notes
The cards were tested in the following set up.
| Graphics cards | ASUS EN8600GTS | Foxconn 8600GT-256 | Inno3D iChiLL 7900GS Arctic Cooling Silencer 6 | XFX Fatal1ty 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 | AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Clock Speed (MHz) | 675 | 560 | 550 | 650 | 796.5 |
| Shader Clock Speed (MHz) | 1450 | 1232 | 550 | 650 | 796.5 |
| Memory Clock Speed (MHz) | 2016 | 1620 | 1500 | 1600 | 2196 |
| Memory Bus Width (Bits) | 128 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 128 |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.40GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB, LGA775) | ||||
| Motherboard | EVGA NF68 (NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI) | ASUS PW5-DH Deluxe (Intel i975X) | |||
| BIOS revision | 691N0P20 | 1305 | |||
| Memory | 1GByte (2 x 512MByte) OCZ26671024ELDCGE-K PC5400 | ||||
| Memory timings and speed | 4-4-4-8 @ DDR2-667 | ||||
| Disk drive(s) | 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 (3Gb/s mode) | ||||
| Mainboard software | NVIDIA platform driver 9.53 | Intel Inf Update 8.0.1.1002 | |||
| Graphics driver | ForceWare 158.16 | ForceWare 93.71 | CATALYST 7.7 BETA | ||
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit | ||||
Software
| 3D Benchmarks | Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.30 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory v1.05 |
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Notes
[advert]Two Foxconn 8600GT-256 samples were received, each running at clock speeds different to those advertised. This anomaly was fixed by Foxconn with a revised video BIOS.Be aware that the AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 results were obtained using beta drivers and may not be representative of the card's true performance - though we won't know for sure until we're able to retest with finished drivers.
