Anusha
04-23-2007, 08:49 PM
This is pathetic!!!
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=637&p=0
Conclusion
Well there you have it the 8600 GT head to head with the old 7600 GT, but before we continue with the comparison here is a paragraph from the conclusion of our 6600 GT vs. 7600 GT article published around this time last year.
“So does it make sense to upgrade from the 6600GT to the 7600GT? In short, yes it does. The 7600GT is a far superior product and the cost of upgrading is very much worth it. Those that upgraded to a GeForce 6600GT almost two years ago now should be happy with how it has treated them in that time. Even by today’s standards the 6600GT is still a decent graphics card, and it is only now in the very latest gaming titles that it is beginning to struggle. Even so, games such as F.E.A.R will still play well enough on a 6600GT with medium to low quality settings enabled.”
Games such as Doom 3 saw the 7600 GT delivering 100% more performance on average when compared to the 6600 GT. Then visually intense games such as F.E.A.R were an impressive 85% faster with the 7600 GT. These kinds of gains were also seen in Quake 4 and X3: Reunion, proving that the 7600 GT was a worthy successor of the 6600 GT and well worth the upgrade! Now has the 8600 GT carried on the success of the 6600 GT and 7600 GT graphics cards?
Not at all, the 8600 GT is a joke in my opinion and does not deserve to be part of the x600 GT series. If anything, what we have see here today should have been performance delivered by the 8500 GT, not the 8600 GT. The results really spoke for themselves, as the GeForce 8600 GT was 12% slower in Far Cry, 17% slower in F.E.A.R, 7% slower in X3: Reunion and 19.5% slower in Company of Heroes. The only two games that the 8600 GT came out on top in was Prey (15.5%) and Supreme Commander (27.5%), making a two out of six effort very poor indeed.
Making matters worse is the glaring fact that the new GeForce 8600 GT currently costs $170 US where as the 7600 GT can easily be had for $110 US. This means for the extra $60 US you only get Direct X10 support, which is pretty much useless at this point in time. In fact, it will be a while before quality DX10 games out weigh DX9 games, so what is the point of the 8600 GT? As far as we can see there is no point, it’s a dud! There is little to no reason for anyone to invest $170 US into a mid-range DX10 graphics card now. Especially given by the time quality DX10 games are out, mid-range supporting graphics cards will be much faster and even cheaper!
The 8600 GT has been a massive disappointment and has tarnished the reputation of the once elite x600 GT series from Nvidia. This just goes to show that without competition consumers really suffer and many are up in arms about the 8600 series performance. These same consumers are blaming Nvidia for the release of an unexciting mid-range product series, claiming to hold off for AMD’s offerings. This is a little ironic given this could be viewed more as AMD’s fault than Nvidia’s due to the complete lack of competition from AMD.
The sad truth is that neither company is here to impress us with their products, rather their only real mission is to make a profit. Therefore without competition there is no need for Nvidia to spend more money developing a better product that will make them less profit. Instead they have developed an average product that will most likely make them more profit per sale. Currently Nvidia is dominating the high-end market and their existing GeForce 7 series products are doing very well in the mainstream segment, so they have little need for the GeForce 8600/8500 series. Nevertheless, shame on Nvidia for trying to sell us such a lemon!
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=637&p=0
Conclusion
Well there you have it the 8600 GT head to head with the old 7600 GT, but before we continue with the comparison here is a paragraph from the conclusion of our 6600 GT vs. 7600 GT article published around this time last year.
“So does it make sense to upgrade from the 6600GT to the 7600GT? In short, yes it does. The 7600GT is a far superior product and the cost of upgrading is very much worth it. Those that upgraded to a GeForce 6600GT almost two years ago now should be happy with how it has treated them in that time. Even by today’s standards the 6600GT is still a decent graphics card, and it is only now in the very latest gaming titles that it is beginning to struggle. Even so, games such as F.E.A.R will still play well enough on a 6600GT with medium to low quality settings enabled.”
Games such as Doom 3 saw the 7600 GT delivering 100% more performance on average when compared to the 6600 GT. Then visually intense games such as F.E.A.R were an impressive 85% faster with the 7600 GT. These kinds of gains were also seen in Quake 4 and X3: Reunion, proving that the 7600 GT was a worthy successor of the 6600 GT and well worth the upgrade! Now has the 8600 GT carried on the success of the 6600 GT and 7600 GT graphics cards?
Not at all, the 8600 GT is a joke in my opinion and does not deserve to be part of the x600 GT series. If anything, what we have see here today should have been performance delivered by the 8500 GT, not the 8600 GT. The results really spoke for themselves, as the GeForce 8600 GT was 12% slower in Far Cry, 17% slower in F.E.A.R, 7% slower in X3: Reunion and 19.5% slower in Company of Heroes. The only two games that the 8600 GT came out on top in was Prey (15.5%) and Supreme Commander (27.5%), making a two out of six effort very poor indeed.
Making matters worse is the glaring fact that the new GeForce 8600 GT currently costs $170 US where as the 7600 GT can easily be had for $110 US. This means for the extra $60 US you only get Direct X10 support, which is pretty much useless at this point in time. In fact, it will be a while before quality DX10 games out weigh DX9 games, so what is the point of the 8600 GT? As far as we can see there is no point, it’s a dud! There is little to no reason for anyone to invest $170 US into a mid-range DX10 graphics card now. Especially given by the time quality DX10 games are out, mid-range supporting graphics cards will be much faster and even cheaper!
The 8600 GT has been a massive disappointment and has tarnished the reputation of the once elite x600 GT series from Nvidia. This just goes to show that without competition consumers really suffer and many are up in arms about the 8600 series performance. These same consumers are blaming Nvidia for the release of an unexciting mid-range product series, claiming to hold off for AMD’s offerings. This is a little ironic given this could be viewed more as AMD’s fault than Nvidia’s due to the complete lack of competition from AMD.
The sad truth is that neither company is here to impress us with their products, rather their only real mission is to make a profit. Therefore without competition there is no need for Nvidia to spend more money developing a better product that will make them less profit. Instead they have developed an average product that will most likely make them more profit per sale. Currently Nvidia is dominating the high-end market and their existing GeForce 7 series products are doing very well in the mainstream segment, so they have little need for the GeForce 8600/8500 series. Nevertheless, shame on Nvidia for trying to sell us such a lemon!