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Asus EN8600GTS

79

Good
  • Pros
  • Full game: STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Cons
  • Good array of output options
  • Pricing: Average: $199 (9/12/2007)
  • Performance: Good: 75
  • Features: Superior: 96
  • Design: Good: 76
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Average: $199

Performance

Good: 75
PC World Tests (Results measured in frames per second)
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768) 79.01 
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200) 66.48 
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 72.14 
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 40.81 
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768) 119.6 
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200) 78.4 
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 103.6 
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 53.13 
Quake 4 (1024 by 768) 113.87 
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200) 69.27 
Quake 4 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 89.6 
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 42.4 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768) 95.11 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200) 52.68 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 56.34 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 25.45 
Doom 3 (1024 by 768) 87.37 
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200) 73.2 
Doom 3 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 77.7 
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 32.77 
Far Cry (1024 by 768) 90.47 
Far Cry (1600 by 1200) 67.68 
Far Cry (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 22.11 
Far Cry (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 22.11 
Halo (1024 by 768) 138.84 
Halo (1600 by 1200) 97.54 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768) 83.1 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200) 82.16 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 82.91 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 78.28 

Features

Superior: 96
General
Bus PCI Express 
Chip Set nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS 
Installed RAM (MB) 256 
RAM Type DDR3 
RAM Speed (MHz) 2000 
Processor Speed (MHz) 675 
Ports
DVI-Out 2 
Primary Ports Two DVI-out 
Composite-Video-In No 
Composite-Video-Out Yes 
S-Video-In No 
S-Video-Out Yes 
Component Video Yes 
Audio Input No 
Audio Output No 
Other
TV Tuner TV Tuner:No 
SLI/Crossfire Support Yes 
Slots Occupied 1 
Windows XP x64 Driver Yes 
Included Hardware DVI-to-VGA adapter, component adapter 
Included Software Full game: STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl 
Labor Warranty (years) Three 
Parts Warranty (years) Three 
Weekday Support Hours 12 
Saturday Support Hours 9 
Sunday Support Hours 9 
Toll-Free Support No 

Design

Good: 76
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User Reviews for Asus EN8600GTS

  • Reviewed by: dplockard

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: High clock rate, good performance, decent price/performance

    Weaknesses: Power consumption, only 256MB

    Overall Evaluation: I picked up this card to go along with an ASUS motherboard with the EPU-6 engine that reduces system power when you aren't taxing the system. That functionality is nice, especially since this card has a fairly high clock rate on the GPU. The fan on the GPU is nearly as big as the one on my CPU. Compared with the other ASUS graphics cards in the 8600 series, this one has the highest clock rate, and needs the cooling. For when I don't need the performance, its nice to be able to reduce the frequency and power consumption using the EPU software. After rebate, this card can be purchased for a very reasonable price considering the performance. For some gamers, more video memory might be needed, but 256MB has been satisfactory for what I have tried.

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