Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS is a video card chipset that is made by many makers, like EVGA, Asus and MSI. 8600 GTS, not to be confused with 8600 GT, presents 256 MB of GDDR2 memory with a core clock working at 675 MHz. PCs trying to work an 8600 GTS should aspect a sufficient power supply and cooling, or serious problems can happen with card. The 8600 GTS also generates error messages in Windows and in Linux and may need substitute because of hardware failure.

Power Supply Problems

1. Low-end or insufficient power supplies can cause Nvidia GTS 8600 to freeze or collide as playing games. Users have experienced particular problems with Rosewill brand, while Thermaltake products have given sufficient power. GTS 8600 needs at minimum a 350-watt power supply with a +12 volt current rating of 22 amps. If running over one 8600 GTS along with in SLI mode, PC must feature at minimum a 450-watt power supply with a +12 volt current rating of 24 amps.

"Thread Stuck" Error Message

2. 8600 GTS can reason PC to restart, be there a black screen, and display a blue screen, restart, and then display "severe error" recovery message next a "thread fixed" message. This message caused by a fatal hardware crash.

Biostar 8600 GTS and Linux

3. Linux users operating Biostar-based Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS cards have many error messages associated to graphics card. These error messages happen across a many Linux distributions, containing Gentoo and Fedora. The error messages state "Failed to initialize NVIDIA graphics device" or "Cannot allocate resource region."

Heating Issues

4. Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS cards can produce heat over 80 degrees Celsius, even with incorporated fans running. Few cards do not ship with on-board fans, which make a bigger heat problem. Software programs like RivaTuner, can force card's fan to run at 100 percent at all times, though this software is not well-suited with all cards. The frame heat, or heat in PC case, based upon number of fans, air flow in case and types of parts installed in. Processors and memory sticks also include to temperature in frame.

Driver Problems

5. Like any hardware tool, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS needs tool drivers to work appropriately. Nvidia releases drivers that upgrade a card's aspects and abilities, permitting them to work with new software, including new games. Upgrading drivers can cause video card to act irregularly sometimes, though. Driver can be rolled back to a prior edition if a new driver causes problems. If a game crashes or displays distorted colors and images, problem may be caused by out-of-date drivers.