Based on 8600 chipset from Nvidia, Simmtronics 8600GT is a budget range solution for game enthusiasts. It has a core clock speed of 540 MHz and a memory clock speed of 700 MHz with 2 5 6 ME of DDR2 RAM. We must anyhow prefer DDR3 RAM instead of the DDR2, it would enable you to get much faster bus speed and higher peak throughputs than earlier technologies, but ofcourse you need to pay few extra bucks. It has all the regular features such as HDTV, DVI, VGA etc, though theHDCP support is missing, which could've been an added advantage.

It performed decently in all the tests. In 3D Mark06 this price is decent enough, but is lower than the likes of Asus 8600GT (256 ME DDR2), Palit 8600GT (256 ME RAM), MSI 8 600GT (256 ME RAM) all of which have scored over4000 in 3D MarkO 6 test. In gaming tests, it gave an average of 20.5 fps at max setting in Company of Heroes, which is low considering the fact that we have seen better performance from cards with similar chipsets.

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For instance Palit 8600GT scored 29 fps at max setting, whereas MSI scored around 31 fps. Being a DirectX 10 compatible card it can play all the latest games. You might not find this one adequate to enjoy high intensity games such as Crysis at max settings, but you can surely enjoy the game at lower resolution and graphic settings.