BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligent

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BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligence Review 256 MB

The card consumes less than 75 Watts of power, as you can see no 6-pin power connector is required to give the card some extra juice. Sounds good, but actually it also has a downside. It can limit overclocking slightly.

BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligence Review 256 MB

Opposed to the GTS cards the GT is not HDCP capable, unless the board partner decides to include a crypto chip (which none of them do). The cards also have two dual-link connectors for really high monitor resolution support up-to 2560x1600 (as tested today), and DVI outputs.

BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligence Review 256 MB

To your upper left you can see a 7-pin video out port for support for S-Video, composite and component (YPrPb) through an optional dongle. Most board partners include some sort of S-video cable and analog HDTV cable for this.

BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligence Review 256 MB

Creepy photo time .. Single slot heatsink fan. More noisy than the IT cooler on the GTS, it surely cools a notch better than the reference cooler though.

BFG GeForce 8600 GT OC ThermoIntelligence Review 256 MB

Fired up and stress-tested in the test system.

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