The GeForce 8600 GT is the brainchild of Nvidia, the largest manufacturer of computer components. Historically, this company throughout its existence has only one competitor - AMD (whose graphics cards were previously produced by ATI).
In this article, we will consider this video card in terms of characteristics, comparison with competitors and performance in tests and games.
Graphics card history
In 2007, a series of video cards from Nvidia appeared - the GeForce 8600. GT, GTS, GTX - this video card has such modifications.
The video card is a budget version of the iconic and iconic motherboard - the GeForce 8800. In the context of fierce competition with AMD at that time, Nvidia released new video cards almost every month.
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Of course, buying this video card in 2007, everyone was aware that it was just an imitation of DirectX10 support. For the full return on iron, it was necessary to acquire 8800 series. However, for those to whom modern games were not so important, this video card came up just right.