Our card came overclocked by default to 745MHz for the core and 2290MHz DDR for its 1.0ns Samsung DDR3 memory modules. While the lesser GeForce 8600 cards are not likely to require external power through a 4-pin Molex power connector, this is a must for the GeForce 8600 GTS. Other interesting details include the much reduced memory bus of 128-bit, a drastic drop from the 320-bit on the 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS.

Many websites aren’t happy with this review because they signed a Non-disclosure agreement with Nvidia, and they are not allowed to say anything about it. Lucky us. We haven’t signed anything because we are probably not going to get any materiel or sample from Nvidia and their partners, as usually. So we can post a link to this review on our frontpage.

I always wondered why Nvidia is not cooperating with us. We have more traffic, rank and knowledge then 'some' of their review sites. So they are probably afraid we will find some serious flaw/cheats, or publish an unbiased review. And dear reviewers, please make sure to turn off all their ‘optimizations’, and set the image quality slider to HQ to remove some of the cheats. And please include image quality comparison to obtain legitimate results. Thank you.

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