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Asus EN8600 GTS TOP 256Mb DDR3

"If you want a good performing graphics card that can compete against high-end cards at a fraction of the price ... then the Asus EN8600GTS TOP is a excellent choice."


Tags : 256Mb   8600gts   Asus   DDR3   EN8600GTS   Geforce   Video Cards  

Posted on May 3, 2007, 4:09 PM UTC by Winston Chim

Specifications

Specifications 

asus_en8600gts        The card

Asus EN8600GTS TOP - Product Specifications & Features

Graphics Engine
GeForce 8600GTS (G84-400)
Video Memory
256MB DDR3
Engine Clock
745MHz
Memory Clock
1145 MHz (2290 MHz DDR3)
Memory Interface
128-bit
Max Resolution
Up to 2560 x 1600
VGA Output
YES, via DVI to VGA Adapter
HDTV Output
YES, via HDTV Out cable
TV Output
YES, via S-Video to Composite
DVI Output
DVI-I
Dual DVI Output
YES
HDCP Support
YES
Adaptor/Cable bundled
DVI to VGA adapter
Power Cable
HDTV-out cable
Software Bundled
ASUS Utilities & Driver
2nd VGA Output
Card Size: 9 inch length, 4.97 inch width, 1.43 inch height
6 pin power connector * 1 inside the box
Minimum 400W or greater system power supply (with 12V current rating of 26A)

 

GeForce 8600

 

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8 series graphics processing units (GPUs) redefine the PC gaming experience. With a revolutionary unified architecture and full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10 games, GeForce 8 series GPUs deliver unprecedented performance, extraordinarily detailed environments, and film quality game effects. 

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 graphics processors feature the award-winning GeForce 8 Series architecture with unparalleled levels of graphics realism and performance for Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and DirectX 10 games for the pricepoint.

Available Models: GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 8600 GT (Standard Specs)

Specifications/Performance

  GeForce 8600 GTS GeForce 8600 GT
Stream Processors 32 32
Core Clock (MHz) 675 540
Shader Clock (MHz) 1450 1180
Memory Clock (MHz) 1000 700
Memory Amount 256MB GDDR3 256MB GDDR3
Memory Interface 128-bit 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 32 22.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 10.8 8.6

  

Technical Specifications 

NVIDIA® Unified Architecture

  • Unified shader architecture
  • GigaThread™ technology
  • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10
    • Geometry shaders
    • Geometry instancing
    • Streamed output
    • Shader Model 4.0
  • Full 128-bit floating point precision through the entire rendering pipeline

NVIDIA Lumenex™ Engine

  • 16x full screen anti-aliasing
  • Transparent multisampling and transparent supersampling
  • 16x angle independent anisotropic filtering
  • 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with anti-aliasing
    • 32-bit per component floating point texture filtering and blending
  • Advanced lossless compression algorithms for color, texture, and z-data
  • Support for normal map compression
  • Z-cull
  • Early-Z

NVIDIA Quantum Effects™ Technology

  • Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation
  • Simulate and render physics effects on the graphics processor

NVIDIA SLI™ Technology1

  • Patented hardware and software technology allows two GeForce-based graphics cards to run in parallel to scale performance and enhance image quality on today's top titles.

NVIDIA PureVideo™ HD Technology2

  • Dedicated on-chip video processor
  • High-definition H.264, VC-1, MPEG2 and WMV9 decode acceleration
  • Advanced spatial-temporal de-interlacing
  • HDCP capable3
  • Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
  • Noise Reduction
  • Edge Enhancement
  • Bad Edit Correction
  • Inverse telecine (2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction)
  • High-quality scaling
  • Video color correction
  • Microsoft® Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support

Advanced Display Functionality

  • Two dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x1600
  • One dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16004
  • Dual integrated 400MHz RAMDACs for analog display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536 at 85Hz
  • Integrated HDTV encoder provides analog TV-output (Component/Composite/S-Video) up to 1080i resolution
  • NVIDIA nView® multi-display technology capability
  • 10-bit display processing

Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™

  • Full DirectX 10 support
  • Dedicated graphics processor powers the new Windows Vista Aero 3D user interface
  • VMR-based video architecture

High Speed Interfaces

  • Designed for PCI Express® x16
  • Designed for high-speed GDDR3 and DDR2 memory

Operating Systems

  • Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Windows XP/Windows XP 64
  • Linux

API Support

  • Complete DirectX support, including Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0
  • Full OpenGL® support, including OpenGL 2.0

 

For more information please visit Nvidia's Website 

 

 

 

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