Gigabyte 8600GTS 256MB Silent Pipe 3

Rob Williams · 08-13-2007, 01:00 AM

Building a silent PC or on the look-out for a quality mid-range graphics card offering? Gigabyte's 8600GTS includes the best of both worlds. In addition to including a passive cooler, a free copy of Supreme Commander can be found here also. Of course the important question is: Does the overall performance warrant your attention?

You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

Merlin · 08-13-2007, 07:23 AM

Nice review, But I would of liked to see temp differences since this was a pipe cooler.
I'm using the little brother ( 8600 GT ) in SLI and the temps hover around 54*C and 58*C using the stock air cooler and ambiet air temp of 26*C

Merlin

Rob Williams · 08-14-2007, 12:03 AM

I did not have an 8600GT in, so I really couldn't compare temperatures. Ideally, having another 8600GTS in and comparing it would be the test to perform.

10-29-2007, 10:20 AM

One thing I often see omitted from reviews is whether the heatsink touches the ram. In most cases it does not, I assume because the HS is designed solely around cooling the core.

It would be nice if the HS were designed to cool the ram also. It would provide an option to OC the ram and core with a nice quiet 120mm fan. At least put some kind of spreader on the BGA's, even if it has to be independent of the core HS.

08-13-2007, 01:00 AM	#1
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08-13-2007, 07:23 AM	#2
Merlin The Tech Wizard Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woodstock,Ga Posts: 1,847	Nice review, But I would of liked to see temp differences since this was a pipe cooler. I'm using the little brother ( 8600 GT ) in SLI and the temps hover around 54C and 58C using the stock air cooler and ambiet air temp of 26C Merlin __________________ WinVista 64 bit , Intel i7 920 watercooled loop #1red 1/2" tubing, MSI Platinum mobo, GTX280 GPU watercooled loop #2 blue 3/8" tubing...* Silverstone Strider 1000 watt, HAF Coolermaster case...150 gig Raptor..2 ea. 1 TB WD Green Synology NAS 207 Network Server with 2 Hitachi Terabite drives

08-14-2007, 12:03 AM	#3
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	I did not have an 8600GT in, so I really couldn't compare temperatures. Ideally, having another 8600GTS in and comparing it would be the test to perform. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

10-29-2007, 10:20 AM	#4
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Heatsink One thing I often see omitted from reviews is whether the heatsink touches the ram. In most cases it does not, I assume because the HS is designed solely around cooling the core. It would be nice if the HS were designed to cool the ram also. It would provide an option to OC the ram and core with a nice quiet 120mm fan. At least put some kind of spreader on the BGA's, even if it has to be independent of the core HS.

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