GDDR3 256mb 8600m GT on the way for my C90S!

ziggo0 · Jan 13, 2008

I FINALLY FOUND ONE YAY! Cost me $250 but I did find one. My current 8600m GT 512mb DDR2 is a dud for overclocking, maxing out at a punny 525/475, when mos users are hitting speeds in excess of 600+/500+. So...after a cheap whim with google and a model number, I found a place that had 5 in stock. When I get a reply asking if i was in stock for sure, 3 were left!

SO I QUICKLY ORDERED ONE AND BAM, 1 was left

I can't wait! OC'ed my DDR2 hit 4.3k. My friend hit 4.6, I'm looking to break 5 in 3DMark06!

ps2cho · Jan 13, 2008

I have the DDR2 version unfortunately....and I heard the DDR3 is quite a bit faster. It will be very nice to see the difference in SM2/3 scores between us.

Keep us updated :thup:

Firebr4nd · Jan 13, 2008

I just got my Vostro with the 8600 that has GDDR2. I can't see the GDDR3 making a big difference playing WoW, WC3, and CS:S/TF2 though...especially since I'm not OCing.

PhysX · Jan 13, 2008

ziggo0 said:
I FINALLY FOUND ONE YAY! Cost me $250 but I did find one. My current 8600m GT 512mb DDR2 is a dud for overclocking, maxing out at a punny 525/475, when mos users are hitting speeds in excess of 600+/500+. So...after a cheap whim with google and a model number, I found a place that had 5 in stock. When I get a reply asking if i was in stock for sure, 3 were left! SO I QUICKLY ORDERED ONE AND BAM, 1 was left

I can't wait! OC'ed my DDR2 hit 4.3k. My friend hit 4.6, I'm looking to break 5 in 3DMark06!

can you pm me the link please?

ziggo0 · Jan 14, 2008

It will be here wedsensday :]

Evilsizer · Jan 16, 2008

do these fit in the mini-PCIE slot or what do they use to connect to the motherboard in the laptops?

uberwoot · Jan 16, 2008

DDR3 makes a huge diff in the cards. But my buddy has a 8600gt mwith DDR3 and the thing is so slow its pretty much steam powered. But hey its a laptop version of a 8600gt so its not that bad.

requardless it will be a nice upgrade going from a cripled 8600gt to one with DDr3. It should be pretty much like night and day.

ps2cho · Jan 16, 2008

Evilsizer said:
do these fit in the mini-PCIE slot or what do they use to connect to the motherboard in the laptops?

Its a PCI-E Slot yes. But there are big size and interface constraints. So not all GPU's will fit X laptop.

Evilsizer · Jan 16, 2008

well i was thinking of useing one on a Mini ITX board with a mini-pcie slot... but then the board also has a full PCIE 16x slot.. i just figured these would use way less power...

uberwoot · Jan 16, 2008

Post some benchmarks when you get it installed. I would like to see how big the preformance gap is.

Vengance_01 · Jan 17, 2008

uberwoot said:
Post some benchmarks when you get it installed. I would like to see how big the preformance gap is.

Most GDDR3 8600GT mobile cards can get to about 5K in 06. The GDDR2 normally around 4-4.2k.

ziggo0 · Jan 17, 2008

Here are some numbers.

8600m GT 512mb DDR2
169.04
3DMark06 - 475/400: 3411
CS:S - 475/400: 95fps

3DMark06 - 525/475: 4090
CS:S - 525/475: 121fps

8600m GT 256mb GDDR3
101.17 (Stock Driver)
3DMark06 - 450/700: 3739
CS:S - 450/700: 115fps

3DMark06 - 550/800: 4344
CS:S - 550/800: 134fps

8600m GT 256mb GDDR3
167.58 (Supposedly from Asus/M$...)
3DMark06 - 450/700: 4063
CS:S - 450/700: 121fps

3DMark06 - 550/800: 4,851
CS:S - 550/700: 147fps

ps2cho · Jan 18, 2008

ziggo0 said:
Here are some numbers.

8600m GT 512mb DDR2
169.04
3DMark06 - 475/400: 3411
CS:S - 475/400: 95fps

3DMark06 - 525/475: 4090
CS:S - 525/475: 121fps

8600m GT 256mb GDDR3
101.17 (Stock Driver)
3DMark06 - 450/700: 3739
CS:S - 450/700: 115fps

3DMark06 - 550/800: 4344
CS:S - 550/800: 134fps

8600m GT 256mb GDDR3
167.58 (Supposedly from Asus/M$...)
3DMark06 - 450/700: 4063
CS:S - 450/700: 121fps

3DMark06 - 550/800: 4,851
CS:S - 550/700: 147fps

That's a pretty big increase! I'm surprised. I guess the RAM bandwidth bottlenecks the card pretty good.

Vengance_01 · Jan 24, 2008

ps2cho said:
That's a pretty big increase! I'm surprised. I guess the RAM bandwidth bottlenecks the card pretty good.

yea it does. The 128bit bus does limit the card quite a bit. Nice scores. In Vista you should be right around 5K at max clocks for a 8600GT mobile card which is pretty damn good for a mobile card, but you get spoiled by a Desktop that can do 14K with a single gpu. Watch your temps. I wonder if you could volt mod the card? If you could and keep the card cool, I bet you could get 6K out of the card.

Evilsizer · Jan 24, 2008

i have to ask... does the 8600GT-M = 8600GT performance wise? i wonder about power wise as well but thats harder to figure out. any one got a GPUZ of both of the 8600GT-M's?

Vengance_01 · Jan 24, 2008

Evilsizer said:
i have to ask... does the 8600GT-M = 8600GT performance wise? i wonder about power wise as well but thats harder to figure out. any one got a GPUZ of both of the 8600GT-M's?

close, but the desktop version is clocked higher, but the cores are the same.

Evilsizer · Jan 24, 2008

so then the 8600GT-M is not a highly binned core for lower TPD?

Vengance_01 · Jan 24, 2008

Evilsizer said:
so then the 8600GT-M is not a highly binned core for lower TPD?

mabey, but is does have a lower voltage than a desktop 8600gt.

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