Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB & Twintech GeForce 8600GTS Review (Main Introduction)

Author: BenchZowner
Date: 2007-05-17 14:18

Main Introduction

It's been nearly 7 months since nVIDIA released their first GeForce 8 Series graphics cards, the GeForce 8800GTX ( their flagship up until recently ), and the GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, their second contestant in the high end sector.Four months after the initial release of the 8800GTX & 8800GTS 640MB, nVIDIA released the cut-down version of the 8800GTS 640MB, the GeForce 8800GTS 320MB.So in a 7 months period nVIDIA has released only 3 cards from their GeForce 8 Series, with all three being high end products.Finally in late April, nVIDIA decided to release some mainstream ( mid-end ) GeForce 8 Series graphics cards, the 8500GT, the 8600GT and the 8600GTS.

Today we would like to share with you our thoughts & results with the Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB and the Twintech GeForce 8600GTS graphics cards.

Review Introduction

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Summary:

1. Main Introduction
2. Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Introduction
3. Twintech GeForce 8600GTS Introduction
4. Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB - Package & Contents
5. Twintech GeForce 8600GTS - Package & Contents
6. Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB - The Card, The Cooler & Specifications
7. Twintech GeForce 8600GTS - The Card, The Cooler & Specifications
8. Test System Configuration: Hardware & Software, and Drivers Settings
9. Benchmarks Used & Settings
10. 3D Mark2001SE, 3D Mark03, 3D Mark05, 3D Mark06, AquaMark 3, oZone 3D Benchmarks
11. Company Of Heroes
12. F.E.A.R.
13. Need For Speed:Carbon
14. x3:Reunion
15. Overclocking: Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
16. Overclocking: Twintech GeForce 8600GTS
17. Mini Overclocking Guide
18. Temperature & Noise Measurements
19. Overclocked Performance
20. Final Thoughts