BFG Geforce 8600GTS faster than the rest

Testbed

Motherboard:
Nforce 680i EVGA board (Supplied by EVGA)
 
CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo 6800 Extreme edition (Supplied by Intel)

CPU Cooler:
Akasa EVO AK 922 Blue Athlon 64/X2/FX cooler and Intel CPU's (Supplied by Akasa)

Memory:
OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1066MHz 5-5-5-15  (Supplied by OCZ)
CL5-5-5-15-CR2T at 2.3V

Graphics card:

BFG 8600GTS OC2 (Supplied by BFG) 

Gainward Geforce 8600GTS (Supplied by Gainward)

PSU:
OCZ GameXStream 700W (Supplied by OCZ)

Hard disk:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA (Supplied by Seagate)

Testing 

BFG Geforce 8600GTS OC2 is an over-clocked card running at core 720MHz, and 2220MHz memory speed. To this point we've tested a number of 8600GTS, but none of them had Shaders running at high 1566MHz. All that plus the ThermoIntelligence cooler made BFG a hero among Geforce 8600GTS graphics cards.

We put the BFG card against Nvidias reference 8600GTS card, and also with powerful Gainward Geforce 8600GTS 512MB. Both cards run at reference speed.

Talking about speed, we clocked our BFG Geforce 8600GTS OC2 card a 100MHz more than reference speed. 775MHz for the core is quite a good result. Memory running at 1110MHz is already peaking but we managed to squeeze 30MHz more.

3DMarks

Scoring 21626 marks, BFG Geforce 8600GTS OC2 is 23% faster than reference card which scored 17566 marks. Although Gainward 8600GTS has 512MB of memory, BFG cards core and memory speed played a decisive role.

In 3Dmark05 however, the difference is significantly lower than in the previous test and it shows 14.8%. Thanks to 512MB of memory, Gainward wins in Vertex Shader test, and we see a good score of 12408 marks in the final score of 3Dmark 05 test.

Composite Figures 3Dmark 06	3DMark 06
8600GTS referenc 675/2000MHz	5513
Gainward 8600GTS 675/2016MHz 512MB	5890
BFG 8600GTS OC2 720/2220MHz	6292
BFG 8600GTS OC2 750/2220MHz	6426
BFG 8600GTS OC2 760/2220MHz	6444
BFG 8600GTS OC2 775/2220MHz	6541
BFG 8600GTS OC2 775/2280MHz	6601
SM2.0 Test	Score	GT1	GT2
8600GTS referenc 675/2000MHz	2287	17.655	20.470
Gainward 8600GTS 675/2016MHz 512MB	2469	19.311	21.842	Pages: 1 2 TOPICS: Latest articles NewsPC Hardware Oct 6, 2026 Intel Googlebooks trip over some Android apps AINews Oct 6, 2026 Etched bets the farm on inference NewsPC Hardware Oct 6, 2026 Broadcom bankrolls Anthropic’s appetite for Google AI chips Share Previous Article 217 million online gamers Next Article Dave Orton leaves AMD Featured articles AINews October 6, 2026 Etched bets the farm on inference Etched is weighing fresh funding offers at valuations of up to $50 billion as it… NewsPC Hardware October 6, 2026 TSMC spending spree fattens supplier order books TSMC’s relentless fab expansion is spilling down the supply chain, with Taiwan’s Da Yi Cheng… NewsPC Hardware October 6, 2026 IBM keeps MRAM in its 105.6TB storage monster IBM is still using Everspin MRAM inside its fifth-generation FlashCore Modules because enormous QLC drives… GraphicsNews October 6, 2026 AMD wants bigger slice of the silicon pie AMD plans to sharply increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps devouring CPUs,… Hot topics No results found. Latest reviews View all PC HardwareReviews July 14, 2026 GEEKOM Air12 Mini PC (2026 Edition) GEEKOM is a well known name in a mini PC market and I had the… MobilesReviews July 10, 2026 Pixel Watch 4 45mm A nice evolution Review: Faster charging, longer battery life, and a larger screen. A long time ago, I set… Reviews July 8, 2026 GEEKOM A5 Pro Mini PC is a great budget mini PC Pre-“RAMpocalypse” Pricing and Solid Everyday Performance Mini PCs have always been close to my heart.… Reviews January 31, 2024 Baseus 65W Charger 2 PRO affordably charges notebook and two more device Review: Baseus 65W GaN Charger 2 PRO Quick Charge 4.0 3.0 Type C PD USB Charger… Menu