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GeForce 8600 GTS OC ThermoIntelligence Video Card
Now the award-winning NVIDIA® GeForce® 8 Series architecture extends to the
BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS OC™ with ThermoIntelligence™ graphics card. Offering
unparalleled levels of graphics realism and performance for Microsoft® DirectX®
9 and DirectX 10 games for the price point, the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
OC graphics card also includes the groundbreaking 2nd generation PureVideo HD™
processor and full support for Microsoft Windows Vista™.
Runs up to 11°C cooler with ThermoIntelligence
fansink. Visit ThermoIntelligence website.
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Fast
and Cool, with ThermoIntelligence
ThermoIntelligence series has been specifically designed to meet the cooling
demands of the discerning PC gamer and enthusiast. Featuring custom air
and water-cooled solutions, the ThermoIntelligence series provides exceptional
thermal performance without the draw backs of traditional custom and after
market solutions. |
Introducing the first new Air cooled product as part of our ThermoIntelligence
series is the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS OC & OC2™ 256MB PCIe graphics
cards. These cards feature a brand new exclusive cooling solution with exceptional
thermal performance that doesn’t take up an additional add-in card slot
or generate excess acoustic noise.
Before you buy - make sure your motherboard is
compatible with this video card. For example, PCI Express video cards won't
work with motherboards designed only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa.
Please read the specifications carefully or call us for expert advice.
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NVIDIA
GeForce 8600 GTS
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.
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NVIDIA
SLI (Scalable Link Interface)
NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology is a revolutionary
approach to scalability and increased performance. NVIDIA SLI takes advantage
of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture,
and features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPUs (graphics
processing units) and NVIDIA nForce4 MCPs (media and communications processors).
Together the NVIDIA SLI patent-pending technologies work seamlessly to
deliver heart-pounding PC performance. And depending on the application,
NVIDIA SLI can deliver as much as 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration
for unparalleled gaming experiences.
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NVIDIA
Unified Architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry,
vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering an incredibly
true-to-life 3D graphics.
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NVIDIA
Lumenex™ Engine
Support for 128-bit and 64-bit floating point HDR with up to 16x anti-aliasing
delivering vividly realistic lighting effects while obliterating ‘jaggies’.
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Microsoft
DirectX 10 Geometry Shaders
Dynamic geometry creation smoothes surfaces and enables incredibly detailed
environments, shadows, and effects.
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NVIDIA
Quantum Effects™ Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation deliver
amazing performance and visual effects such as smoke, fire, and explosions.
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Shader
Model 4.0 Technology
Get your box geared up for the future of games with blazing fast shader
performance and watch your characters sweat with Shader Model 4.0.
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NVIDIA
PureVideo HD Technology
Available on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, high-definition movies are bringing
an exciting new video experience to PC users. NVIDIA® PureVideo™
HD technology lets you enjoy cinematic-quality HD DVD and Blu-ray movies
with low CPU utilization and power consumption, allowing higher quality
movie playback and picture clarity.
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High
Dynamic Range (HDR)
High dynamic-range(HDR) lighting effects bring environments to life for
a truly immersive experience. It takes advantage of the subtle light,
texture, and color intricacies to create incredibly realistic environments.
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NVIDIA
ForceWare
It takes a powerful suite of software to complement these complex
processors. NVIDIA ForceWare™ unified software environment (USE)
is the key to unleashing the full power and features in NVIDIA’s
desktop, platform, mobile, and multimedia products. Delivering a proven
record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range
of games and applications, ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience
for every user and delivers.
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HDCP Compliant
HDCP (high definition content protection) is a standard that is encoded
into the video signal to prevent it from being pirated. If a source device
is HDCP coded and is connected to a HDTV display or projector without
the proper HDCP decoding mechanism, the picture is relegated to “snow”
or in some cases, very low (480P) resolutions of the images. In order
to see HDTV with HDCP compliance, both the source and display devices
must be equipped with DVI connections that can enable HDCP decoding.
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Windows
Vista Ready
Windows Vista is the first operating system to require a GPU (Graphics
Processing Unit) to realize the best experience possible.
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PCI Express
Support
PCI Express is a new Intel bus architecture that doubles the bandwidth
of the AGP 8X bus, delivering over 4 GB per second in both upstream and
downstream data transfers.
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Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Features
- Full DirectX 10 Support
World's first DirecX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers
unparalleled levels of graphic realism and film-quality effects
- OpenGL 2.0 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-Notch compatiblity and performance for OpenGL applications
- NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame
rates
- NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable
a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU - all
while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI
- GigaThread™ Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous
threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation
shader programs.
- NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing
that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color,
and precise image scaling for movies and video.
Minimum System Requirements
- 512MB of system memory
- CD or DVD-ROM drive
- 50MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
- Microsoft® Windows Vista™ or Windows® XP operating system
- PCI Express®-compliant motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot
- 375W PCI Express-compliant system power supply**
- One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors
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- Two 4-pin Molex supplementary power connectors
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Reviewer:
Anonymous
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Jun 04, 2008
Customer Rating:
4.5
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Paid almost twice as much as my XFX XXX but it was one of the best move I made! Better spec, better performance, less noise. This card runs smooth and delivers great performance. No glitch, no flaws, no problems. ThermoIntelligence really works great, I'm very please with my first BFG card ever! I finally ended my video card nightmare with this one. |
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Anonymous
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All I can say is awesome. I was playing world of warcraft with my old card and getting 15-20 fps with all the settings on their lowest setting. With this card at all the maximum settings and I am getting a consistant 60 fps. |
Reviewer:
teddddd on
Apr 05, 2008
Customer Rating:
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AN AMAZING CARD FOR THE PRICE! Get it while the rebate is still good! I've found this card at other websites for $200+. I use it for web design, video editing, and gaming; the 3 most resource-consuming fields of computing. In Half-Life 2/Counter Strike: Source/ Garry's Mod, I am getting a steady 150 fps. (3gb ram, amd X2 5000+.) Love this card. I used it for the entire day a few days ago, gaming from 9 AM until 2 AM the next day, and it did not even overheat, and my case isn't that well ventilated. Best card you can get for the money, hands down. |
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OK, core clock 710 mhz,shader clock 1523, memory clock 2016. this is the little beast that could. you can't go wrong with this! |
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Installed video card yesterday and I am very happy with it so far. My computer runs windows vista 64 bit and the included CD only gave me a performance value of 1 so I downloaded the right driver from BFGtech and now the value is 5.9 out of a max. of 6.0. The temerature runs between 118 and 122 degrees f., I think that's pretty good but I don't know for sure. Also, the maximum resolution is the only one that works which is fine so all in all, I'm very happy with both BFG and Tiger direct. |
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What You Should Know
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DVI: Digital
Visual Interface! What Is It? Monitors come supporting different video connector technologies:
VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, or combinations. Not every monitor
supports these, so check the specifications carefully before making your
selection.
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is the
most popular high-quality digital connection for monitors (though HDMI is
quickly becoming its equal in popularity). DVI is a video interface
standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices
such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It was
developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG).
It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data to a compatible
monitor or projector, and is partially compatible with the High-Definition
Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).
DVI represents a major improvement in image quality over the older VGA
standard.
The DVI interface uses a digital protocol
in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data.
When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each
number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each
pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one
pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of
each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical
noise and other forms of analog distortion.
Previous standards such as the analog VGA were designed for CRT-based
devices and thus did not use discrete time display addressing. As the analog
source transmits each horizontal line of the image, it varies its output
voltage to represent the desired brightness. In a CRT device, this is used
to vary the intensity of the scanning beam as it moves across the screen.
The two types of DVI interfaces are Single
Link and Dual Link. Following are the features and benefits of each:
Single Link - The Single Link interface is limited to a maximum pixel
clock of 165 Hz. It uses four (4) twisted pairs of wires (one each of Red,
Green, Blue and Clock). Maximum resolution is 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz.
Dual Link - The Dual Link interface is most common for today’s modern
LCD monitors. It provides three times as many pixels as the Single Link
interface. And its maximum clock may exceed 165 Hz. Dual Link uses six (6)
twisted pairs wires with two (2) each for Red, Green, and Blue, as well as a
pair for Clock. Dual Link’s maximum resolution is 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz. When
you use the Dual Link Interface you can use a longer cable because of its
higher bandwidth. Dual Link also provides HDCP support, which is required
for Blu-Ray playback.
If your Computer supports DVI ports, but
the Monitor does not, then a DVI to VGA adaptor is available at low cost to
solve this. Or inversely, if the Computer output is only VGA, and the
Monitor supports DVI, adaptors are available for this as well.
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Dual Monitor
Technology
Few PC users have ever experienced the huge productivity boost that comes
from using multiple monitors on the same PC. Ironically, many of
today's PC have the capability already installed, and Windows (since 2000)
natively supports dual monitors. Configuring dual monitors is so easy: just use
the second video port (if there are two separate ports installed), or add a
second video card or better yet, a video card that has dual DVI ports.
Then plug in your second monitor, change a couple of simple Windows settings,
and you have double the Windows Desktop. This lets you have your
spreadsheet and email visible at the same time, or PowerPoint and Photoshop.
The combinations are endless. And since most of the overhead is
handled by the video card, there is little significant impact (if any) on
system performance. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC! Optionally, you can use a dual monitor stand and recover your workspace in the process!
Click Here To Find Video Cards - Look For Dual DVI/Dual Monitor Ready
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Advanced PC Build-It-Yourself Guide
Not too long ago one had to be eligible for the Genius IQ Club (Mensa)
in order to build a computer. That is no longer the case. Today’s computer
manufacturers have made it much easier for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer
to create a great system.
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PCI
Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents
the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI
Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between
the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots
as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput
of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is
a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs
of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of
traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video
quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video
cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will
make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video
enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality
video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television
moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for
integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing
and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing
PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with
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What
is SLI Technology?
NVIDIA® SLI™ technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows
you to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple
NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce® SLI
media and communications processor (MCP).
How Does SLI Technology Work?
Using proprietary software algorithms and dedicated scalability logic
in each NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) and MCP, NVIDIA SLI technology
delivers up to twice the performance of a single graphics solution.
SLI GPU Graphics Cards
NVIDIA SLI GPUs deliver powerful, elegant and super-rich graphics
for games and other graphics-intensive applications. Combining two NVIDIA
SLI-Ready certified graphics cards (with the same GPU) in a single system
with an nForce SLI MCP results in up to double the graphics performance. NVIDIA SLI-Ready GPUs feature dedicated, built-in SLI hardware logic
and take advantage of the additional bandwidth of the PCI Express bus
architecture. Connected by the SLI connector (which ships with all SLI-Ready
motherboards), each GPU has a maximized connection pathway, and can leverage
the second card for reaching top-speed performances. SLI Technology can
scale both geometry and fill rate performance for multiple GPUs and output
in both digital and analog formats for the highest image quality.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR SLI READY VIDEO CARDS
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Video Card Designs
Today's high performance video cards
enable amazing graphics, and frequently come emblazoned with high-impact
graphics, or in brilliant colors. These help to enhance the appeal of
the card. However, from time to time, manufacturers do change these
designs and colors, but this has no effect on the features, specifications,
or performance of the specific video card model, and will usually retain the
same manufacturer's model and part number. The images displayed for a
video card are based upon the sample provided by the manufacturer, and the
specific visual design you receive may vary. So remember, while the
card may look cool, it's the specs that matter! |
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Motherboard Support the Video Card You're Purchasing? Here's the Answer...
Before you
buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For
example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed
only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications
carefully or call us for expert advice.
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PCI, AGP, and PCI-E (PCI Express)
Check
your motherboard and make sure you are purchasing the correct cardbus
type.
There are 3 types of cardbus slots currently available:
PCI, AGP, and PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 is compatible with PCIe slot)
PCI
- The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between
the CPU and peripheral controllers, such as network, display, SCSI and
RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance, they are considered
the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC. The PCI
interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Cards
AGP
- The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance. It was designed
especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics. It offers up to
8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one
AGP slot is on the motherboard. The motherboard must be equipped with
an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.(AGP 1x provided a data
transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1
Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
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here to view our selection of AGP Cards
PCI
Express - PCI Express is the newest technology that
is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance. It offers
performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot. PCI Express
connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to
connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards. The slots come
in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming
come with PCI express slots. To use a PCI Express card, your computer
must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
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here to view our selection of PCI Express Cards
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- BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS OC 256MB Video Card with ThermoIntelligence
- Quick Install Guide
- Drivers CD
- HDTV Cable
- Power Connector
- (2) Two DVI to VGA Adapters
Contents of package may vary from those pictured and stated here,
due to changes in manufacturer's specifications or merchandising.
Please check the product information carefully, items not included
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may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
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