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8600 GT/GTS Follow-up Performanceby Derek Wilson on 4/24/2007 2:00 AM EST
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xpose - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkHow does H.264 video decoding work? Do I need to use a special powerdvd with special nvidia drivers for this to work? Or can I simply just get the latest nvidia drivers and use whatever media player I want to take advantage of this? Reply
RamIt - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkWhy no benchmarks for source based games?
Yongsta - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkThere should be a 8700 series to bridge the gap, since the 8600 is a dissappointment. Gone are the days when you could get a $150 card and get the performance of a $300+ card. Ti4200 (overclock to Ti4600) or Radeon 9500 (softmod to 9700), etc! Reply
ssidbroadcast - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkDoes anyone else think that us enthusiasts are expecting too much out of nVidia? The 8600 line clearly beats out it's 7600 counterpart, I think it might be expecting too much for the g84 to handily outdo a 7900 or an X1950. These are the BEST of last year, ppl! The best their engineers could do and only a year ago, or less! Why should we expect a MID-RANGE card too wallop the HIGH-RANGE of last year?
Just a thought. Reply
Live - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkBecause they have done so for the last years?
Traditionally, successful performance-mainstream parts at $199 price-points offered performance level similar to former flagship offerings released a year or a little more before. This was the case with the GeForce 6600 GT, which could easily outperform the Radeon 9800 XT; the same was true for the GeForce 7600 GT, which could offer performance of the GeForce 7800 GT at much lower price-point; the Radeon X1950 Pro outperformed even the Radeon X1800 XT in certain cases, while the GeForce 7900 GS provided same level of speed in games as the GeForce 7800 GTX. When it comes to the GeForce 8600 GTS, we cannot see it leaving the GeForce 7950 GT behind, not talking about more powerful GeForce 7900 GTX.
Spoelie - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkhttp://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=637">http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=637
For namesake alone they should have called the 8600GTS the 8600GT,
and the 8600GT the 8600GS
which would indicate there performance a bit more out of a history perspective. Dunno if the 8600GTS provides the jumps expected from the last generation Reply
shabby - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkIts been available on newegg since the other 8600 cards came out last week. If nvidia's partners shipped those cards to stores why couldnt they ship one to you guys? Reply
mongo lloyd - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - link
At the same time, we wouldn't recommend against the 8600 series, as it does provide best in class video decode performance that will enable more computer owners to experience HD content without dropping frames.
Have you actually tested this? Seeing as it was bloody madness to get it to work half-assedly on 6xxx and 7xxx cards (not even including the fact that nvidia screwed up support for it in every other driver release, and not disclosing that fact, or even acknowledging that they had broken it), it seems not so smart to just take it at face value.
I swear the quality of Anandtech articles has been declining... Reply
Hippiekiller - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkHeres to hoping they make an 8700 series, or AMD can fill in the performance gap between these cards and the 320 8800.
I am not willing to pay 300+ anymore. Reply
ochentay4 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkplease explain me why do i need h.264 100% decoding on hardware when there are free decoders that already do that (and nvidias charges you for this cards like if you where buying a rocket) and the most important thing is that it is supposed that you will be using these cards when relatively new pcs that can already play h.264 without a single frame drop... see, dx10 is for vista, and h.264 is for hd video, so its likely that the user has a really good pc.
my 2 cents! Reply
Imnotrichey - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkAre you going to include any heat, power usage, or noise levels in this eventually? Or is there a future article coming soon?
Very dissapointed in the 8600 :( But still interested to see how it compares heat, power, and noise to the 8800. Also why no 8800 GTX or GTS 640 in the benchmarks? It would be interesing to see how much more you get in games for spending 2 times the money Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkthere are already Anandtech articles comparing the GTS 320MB to the other 8800 cards. Plus an 8800GTX would have squashed the scale of the cheaper cards too much to see the differences in the graphs. Reply
Sunrise089 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkNormally Anandtech will talk about heat, power, and noise when they review a specific manufacture's card, rather than a reference design. We all know most retail parts will use the same cooler nVidia supplies with the reference part, but some might not, and that (or overclocking) would change the results. Reply
bearxor - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkDerek,
How much longer until we get video benchmarks? Also, PLEASE include a 8500 in that roundup. I've no interest in any kind of 3D capability from the 8500. It will be put in a HTPC to only run Vista MCE and no other games or anything running on it.
I've been holding off on buying one until I can see how one performs in a HTPC enviorment, please make that happen, even if you have to buy one off of the egg or something.
Thanks! Reply
Ajax9000 - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkSeconded!
BTW, some preliminary benchmarks at http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/msibfg8600/med...">http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/msibfg8600/med... ... but they use a high-end system -- really, who on earth is going to put a US$900+ 130W TDP processor into an HTPC if they can use (say) an E6420 and not have the same problems keeping it cool and quiet.
Anandtech, please do the upcoming video benchmarks on a "mid"-spec system. Reply
SniperWulf - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - link<rant>
would it really have killed you to add 1 more SP cluster? i mean 192-bit path to memory would have helped these benches quite a bit.
psychobriggsy - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkI paid £72 for a Sparkle 8600GTS, which after tax and conversion is ~$122. Admittedly I ordered an 8600GT and they shipped sent me the GTS by mistake ... but graphics cards have been notoriously overpriced in the UK so it was by far the best option regardless.
As I'm upgrading from a Radeon 9500 system, I don't think I'll be too upset, and the video offload will be very much appreciated.
But yes, the prices should have been lower, and the suffixes different.
8600GT should have been a GS @ $129. 8600GTS should have been the GT @ $169, and there should have been a 256bit memory bus GTS at $199 (with 48 or 64 shaders).
Regardless I think the cards will be at these price points within a couple of months, with either an 8800GS or an 8600GTX card added. It's just a complete non-upgrade option for 7600 owners. Reply
Genx87 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkWith ATI's lack of a high end card, their high end card has been pushed into the mid ranged pricing model.
The bottom line is the 8600GTS is a replacement for the 7600GT in Nvidia's line up for the mid range. Both cards debuted in the same price range and both performed nearly as well as last generations high end.
In a perfect world the X1900 wouldnt be in that price range, but this is all they have to offer. Comparing the 8600GTS to the 7600GT, which this card was designed to replace. It is a no brainer which one wins. The market situation will correct itself once the 7900s flush out of the channel and AMD comes out with their own mid range card and drop the X1900s from their lineup.
That being said, i think Nvidia most likely has a card to fill the performance gap between the 8600GTS and the 800GTS 320.
munky - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThe x1900xt 256 has been available for a little over $200 even before the release of the 8800 series, nevermind the 8600 series. Nvidia must take its competitors products into account, because DX10 capability alone will not sell these cards.
The reason the 6600gt was such a success is not because it compared favorably to the mediocre fx5700, but mainly because it offered better performance than anything else in its price range, even more expensive cards like the 9800pro. This is clearly not the case with the 8600gt and gts. The fact that it beats a 7600gt is nothing excetional. Reply
blckgrffn - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkAMD/ATI did the same thing the last time around - they left a huge gap between midrange and high end that nvidia handily filled with the 7600 series, and one they barely filled (X1600XT) before moving on to a whole new generation. It really hurt AMD/ATI last time around, and nvidia isn't careful, they could get burned this generation too.
Heres to hoping AMD/ATI and nvidia both have great ~$130 DX10 cards later this year... Reply
nullpointerus - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - link
Heres to hoping AMD/ATI and nvidia both have great ~$130 DX10 cards later this year...
Methinks this would be a good time for a cynical retort, but I can't think of one ATM. Reply
coldpower27 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkWe'll see, if the RV630 is competitive to these cards as it too has a 128Bit pCB as well from the rumors we have been hearing. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThank you for confirming the mediocrity of these cards. It is good to see a nice unbiased review that does not sugar-coat the pathetic results these cards are posting in some games and the so-so to just-okay results in other games.
The fact remains a new generation of cards should outperform the previous generation at the same price/performance level.
The 8600GT needs to CONSISTENTLY outperform the 7600GT, the 8600GTS needs to CONSISTENTLY outperform the 7900GS/7900GT, and neither of these cards can manage that because they are cut down too far. A 256-bit bus and 64 stream processsors on the GTS for the same price point and it would have been a success and ensured NVidia victory across the board. Reply
coldpower27 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkWhich would basically nullify any cost advantage to production the 8600 Line has, if you add a 256Bit PCB plus the increase to 64 SP, you have a card that costs more then the 7900 line to make. There wouldn't be any point, Nvidia would have to eat the costs and still sell at the mainstream price points and make less money in the end. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - link7900 series is going away, my friend. Reply
CalvinHobbes - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkI'd love to see some video benchmarks using CPU's that the users of these cards would most likely have. If I were building a system with an 8600 based card I would probably match it with an E4300, E4400 or 5000+. Reply
ssidbroadcast - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkI got your back. If you examine hardware surveys, IE Steam uses over a million unique samples, most people aren't using top-dollar processors or 2GB corsair RAM (pricey stuff). I realize the obvious benefits of using this kindof hardware for benching; cross-standardization being one, but most of us can't really afford these kind of systems.
It'd be nice to see "modest" benchmarks on an entry-level AM2 machine, or even better, a 939 socket? Pentium equivalents as well? Reply
A5 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThey're testing the card, not the system. If they used it with a slower CPU, it would skew the results of the better cards a little lower and make the 8600s look better than they are. Reply
Sunrise089 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThe number one reason nVidia has had more success than ATI in the past few generations is their superior midrange cards. (The number 2 reason is product delays with new high-end part intorductions, but that isn't as severe, since the real high-end market segment will just buy the new cards anyways). nVidia has clearly dropped the ball here, and these new benches confirm what the last review seemed to indicate - that unless AMD is totally asleep, they can nail nVidia with the Radeon 2600 line.
"The problem is that there is a huge performance gap between the 8600 GTS and the 8800 GTS 320MB." - This is the essense of the problem...the much better card is just priced much to close to these parts. The overall bottom line might have actually been better if nVidia hadn't released the 320meg part at all.
"We also have multiple cases where NVIDIA's new offerings perform lower than similarly priced hardware from their own previous generation hardware." - This is when it becomes outright embarrassing. It's been a long time, if there ever was a time, when this was true for the boys in green.
I'll say it again - 64 shader part at $200 will come quickly if AMDs competing parts are any good. Reply
SalientKing - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkIve been wondering how 2 8600GT would fair Reply
ssidbroadcast - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkActually, me too. Now that the 8000 series is on a uniquely (to PCs, anyhow) unified-shader architecture, it seems that nVidia has a chance to re-invent SLi.
Imagine an SLi engine that didn't simply split workload into half-frames or every-other frame. What if it simply pooled the shader resources for each frame? DX10 seems to give programmers a high degree of freedom (threading physics to the GPU, storing entire programs on the onboard memory, etc) maybe nVidia could fashion a special version of SLi geared for DX10?
I dunno. Just an idea. I realize such engineering is much easier said than done. Reply
PrinceGaz - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkPooling the shader-resources of a pair of 8600GT/GTS cards would still only give 64 shaders in total, compared with the 96 of a single 8800GTS. No amount of improving pixel-shader efficiency in SLI is going to make a pair of 8600's faster than the 8800GTS. Reply
Sunrise089 - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkMuch worse than the 8800GTS it would be priced against, plus requiring a more expensive MB, showing lack of performance improvements in some games, and probably making more heat and noise. SLI is ideal for the top end, not midrange. Reply
Live - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkGood reading always nice to see a follow up. I hope Nvidia gets the message and lowers the price and don't starve the memory in the future. Reply
Sh0ckwave - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkIn other words, right now these cards suck for gaming. If prices dropped considerably and dx10 content was available it might be a different story.
But I get the feeling these cards might not be fast enough to run dx10 features at decent framerates anyway. Reply
yyrkoon - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThe thing I thought of was: 'wow, it took this long for nVidia to make a card that performed on par with the ATI 1950's ?'
Yes, I understand the NV 8800 series is top dog, but look at the price difference right_now.
Anyhow, I would have to agree, these comparred to the older 8800's are much weaker, but there is a niche for everyone/everything, as not everyone can afford $300+ for a good video card, and these seem like they would fill the general purpose niche very well, not to mention play back HD content decently also.
After seeing how many NV 6200's have come through our shops here, I have very little doubt, that Dell/eMachine owners nation wide will be gobbling these up left and right . . .
Griswold - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - linkI'm inclined to agree. Garbage often sells like gold. But then again, there are rumors that the Dells, Lenovos and FSC's of the world have a new lovechild with a different name.
I expected more from a line-up that is the bread and butter of a company in this business. Reply
DerekWilson - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkIf we were looking at $130 - $150 and $170 - $200 I'd say that the 8600 series would look better.
We will also be looking at overclocked hardware -- if we see cards with a nice healthy overclock at $150 or $200 (depending on the card) they might then be worth the price.
We'll have to test that before we can know though. Reply
kilkennycat - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkFYI:-
The MSI 8600GTS OC was in stock @$189.99 on ZipZoomFly the day of release and still available from stock. (The MSI 8500GT was also in stock at ZZF the day of release of these cards @ $99.99, but is now out of stock.) Reply
Spoelie - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkThe stalker page of the article just turns up a message reading:
"We apologize for the inconvenience, but you have encounted an error. The error has been logged and sent to the web master."
I hope spiderman got the message Reply
imaheadcase - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkI got that to, it says it was Fatal though, but I only lost my nerves. Reply


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IDC Methodology
- IDC's Research
- Research Standards
- IDC Objectivity
- Methodologies to Fit Market Segments
- IDC's Demand-Side Market Contact
- IDC MarketScape
- IDC's Foundation Research
- Market Sizing and Forecasting Methodology
- Elements of IDC Market Models
- Forecast Assumptions
IDC's Research
IDC employs a number of assets that set us apart from other market research firms. Our comprehensive coverage promotes understanding of multiple industries. Additionally, our "glocal" research model, which is our study of both local and regional markets "on the ground," helps us to understand the nuances of local country markets while improving our global coverage. By promoting research standards and methodologies worldwide, we ensure forecast and analysis consistency across a wide range of geographies and coverage areas.
Our market contact demonstrates that unlike most of our competitors, we conduct a significant amount of primary demand–side research to bulwark our analysis. Our analyst tools make our analysts' forecasts and analyses more systematic. And, our foundation research developed in the areas of hardware, software, services and internet penetration acts as a reference for all IDC analysts.
Any one IDC research area uses an interlocking web of tools and methodologies to support its analysis of the future. They vary by area, but the principles are the same. They include research, hypothesis, refinement, and documentation. It is our analysts and the research methodologies they employ that set IDC apart.
Research Standards
IDC has developed a set of standards to guide analysts. These standards consist of the documentation of methodologies used and forecast assumptions, projections from only surveys that are statistically sound to ensure only objective and accurate data is used, validation and "sanity checks" to help provide boundary conditions for major forecasts, implementation of standard definitions across geographies and coverage areas, and the use of common analytical tools to ensure consistency.
IDC Objectivity
At IDC, we recognize our duty to preserve objectivity, integrity, and independence in the creation and dissemination of our research and analysis.
We are committed to avoiding bias and conflicts of interest. Our internal policies are designed to enforce the objectivity of our research agenda, analysis, and opinions. In addition, IDC employees are committed to supporting the highest standards of ethics in every aspect of the operation, and conduct business in a manner that is fair, honest, and lawful.
For certain document types, technology buyers and vendors are permitted to review IDC research prior to publication to assure factual accuracy. The review varies in duration based on the type and length of the research document.
IDC's Terms of Use policy provides guidelines for authorized use of IDC research and analysis.
Methodologies to Fit Market Segments
Although IDC maintains a philosophy of fitting the methodology to the market segment, all of our studies share a core set of methodological elements and approaches. These elements consist of demand-side data, data integrity cross-checks, global data collection and analysis at regional and local levels, verification and updating of segmentation, supplier models, distribution channel models, analysis of external drivers and linkages, and vision of the future.
IDC's Demand-Side Market Contact
IDC takes pride in the amount of demand-side surveys we conduct to support our supply-side research with vendors and the channel. IDC's Global Research Organization oversees a network of over 40 demand-side research specialists in all major regions. Demand-side survey techniques include traditional random-digit-dial phone surveys, web–based and email surveys, cluster and factor analysis, lead user research, focus groups and mall intercepts, interactive polling, personal interviews, conjoint studies, and diary studies. While we are not a "survey house" per se, we do believe we set the standard for integrating demand-side research into normal analytical processes.
IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape criteria selection, weightings, and vendor scores represent well-researched IDC judgment about the market and specific vendors. IDC analysts tailor the range of standard characteristics by which vendors are measured through structured discussions, surveys, and interviews with market leaders, participants and end users. Market weightings are based on user interviews, buyer surveys and the input of a review board of IDC experts in each market. IDC analysts base individual vendor scores, and ultimately vendor positions on the IDC MarketScape, on detailed surveys and interviews with the vendors, publicly available information and end-user experiences in an effort to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of each vendor's characteristics, behavior and capability.
IDC's Foundation Research
In our core areas, we have developed five major pieces of foundation research that go to the heart of much of our market analysis. These research tools are IDC's trackers (quarterly views of shipments and market share), IDC's software market forecaster database (a compilation of revenue estimates for over 1000 software companies worldwide), IDC's services spending model (a classification and methodology for sizing services markets in countries and regions), the IDC Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast (a model of global ad spending, Internet usage, commerce, and devices), and the IDC Worldwide Black Book (a roll-up of IDC market and service forecasts across 58 geographic territories in 30 technology and service categories).
Market Sizing and Forecasting Methodology
IDC's most fundamental research mission is to accurately assess and forecast the size and shape of the key IT market segments. The first step in market sizing and forecasting is data collection. IDC uses a variety of primary and secondary sources for sizing and forecasting markets including, but not limited to, interviews with IT vendors, public financial records, historic market data, and user surveys. The next step is the entry of demand- and supply-side data into proprietary models of market segments in order to generate IDC market data and forecasts. Then, the preliminary values in the market model are validated using a number of different procedures. And lastly, the market models are adjusted accordingly.
Elements of IDC Market Models
Each IDC market database is fed by real-world data and benefits from our unique worldwide data collection and surveying capabilities. Field data is then processed through a proprietary operational model of the market segment. The components of a typical model include: market segmentation, pricing and transaction model, distribution model, vendor business and revenue model, forecast of market trends, linked and driving markets, demand-side spending, and expanding/contracting applications of technology.
Forecast Assumptions
IDC endeavors to document the assumptions behind each of our forecasts. We have developed an internal tool called the IDC Assumption Builder. Key to the IDC Assumption Builder is the development of a mental model of the market being forecast, which includes assumptions about the economy, supply, the labor force, etc. The IDC Assumption Builder makes it easy for an analyst to document his or her assumptions in each sector of the mental model, determine those that actually drive the forecast, and highlight the assumptions that have the power to radically alter a forecast if expectations change.
The Importance of Analysts
For all the strength of our analytical tools, research methods and standards, and foundation research, it is our analysts that will put it all to work analyzing the future on behalf of our clients. We have made major investments in analyst training and in tools to facilitate collaboration and research. Our analysts, our methodologies, our tools, and our processes are the elements behind our claim to help clients "analyze the future."