Evesham Solar 8600GTS review
Verdict
Despite some compromises, this is still a great-value, cutting-edge system.
Review Date: 17 May 2007
Reviewed By: Clive Webster
Price when reviewed: (£899 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
The difference comes simply with the clocks at which the cards run. The GTS runs astonishingly fast, with the GT being more modest. In fact, the GTS runs faster than even the 8800 GTX chip: the stream processors thrash away at 1.45GHz, while the various subunits that feed this beast and process the results run at 675MHz, and its RAM is clocked at a stupendous 1GHz. The 8600 GT has 700MHz RAM by default, while the stream processors are clocked at 1.19GHz, with the rest of the chip running at 540MHz.
The GeForce 8600 GTS is a good performer and should cost around £115, while its lesser brother will cost £80. We delve deeper into the architecture and the performance of the two chips at www.pcpro.co.uk/news/110357.
Author: Clive Webster
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