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    8600 GT vs 8600 M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by eL_eRiC, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. eL_eRiC

    eL_eRiC Notebook Evangelist

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    Which one is better? (not heat just performance)
     
    eL_eRiC, Aug 16, 2007
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    The M in the card names stands for mobile, so all the laptop cards should have it in there.

    The names of the two 8600 laptop cards are "8600M GT" and "8600M GS", with the GT being the better one by a significant margin.
     
    Necromas, Aug 16, 2007
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    Um, 8600m is the mobile verion of nvidia's cards, desktop versions are better. If u meant 8600g vs 8600gt, then gt wins.
     
    dburache, Aug 16, 2007
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    ok thanks man for the info
     
    eL_eRiC, Aug 16, 2007
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    Yeah both are correct the m stands for mobile and the gt is far better than the g.
     
    tymonc, Aug 16, 2007
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    Not to be mean, but there isn't an 8600m G, only a GS and a GT. However, there is an 8400m G...
     
    Lithus, Aug 16, 2007
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    Yeah, sorry about that thwas a typo my dear friend
     
    dburache, Aug 16, 2007
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    Here's the difference in 8400M G, GS, GT & 8600M GS, GT
    http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2984&p=2

    There are 8600M GT's with 256MB and there are 8600M GT's with 512MB. The type of memory DDR2 vs DDR3 depends on the manufacturer choice. A lot like the Celeron cpu model of half the memory, but twice the speed vs double the memory half the speed. They are about the same in performance with maybe the DDR3 doing slightly better, and overclocking better.

    Some feel the notebook 8600m GT performs similar to a desktop 7800GT.
     
    NapalmDeath, Aug 17, 2007
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  9. whatevs

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    I believe the GDDR3 performs significantly better because the "halfed memory" is insignificant with TurboCache and enough RAM.
     
    whatevs, Aug 17, 2007
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