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    what is the difference between the 8600m gs and 8600gm

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by spudlocker, Jun 24, 2007.

  1. spudlocker

    spudlocker Newbie

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    I bought a laptop with the nVidia 8600m gs and saw one today with a nVidia 8600gm what is the difference? System memory for both is 2gb, both laptops are running core 2 duo 2.0GHz 4mb L2 cache
     
    spudlocker, Jun 24, 2007
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    ourfinal Notebook Geek

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    the 8600m gt has twice the number of vertex and pixel shaders i'm also assuming it's clocked higher than the 8600m gs but i'm not certain
     
    ourfinal, Jun 24, 2007
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  3. spudlocker

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    not the gt but the gs and gm
     
    spudlocker, Jun 24, 2007
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    I've never heard of a gm
     
    Crimsonman, Jun 24, 2007
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  5. ourfinal

    ourfinal Notebook Geek

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    i just did a bit of looking around and couldn't find anything, i believe it's a generic term for the gt and gs
     
    ourfinal, Jun 24, 2007
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    Or it could be a typo
     
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    spudlocker, Jun 24, 2007
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    Nope, if you go on hp's website, it's an 8600 GS
     
    Crimsonman, Jun 24, 2007
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  9. spudlocker

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    ya thats where i bought it from i think circuit city got it wrong. thanks for the help
     
    spudlocker, Jun 24, 2007
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  10. illmatic2609

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    I'm pretty sure when they put the 8600M G or 8600M, it's just to hide the fact that it's the GS, not the GT for consumers who don't know about graphics cards.

    There are only two cards in the 8600M series from what I know. The 8600M GS and 8600M GT. The 8600M GT outperforms the GS by A LOT.
     
    illmatic2609, Jun 24, 2007
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  11. AlexOnFyre

    AlexOnFyre Needs to get back to work NBR Reviewer

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    The GS is clocked a lot higher, but because of the lack of stream processors and universal shaders, it is way slower.
     
    AlexOnFyre, Jun 24, 2007
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