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ASUS' OCgear 8600 GT graphics dials-in the overclocking
Turn that GPU up to 11 son, ASUS is prepped to unveil their OCgear overclocking kit at Computex next week. The new 8600 GT card slips into a 5.25-inch PC drive bay for a quick twiddle of your GPU speed -- just like their external XG Station for laptops. It also provides adjustment to the fan speed and system volume (somehow) while displaying the GPU temperature and FPS. Best of all, it has enough flashing lights to safeguard your virginity well into the foreseeable future. [Via The Inquirer]
NVIDIA shows off new mid-range 8300, 8500GT, and 8600GT DX10 graphics cards
They may not match up with the performance of the super high end graphics cards that we've seen from NVIDIA and ATI recently, but inevitably middle-range graphics cards are going to be the most popular with gaming enthusiasts as they invariably offer the most bang for your buck. At CeBIT last week, NVIDIA apparently accidentally put several graphics cards that it marked down simply as "New DX10 Graphics Card with HDMI" on display, which were in fact its new mid-range 8000-series of GeForce cards. On show were the passively cooled 8300, and the higher spec'ed 8500GT, and 8600GT (pictured). All feature HDCP supported HDMI ports (with sound routed to the cards through S/PDIF), Dual-Link DVI, and video RAM at 256MB each. No word on release date, but as with every other range of middle performance GPUs, you can probably expect the prices to be significantly less than their bigger brother (along with the performance, too).[Via Trusted Reviews]
NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 series brings DX10 without breaking the bank
If you want to join the ranks of the cool kids with one of those nifty DirectX 10 cards for promoting Vista shenanigans, but don't want to sell any vital internal organs to purchase a GeForce 8800 GTX or one of those upcoming ATI R600 cards, then you might be happy to hear that the price of entry is about to get a whole lot cheaper. Details of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce 8600 series have been revealed, with the 8600 GT going for roughly $150 and the 8600 Ultra demanding a $180 pricetag. Considering the fact that an 8800 GTX will cost you about $600 at the moment, this is good news indeed. The specs aren't anything to sneeze at, either, with both 8600 cards being built with an 80nm process and 300 million transistors. The GT runs at 350MHz, with 256MB of RAM to call its own, while the Ultra sports a 500MHz core, with 512MB of memory. The launch is supposedly timed to coincide with the R600's launch, will certainly steal a bit of ATI's thunder.[Via Guru 3D]
