Zotac Passive GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition Review @ techPowerUp

Iria · Jul 24, 2007, 04:07 AM

Review: techPowerUp
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The NVIDIA GeForce 8500/8600 launch is already a while back. Now the first manufacturers are showing customized boards that include additional value for the end user. One of those companies is Zotac, the youngest NVIDIA board partner. Their GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition is running completely passive, without any active cooling fan. Also the user can feed audio signals from the motherboard, for example, into the card which then adds them to the HDMI signal for your digital TV. Also it has to be mentioned that Zotac uses 256 MB of GDDR3 on this card. There are other cards on the market that use DDR2 to drive down price.

Jul 24, 2007, 04:07 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Zotac Passive GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition Review @ techPowerUp Review: techPowerUp __________ The NVIDIA GeForce 8500/8600 launch is already a while back. Now the first manufacturers are showing customized boards that include additional value for the end user. One of those companies is Zotac, the youngest NVIDIA board partner. Their GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition is running completely passive, without any active cooling fan. Also the user can feed audio signals from the motherboard, for example, into the card which then adds them to the HDMI signal for your digital TV. Also it has to be mentioned that Zotac uses 256 MB of GDDR3 on this card. There are other cards on the market that use DDR2 to drive down price.