General info
The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.
Technical specs
Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290.
Memory
Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290 can be seen in this section.
Video outputs and ports
The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290, the size and number of monitors.
API support
The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.
Gaming performance
Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or AMD Radeon R9 290 good for gaming.
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1280x720 |
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1920x1080 |
high
1920x1080 |
ultra
1920x1080 |
QHD
2560x1440 |
4K
3840x2160 |
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| Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||||||
| Death Stranding (2020) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||||||
| F1 2020 (2020) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||||||
| Gears Tactics (2020) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||||||
| Doom Eternal (2020) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||||||
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| 5 | Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. |
| May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. | |
| 30 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps) |
| 40 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps) |
| 60 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps) |
| May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game. | |
| ? | Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation. |
| Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible. | |
| The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results. | |
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Cheaper ($113 (0.7x MSRP) vs $237 (0.6x MSRP))
Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 275 Watt)
More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290
36.94% faster in synthetic tests
More pipelines (2560 vs 32)
Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)
More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)
So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or AMD Radeon R9 290?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290 .
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT versus AMD Radeon R9 290 performance benchmarks comparison
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