The Vvikoo 8600GT Turbo displayed speed and robustness when it is overclocked beyond the NV default clk and beyond to 740/1000. In our test, we overclocked it to 740/1000 and the results stunned us. Not only does the 8600GT GPU is super overclockable, the results actually overtook a 8600GTS graphics card.

The card also runs cool during usage with the Zalman fan attached to the GPU core. As the card comes with TV out, allowing you to output high resolution to a HDTV using the component cable, audio is not chaneled out. You can use the a separate cable to link the S/PDIF of your audio card to the graphics card. This will allow you to channel the audio through the DVI-HDMI converter (not provided) for full HDMI capability. This is somewhat cumbersome for the HD users.

Overall, the card is very quiet and is super overclockable. If you intend to get a 8600GTS, you might as well buy this 8600GT at a cheaper price and overclock it to performance levels of the 8600GTS.

Price

Pros

• DX10 support
• SM4.0
• Highly overclockable
• HDTV breakout cable

Cons

• Seperate cabling required for audio in HDMI
• Packaging perhaps include a game
• Should incude HDMI kit
• Documentation

Ratings

Here are my ratings out of 10 stars.