And you actually believe reviews?

Those "americans" hates asian ler, they won't bother reviewing a china based product that is made in asia and has an asian name on it.

Even if they do review, they will make it look like it's not worth buying at all.

Nope, they really hate "ASIAN".
They don't just hate our products, they hate everything about "ASIAN".

Yes, but the thing is, Colorful keeps it's chinese word on their products, so it shows the true "asian" flag on each of their products, thus, they are being hated more than the others.

Colorful 8600GT OC doesn't use any extra power plug, so u can use those normal PSU to power it up.
Unlike 8600GT UE, it needs an extra 6Pin PCI-e molex.

So basically, any chapalang psu should be enough to power up the 8600GT OC.

@TomatomanzSeedlezz
I have answered all your question, but you're the one who keep repeating the same question again and again, i advise you to read properly all my post, if you can't understand it, learn english back, i have no intention to argue with you, but for you to repeat the same question again & again, it's just pure annoying.

Look at slash's post, he's not using any extra fan "on top" of his 8600GT UE, but he still manage to get 51degrees the maximum.

I have no intention to argue with you, whatever you post after this will just show how childish of you for repeating the same question and again but not trying to understand my post properly.

This is where i will stop talking to you, if i see any of your post again trying to start back the argument, i will report your post immidieately.
Nuff said.

Your graphic card is 8500GE, genkis3 is using 8600GT.

If you ask me, i didn't change the thermal pad, i leave it just like that as i just replace the TIM on top of the core IHS only.

Good question, i've been asking the same question to myself too.
Weird why they put so much TIM on the core.

All 8800 that i've used are the same, 8800GTS 640MB, 8800GTX, 8800Ultra, all same, even my 2900XT also they apply so much TIM.

RokXIII has given a good answer to ya.
Kalau setakat bukak heatsink tapi guna TIM cap ayam watpe tukar.

AS5?
LOL, people don't use AS5 anymore la bro, AS5 lose to MX-1, and MX-1 lose to MX-2, so why bother getting AS5 d?

Duhh, offcourse lar.
8500 is the lowest end GC from Nvidia 8XXX series.

While 8600 is Mid End liao.

OC or no OC, that's not the main point.
The main point is what the card offers.

8600 series offers more pipelines, better graphics technology and has some other stuff that i don't have time to explain in here.

How in the world you think an 8500 can be at the same level of 8600?
Offcourse it can't.

Your card is not underpowered, it is utilized perfectly, however, it can't go at the same level of 8600.
About the 5000 points in 3Dmark, that one, he did some Vmod, yes the benchmark can go nearly at 8600 series, but results in benchmark doesn't mean you will get the same performance in gaming.

All i can say is the 8500 is a very low end card, it can't even fight with 7300, to me, 8500 is not worth the buying at all.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Aug 13 2007, 12:04 AM

Go benchmark both of them, then you'll see which one will perform better.

I've used all three types of 8800 which is 8800GTS 640MB, 8800GTX & 8800Ultra.
If you ask me, yerp, it got some gap, but if you want the best, directly jump into 8800Ultra.

Yes.
You should apply, but remember, if you want to open the heatsink, do take a look on where did they put the warranty sticker.
If the put it on top of some screws, don't bother opening the heatsink else you might screw the warranty.

Allo brother, if 8800GTS 640MB, 8800GTX & 8800 Ultra all got overapplied, what makes you think the 8800GTS 320MB could run from overapplied?

Well, for starters, when i change the TIM on my 8800GTS 640MB, [Core only] the temps goes down from 57°C to 52°C.
Owh, did i state that time i was using only MX-1?

Just imagine what temps you will be getting if you replace the stock TIM to MX-2.

Owh, for 8800, you can't use the rice grain method of reapplying TIM, because it uses IHS, and the IHS is way bigger than a processor's IHS, you'll have to spread it by yourself.

Apply a thin layer of TIM and remember to spread it, as we don't know where does the core of G80 were placed under the IHS, and we don't know how big is the core, so it's better to spread the TIM.
Not like processor, the core sits on the middle under the IHS, so it's not a problem to place a rice grain size of TIM and let the HSF spread the TIM by itself.

EDIT:
Forgot to tell you, the HSF is rather hard to be opened, so the best way to take out the HSF is by opening the HSF quickly after running some heavy games as the card is still hot and the TIM is still in liquid form, so it's best to take out the HSF when it is still hot.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Aug 13 2007, 09:09 AM

You cannot do anything about it.
The only thing you must do now is get a good PSU.

Plus, the graphic card is going to bottlenecked with your specs.
Bottlenecked heavily.

Hair dryer can produce static charges, thus, it can kill your graphic card easily.

Nope, i did that to all my GC even when i'm on AGP, why?
Because it's easier to plug out the HSF while it's hot as the TIM is on liquid form, not in hardened mode.

The core will get damaged easier when you plug out the HSF when the TIM is hardened.

Every single screws that you can find on the back of the card and at the PCI metal cover.

Yeah, "very lucky", but when his lucky goes away, he might find some hardwares blown up.

Using arctic cleaner is the best.
Slash didn't use Arctic Cleaner to remove the yellow sticky TIM that were used on his Colorful 8600GT UE i think.

Did you use Arctic Cleaner eh Slash?