Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review

**One4yu2c** · November 30th, 2007

We've all fired up RivaTuner, ATITool, and nTune to squeeze out a little more performance out of our videocards, but is there an easier way? Asus thinks so, and they've made overclocking their EN8600GT as easy as turning a dial. Join HardwareLogic as we take 'er for a spin...literally.
Paul Lilly

Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review

Dread · November 30th, 2007

Nice review, neat idea.

I wonder if the box and software would work on
another Asus offering like the 8800GT/X? Be interesting
to see.

Quakindude · November 30th, 2007

Kudos to Asus for thinking outside the box! When competition heats up, it's things like this that will set the cards apart. Even if it doesn't offer much overclocking headroom, it's still cool as hell!

And Dread, that would be interesting to know if it works on other cards.

Diggin it!

screwballl · November 30th, 2007

great stuff!! I may need to look into that with a future upgrade.... maybe

**gvblake22** · November 30th, 2007

That little drive bay thing is pretty nifty! What does it display for frames per second when you are on the Windows 2D desktop?

azianai · November 30th, 2007

i kno i wouldn't be the only one to accidentally crank the OC up thinking it was the vol switch =P

**One4yu2c** · November 30th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by azianai

i kno i wouldn't be the only one to accidentally crank the OC up thinking it was the vol switch =P

You can do that with the dial, too!

XoRn · November 30th, 2007

Looks pretty nifty and a great deal for the price. How do you switch between dialing volume, and OCing with the single nob?

**One4yu2c** · November 30th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by XoRn

Looks pretty nifty and a great deal for the price. How do you switch between dialing volume, and OCing with the single nob?

You push dial in like a button and it cycles between volume, fan control, and OCing.

**Capper** · November 30th, 2007

nice, too bad they didn't put RAM sinks on that naked memory

November 30th, 2007	#1
One4yu2c I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Lounge Lizards Posts: 2,630 Blog Entries: 3	Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review We've all fired up RivaTuner, ATITool, and nTune to squeeze out a little more performance out of our videocards, but is there an easier way? Asus thinks so, and they've made overclocking their EN8600GT as easy as turning a dial. Join HardwareLogic as we take 'er for a spin...literally. Paul Lilly Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review

November 30th, 2007	#2
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 644	Re: Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review Nice review, neat idea. I wonder if the box and software would work on another Asus offering like the 8800GT/X? Be interesting to see. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU

November 30th, 2007	#3
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,754 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review Kudos to Asus for thinking outside the box! When competition heats up, it's things like this that will set the cards apart. Even if it doesn't offer much overclocking headroom, it's still cool as hell! And Dread, that would be interesting to know if it works on other cards. Diggin it! Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 30th, 2007	#4
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review great stuff!! I may need to look into that with a future upgrade.... maybe Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

November 30th, 2007	#5
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,421 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review That little drive bay thing is pretty nifty! What does it display for frames per second when you are on the Windows 2D desktop?

November 30th, 2007	#6
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,501	Re: Asus EN8600GT 256MB Videocard Review i kno i wouldn't be the only one to accidentally crank the OC up thinking it was the vol switch =P (thanks blake!)

November 30th, 2007	#8
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