MSI Intros GeForce 8600GT with Dual BIOS

malware · Aug 27, 2007

MSI unveiled yesterday its latest GeForce 8600GT graphics card equipped with dual BIOS, or as MSI calls it vBIOS. The latest MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo, has two separate BIOS chips on-board which carry two dedicated GPU/Shader/Memory clock settings. Users only have to press a hardware button on the back of the card, and then the new (higher) clock setting can be applied without re-flashing the vBIOS chip. Also, these two vBIOS chips can be useful if the card is preflashed with wrong BIOS version. Depending on the mode you choose (normal or turbo) the video card clocks at 540/580MHz core, 1450/1508MHz shader and 1400/1600MHz memory clocks respectively. The MSI GeForce 8600GT Twin Turbo features 256MB DDR3 128-bit memory and PCI-e interface.

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PVTCaboose1337 · Aug 27, 2007

That's quite cool... very innovative.

steelkane · Aug 27, 2007

MSI makes nice card, I have the 8600GTS card,, just wish they would have done it to the GTS card before the GT.

devguy · Aug 27, 2007

PVTCaboose1337 said:
That's quite cool... very innovative.

Not really. Galaxy has done it before. Still is pretty cool to see on dx10 hw though.

Polaris573 · Aug 27, 2007

I had an Abit X800 that did the same thing, it's a really nice feature that I would like to see more often.

Demos_sav · Aug 27, 2007

I beleive every card should have this feature

hat · Aug 27, 2007

lol who wouldn't use the faster BIOS :rolleyes:

mas0n · Aug 27, 2007

hat said:
lol who wouldn't use the faster BIOS

a masochist i suppose...

...or maybe someone who wants a cool/quiet PC most the time.

Polaris573 · Aug 27, 2007

It was nice, not because I could switch between faster and slower clockspeeds, but because I could play with various BIOS without fear of destroying my card.

WarEagleAU · Aug 27, 2007

I Was reading this and thinking what could a dual bios provide...then I read further. Very nice and a pretty cool trick. I wander, could it be clocked higher.

Judas · Aug 27, 2007

Nice idea ....i reckon we will see other company's using this type of tech in their products,in the future.

ktr · Aug 28, 2007

stupid thing is that they put the button on the back. They should have a front panel of some sort. hopefully you can change it via software.

Sovereign · Aug 28, 2007

ktr said:
stupid thing is that they put the button on the back. They should have a front panel of some sort. hopefully you can change it via software.

I like this, innovative idea and especialy since it is MSI but unfortunately, the price point of this card will make it a non factor versus it's already released HD2600XT GDDR4 Diamond OC Edition which tops out at less than $120 after MIR. Anybody elses GTS would even have a hard time competing against the new Diamond OC edition card performance wise and thats not to mention that their new HD2600XT GDDR4 Diamond OC Edition is actualy less expensive to everyone elses 8600GTS and half the GT's as well! I was soooo close to buying a new 8600GTS until newegg dropped the prices on the GDDR4 HD's and offered a MIR for the MSI model.

I give props to MSI for offering this though! :pimp:

Pinchy · Aug 28, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
I Was reading this and thinking what could a dual bios provide...then I read further.

LOL same

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