The eVGA 8600GT has been "Certified for Windows Vista." It has passed rigorous testing and take full advantage of Microsoft Windows Vista. It has also been SLI Certified for top performance.
Features
NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology: Dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel. Only available on select PCI-Express models.
Next-Generation Superscalar GPU Architecture
Delivers up to 2x the shading power of previous generation products, taking gaming performance to extreme levels.
nView Multi-Display Technology: The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. NVIDIA GPUs are enabled to support multi-displays, but graphics cards vary. Please verify multi-display support in the graphics card before purchasing.
High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface: Support for the world’s fastest GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications.
NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Technology: The combination of high-definition video processors and software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater.
OpenGL 2.0 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications
NVIDIA UltraShadow II Technology: Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games like id Software's DOOM 3, that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects.
Dual Dual-Link TMDS Connector: For a dual link TMDS, which is in essence two TMDS links bonded together, can display at resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 - and is the connector of choice for users of extremely large digital flat panels.
NVIDIA® unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology
Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Shader Model 4.0 support
The EVGA GeForce 8600 GT is a great graphics card for the mainstream market and is able to outperform the competition from AMD's X1000 line of GPUs while offering more features and image quality enhancements too! If you are looking for a graphics card to play the latest games at decent resolutions and quality settings, I think you'll be very happy with the performance and support that EVGA's 8600 GT Superclocked card offers....read the full review
