The ASUS 8600 GTS is nearly identical to the NVIDIA reference board. The only difference that sets it apart is the S.T.A.L.K.E.R sticker on the thermal solution. ASUS has made no other physical changes to the reference board and the cooling solution is completely standard. The memory frequencies of the card, though, are pretty interesting. The GPU is clocked at 745 MHz, the default clock being 675 MHz. The memory, on the other hand, is clocked at 2290 MHz, the default clock for the 8800 GTS being 2000 MHz.

The board layout for the ASUS 8600 GTS is exactly the same as the XFX GeForce cards. The only thing done differently is the graphic on the cooling solution, which is entirely dedicated to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The only area that the ASUS logo is even visible is on the GPU fan. As can be seen, the board does have a 6 pin PCIe connector.

The board layout for the ASUS 8600 GTS is exactly the same as the XFX GeForce cards. The only thing done differently is the graphic on the cooling solution, which is entirely dedicated to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The only area that the ASUS logo is even visible is on the GPU fan. As can be seen, the board does have a 6 pin PCIe connector.

It is apparent that Foxconn's priority when designing this card wasn't personalization. The Foxconn logo is literally nowhere on the card.

Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS