In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD FireGL V7350 are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3.

The 8600 GT was released over a year more recently than the FireGL V7350, and so the 8600 GT is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the FireGL V7350.

The FireGL V7350 has 512 MB more video memory than the 8600 GT, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the FireGL V7350 also has superior memory performance overall.

The FireGL V7350 has 19.2 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the 8600 GT, which means that the memory performance of the FireGL V7350 is slightly better than the 8600 GT.

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 has 32 Shader Processing Units and the FireGL V7350 has 8. However, the actual shader performance of the 8600 GT is 43 and the actual shader performance of the FireGL V7350 is 3. The 8600 GT having 40 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the FireGL V7350 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 requires 46 Watts to run but there is no entry for the FireGL V7350. We would recommend a PSU with at least 350 Watts for the 8600 GT and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the FireGL V7350. The FireGL V7350 has been recommended a PSU with 100 Watts more than the 8600 GT. The difference is significant enough that the FireGL V7350 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the 8600 GT.