Standing tall at the top of the mid-range market, today we saw that the 8600GTS was clearly no match for the rest of the graphics processors that I put it up against. We knew the opponents were out-gunned before we even started the testing but I wasn't sure if my 22" 1680x1050 LCD monitor was going to pose a challenge for the Biostar 8600GTS 512MB...it didn't. Every game tested was easily playable at the maximum resolution the monitor could spit out with in-game details turned as high as they would.