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SinzOfManSinzOfMan Member UncommonPosts: 224
in Hardware

Saw this in future shop for $99- EVGA 8600GT Superclocked 256MB PCI-Express Video Card

 

Is this a good card for the money?

Which games might I still have trouble running? assuming I have a p4 3ghz, 2gm ram etc..

 

Right now I'm using an ATI 9600XT so is this card much of an upgrade? worth it?

 

Thanks for any comments or advice

Comments

  • AnzieAnzie Member Posts: 468

    8600GT is bad, but even if you get a like a hd3850 you won't get the full performance of it with a p4

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    Originally posted by Spathotan
    The simplest way to put this, is like this. Buying a used/refurbished 360 is on the same plane as sharing a condom in a gangbang with strangers.
  • D4rv3nD4rv3n Member Posts: 164

    it's not bad when looking at the difference between his old card... If u can SLI then get two of those but if u can't It is a good deal, ur gonna see a big improvement in performance!!

  • AnzieAnzie Member Posts: 468

    lol, don't even sli them a single HD3870 will outperform and you will save money :S

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    Originally posted by Spathotan
    The simplest way to put this, is like this. Buying a used/refurbished 360 is on the same plane as sharing a condom in a gangbang with strangers.
  • Varlok91Varlok91 Member Posts: 396
    Originally posted by D4rv3n


    it's not bad when looking at the difference between his old card... If u can SLI then get two of those but if u can't It is a good deal, ur gonna see a big improvement in performance!!

    Putting them in SLI would be pointless. In my opinion, he should look for a 1950pro they usually cost about $125 and murder the 8600.

    If you have the money though, the 3850 at bestbuy.com is going for like $160. It shouldn't be bottlenecked too much by your processor.

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    Desktop - AMD 8450 Tri Core, 3 gigs of DDR2 800 RAM, ATI HD 3200 Graphics, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
    Laptop (Dell Latitude E6400) - Intel P8400, 2 GIGs of RAM, Intel X4500, Windows XP Professional

  • AnzieAnzie Member Posts: 468
    Originally posted by Varlok91


    Putting them in SLI would be pointless. In my opinion, he should look for a 1950pro they usually cost about $125 and murder the 8600.
    If you have the money though, the 3850 at bestbuy.com is going for like $160. It shouldn't be bottlenecked too much by your processor.

      listen to him he knows!

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    Originally posted by Spathotan
    The simplest way to put this, is like this. Buying a used/refurbished 360 is on the same plane as sharing a condom in a gangbang with strangers.
  • SinzOfManSinzOfMan Member UncommonPosts: 224

    k thx for the tips everyone.  probably cheaper to buy a ps3.. this was a bad year for PC anyways.. unless you like FPS's of course.. did we need that many fps's? lol..

  • ladyattisladyattis Member Posts: 1,273

    Get an 8800GT instead, but wait a few weeks on the sales, because they're still getting higher than expected demand for them. :(

  • daelnordaelnor Member UncommonPosts: 1,556

    Dunno, If you're not in a big hurry, wait a couple months and check out the 9000 series of nvidia cards coming out.

    D.

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  • AnzieAnzie Member Posts: 468
    Originally posted by daelnor


    Dunno, If you're not in a big hurry, wait a couple months and check out the 9000 series of nvidia cards coming out.
    D.

    lol, if he puts a 9XXX on a p4 it will bottleneck like crazy

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    Originally posted by Spathotan
    The simplest way to put this, is like this. Buying a used/refurbished 360 is on the same plane as sharing a condom in a gangbang with strangers.
  • billiebillie Member UncommonPosts: 400

    Overall GPU (Graphic Processing Unit/ video card) comparison guide


    Comparison of ATI HD 3870/3850 vs NVIDIA GF 8800 GT. 8800 gossip.

    If your desktop is for gaming avoid the GF 8600 . Because desktop are going to 1600MHz fsb (front side bus) with the Intel X48 express chipset (PCI Express 2, SATA2, 1.6GHz fsb, 1.6GHz DDR3 memory bus,) Jan 2008, ideal for quad core cpu and multi-core gpu!


    AMD vs INTEL CPU comparison.

    INTEL 65nm processor pricecuts
    (Oct 2007.) Or just wait for the 45nm cpu?

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  • daelnordaelnor Member UncommonPosts: 1,556

    Originally posted by Anzie
    Originally posted by daelnor Dunno, If you're not in a big hurry, wait a couple months and check out the 9000 series of nvidia cards coming out.
    D.
    lol, if he puts a 9XXX on a p4 it will bottleneck like crazy


    Maybe he should just worry about getting a new comp instead then.

    D.

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  • Varlok91Varlok91 Member Posts: 396

     

    Originally posted by daelnor


     

    Originally posted by Anzie


    Originally posted by daelnor
     
    Dunno, If you're not in a big hurry, wait a couple months and check out the 9000 series of nvidia cards coming out.

    D.





    lol, if he puts a 9XXX on a p4 it will bottleneck like crazy

     



    Maybe he should just worry about getting a new comp instead then.

    D.

    Well considering he asked about a $100 dollar card I just assumed he had about $100 dollars to spend.

    So I don't think its in his budget, but yes that will probably be the last worthwhile upgrade he can make to the computer.

     

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    Desktop - AMD 8450 Tri Core, 3 gigs of DDR2 800 RAM, ATI HD 3200 Graphics, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
    Laptop (Dell Latitude E6400) - Intel P8400, 2 GIGs of RAM, Intel X4500, Windows XP Professional

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