8600gts powerful enought?

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: electronicmaji
what if I put http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102706


would it have enought punch to run Crysis then?

Most likely 🙂 Though it's hard to recommend the 2900Pro until the prices slide a bit. It also has beastly power requirements, a quality 500w unit is considered necessary for reliable operation.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: Azn
8600gts isn't all that bad. They compare to 1950pro but better image quality. Yeah it's a budget card. You can get these for $135.

Are you high?

http://www23.tomshardware.com/...5&model2=854&chart=275

The X1950Pro walks away from the 8600GTS in almost everything, sometimes by a huge margin. The 8600GTS is on a stinking 128-bit bus, and that cripples it even when overclocked. The $100ish 1950GT even outpaces it, and the lead is HUGE when both are overclocked to the max.

The image quality thing is debatable as well, as the X1xx0 series had excellent image quality. It was the 7xx0 series that had some notable image problems (shimmering/etc).

Now the 8800s are superior to the 2900s, but the 8600/2600s are pretty much garbage for anything other than HTPC usage.

Hello? No I'm not high. If you look at the chart they're using 6 month old drivers when 8600gts was first released. Did you even bother clicking on what the system was tested on? When is 1-2 fps from each other not comparable?

Look at recent reviews please.

Try that. http://www.digit-life.com/arti...video/g84-3-page4.html and this http://www.firingsquad.com/har...orce_8600_gts_roundup/

I've had both 1950pro and 8600gts. They're about equal far as performance. Radeon does a little better in higher resolutions with AA while spitting out inferior image quality. In 1280x1024 and lower they're about equal.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: Astrallite
High is thinking that his *new* system will be able to handle newer games for more than a year, even at lower resolutions. He definitely won't be able to turn the detail up.

I have basically the same system he's building for and I had to run Bioshock at 1024x768 in order to get decent (25~fps) with full details on. Move up to 1280x1024 and it was basically unplayable.

I have full confidence that Bioshock is *nothing* compared with what's coming up in the horizon in terms of system requirements. Even if he switches to an 8800GTS it won't last long, especially seeing Crysis' system requirements.

Sad but true. Have you thought of selling your card and getting an X1950GT or so? Should be basically a free upgrade, and someone with a use for the 8600 (HTPC) could use that card, and you'd be gaming on a much higher level (especially after overclocking to X1950XT range). You should see 60-70fps @ 1280 in Bioshock.

60-70fps range? Talk about exaggeration. Maybe 3 fps faster than 8600gts. Do you even bother reading bioshock reviews?

1950gt does not overclock to 1950xt range. 1950xt has 16 rops and 16tmu per clock while 1950 pro/gt has 12.