Dx10 for $20 more? k!

[swtethan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284


has this been @ this price for a while now or no?

Seems the 1950pro has dropped to starting $149

 

[Extelleron]

Whether it has DX10 or not, the main reason to get a new card should still be DX9 performance, and the 8600GTS is not so hot in that category, considering you can get an X1950 Pro for a (lower) price than that and it will greatly outperform it.

$179 is the lowest price I've ever seen an 8600GTS, but it's still not a good deal. When the price of the GTS is $150~, then it'll be a pretty good deal IMO.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Whether it has DX10 or not, the main reason to get a new card should still be DX9 performance, and the 8600GTS is not so hot in that category, considering you can get an X1950 Pro for a (lower) price than that and it will greatly outperform it.

$179 is the lowest price I've ever seen an 8600GTS, but it's still not a good deal. When the price of the GTS is $150~, then it'll be a pretty good deal IMO.

QFMFT

 

[theprodigalrebel]

8600GTS is not too hot for $200.
If you get it for $175, I would say, "Hmm, I guess that's kinda ok."
If you get it for $150, I would say you did good. Real good. Enjoy gaming

 

[Farmer]

Meh. Pony up $100 more and get this instead:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082

 

[Cookie Monster]

What they need is to get all the really bad G80 cores with 64 SP, 256bit bus and 256mb, label it as 8800GS (maybe single slot) and sell it at the price tag of $199. Drop the GTS for around ~150.

nVIDIA gets more cash, we get good performance for a relatively cheap product, everybody's happy except maybe ATi/AMD.

If only..

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
What they need is to get all the really bad G80 cores with 64 SP, 256bit bus and 256mb, label it as 8800GS (maybe single slot) and sell it at the price tag of $199. Drop the GTS for around ~150.

nVIDIA gets more cash, we get good performance for a relatively cheap product, everybody's happy except maybe ATi/AMD.

If only..

Agreed....:thumbsup:


EDIT: Or they could fancy up the name and call it the 8600GTX....LOL!!

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: swtethan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284


has this been @ this price for a while now or no?

Seems the 1950pro has dropped to starting $149

Scrape up the extra $4 and buy this instead. People keep pointing out the 1950pro beats the 8600gts...but the x1950xt is in the same price range now and absolutely destroys it. The 8600 parts stink while ati's last generation stuff is still available.

 

[lopri]

I would say if you want a G84 class card, the best deal for now is 8600 GT for $119 (AR) from Circuit City. Got one for myself and easily does 680/880 with stock cooling. Stuck on VF-700 that laying around and now it does 720/900. I'm not sure what the exact frequencies of 8600 GTS, but it should be quite close. I'm thinking of volt-modding it for even more performance.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: lopri
I would say if you want a G84 class card, the best deal for now is 8600 GT for $119 (AR) from Circuit City. Got one for myself and easily does 680/880 with stock cooling. Stuck on VF-700 that laying around and now it does 720/900. I'm not sure what the exact frequencies of 8600 GTS, but it should be quite close. I'm thinking of volt-modding it for even more performance.

I saw that in their ad and thought about it. I was in the store the other day and they had a couple, but I went in yesterday and they didn't have any.