Need Advice: Should I upgrade my 8600GT to 9600GT?

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imported_lovespicyfood

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Hello Everyone,

I'd really appreciate your advice on this matter as I did some research, but I'm still a bit confused. I'm running an XFX 8600GT card on my Q6600 with 4gb of memory. I'm running dual displays, a 22.1" and a 20.1".

I use this desktop mainly for school and browsing, however, one of it's most important uses is for a radio control simulation program called RealFlight 4.0. I'm finding with my current card I'm only able to run 1280X960 resolution with good frame rates. I'd like to run a higher resolution, but my current card cannot handle it.

In todays Fry's ad, they have a EVGA 9600GTT 512MB Super Clocked Video Card for $59.99 after MIR and instant savings. As far as I can tell, this card would be ~90% faster than the one I have. Does that seem correct?

Would you recommend this upgrade or might my money be better spent on another card?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Regards,
Pete
 
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Go for the 8800 GT . But if you can, spend a bit more for a 4850.
 
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imported_lovespicyfood

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Originally posted by: error8
Go for the 8800 GT . But if you can, spend a bit more for a 4850.
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Thank you for the reply. Performance wise, approximately how much faster would the 8800GT be compared to the 9600GT?

Thanks!

 
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Originally posted by: lovespicyfood
Hello Everyone,

I'd really appreciate your advice on this matter as I did some research, but I'm still a bit confused. I'm running an XFX 8600GT card on my Q6600 with 4gb of memory. I'm running dual displays, a 22.1" and a 20.1".

I use this desktop mainly for school and browsing, however, one of it's most important uses is for a radio control simulation program called RealFlight 4.0. I'm finding with my current card I'm only able to run 1280X960 resolution with good frame rates. I'd like to run a higher resolution, but my current card cannot handle it.

In todays Fry's ad, they have a EVGA 9600GTT 512MB Super Clocked Video Card for $59.99 after MIR and instant savings. As far as I can tell, this card would be ~90% faster than the one I have. Does that seem correct?

Would you recommend this upgrade or might my money be better spent on another card?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Regards,
Pete
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For that price you should. $59 after rebate is one hell of a deal but I'm sure that deal is dead by now.

8800gt is faster. 10-25% depending on the game but you will not get it at for that price.

If all you want is the real flight 4.0 thingy 9600gt should have no problems running at your native LCD resolution.
 
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imported_lovespicyfood

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Thanks for all the advice!!

This was a brick and mortar Fry's ad so if they don't have it in stock, they'll give me a raincheck. Hopefully they'll have it in stock!

I figure for $59 I can't go wrong. When I crash my real radio control heli it can cost me hundreds of dollars so I guess this is a good investment! :D

Regards,
Pete
 
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