Video card opinion

[jesus]

Is this card any good?
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3

[solofowaffles]

Re: Video card opinion

its good,but what is your budget?and the rest oy your specs.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

It comes with a computer for $539 canadian - which is my budget for a whole computer.

Specs:
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4000+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3

[camper.]

Re: Video card opinion

Good enough, but to run well you need 2GB of RAM. It's the standard now

Well, you could tone down the textures and lighting settings until you get 2GB.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

Yeah, I'm planning on buying another gig later on. With 2gb, though, I'll be able to run everything on high?

[camper.]

Re: Video card opinion

Yep. Until Patch 1.51 comes out anyway.

[The Laughing Man]

Re: Video card opinion

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/214616-8600gt-gts-benchmark-compilation.html

Some benchmark tests for the card, they all seem to use actual benchmark programs rather than any in game values but it seems to do quite well.

[Sniper1432]

Re: Video card opinion

I would of just gotten a DX9 card, the performance isn't so hot with that series.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

The cards I had to choose from that would come with the PC are:
GeForce 6150 LE
Geforce 7300LE
GeForce 8300GS
GeForce 8600GT

So that's why I picked the 8600GT. Also, the PC comes with vista

[megawhompertoo]

Re: Video card opinion

it's a decent video card. the x1950pro is cheaper and faster if you're buying components, but 8600gt isn't bad...unlesss...

it's more than...say...a $130 "upgrade".

Then, I'd get the lowest discrete gpu offered, ebay it, and slap an x1950pro in there for the money u saved.

that's my $.02, and i watch mine closely.