Nvida Geforce 8600 GT!

[Fallen]

Originally Posted by Sawaa

So it's alright if you have a pretty game that's a slideshow? >_>
Speed is far more important.

Oh I know, I was just making a point, and really there is no huge difference between a 8600 and a 8800 card.

[Fire2box]

Originally Posted by Fallen

Oh I know, I was just making a point, and really there is no huge difference between a 8600 and a 8800 card.

Lets just compare his FPS on Oblivion and Crysis, CoD4 then with his 8600 compared to my 8800GT then.

[Samaki]

I'm sure theres a difference in FPS when you get into the higher graphics games, but I usually only play a few games anyways, and none of them are that hugely graphiced, my most played on my computer are probably WoW, CSS and Stepmania, each have very low graphics, and have around 60 FPS on my friends 8600.

[Jabo]

Originally Posted by Spirit

The 8600GT is quite an old graphics card, but it's very capable for Aero.

Also, I should point out, that looks like an 8500GT, not an 8600. All 8600GT graphics cards have dual DVI ports.

If you want gaming (and have a bit to spend plus a quality 600W+ power supply), look no further than an AMD HD4870.

Otherwise, the 8600GT will do just fine, but please check with the seller first!

EDIT: I don't recommend that card at all. It might have 512MB of memory, but it's very slow. In fact the 256MB of GDDR3 memory on my graphics card is nearly five times faster. In my opinion, memory speed is a whole lot more important than the amount of it. A lot of cheap low-end graphics cards use system memory for a "boost", this only slows EVERYTHING down.

But, if you want a good up to date card, have a look at the 8800GT and the 260GTX from Nvidia, and the HD3870 and HD4870 from AMD.

Which card? I sure hope your not saying 512MB of GDDR5 with 115GB/s bandwidth on the HD 4870 is 5 times slower than 256MB of GDDR3. That would be pretty sad if that's true.