7900 and 8600

Seth · 11-20-2007, 07:50 AM

Im finiding it a bit confusing...why is it that the 7900 series (Gt, GtX etc..) are destroying the 8600 series in all benchmarks? And people are still going the 8600. Why is that? Which is better?

Thanks

[-0MEGA-] · 11-20-2007, 12:35 PM

The 7900GT, 7950GT, etc are much better then the 8600GT and 8600GTS.

The reason people are going with the 8600 instead is because it's a DX10 card, and they want to have newer technology. Although in reality it's pretty stupid because as i've said numerous times, the 8600 series won't be able to play DX10 games on high settings even. So comparing a DX10 game on medium to a DX9 game using a 7900GT on high settings, the graphics would probably be worse for the 8600.

StrangleHold · 11-20-2007, 12:44 PM

Like Omega said above plus people thats bound and determined to get a DirectX 10 card and cant afford a 8800GT/GTS. Thats probable hating it now since the 3850 came out, and its a better card for a few bucks more.

lovely? · 11-20-2007, 01:19 PM

well when you can get an ATI 3800 for under 200 bucks theres no reason to get either cards any more, the 3800 series blows them away

philaaay · 11-23-2007, 01:10 AM

you're basically comparing the high-end 7 series cards with mid/low-end 8 series cards - i actually ran the f.e.a.r performance test on all high settings with everything enabled at a 1280x1024 resolution on both my 7950 gt and 8600 gts - the 7950 had a higher framerate than the 8600 gts.

maroon1 · 11-23-2007, 10:00 AM

But on newer games 8600 series can sometimes perform better than 7900 series

Just use google and look for benchmarks for BioShock, UT3 and Supreme commander. 8600 series performs as good or sometimes better than 7900 in those games

**oscaryu1** · 11-23-2007, 01:11 PM

And if I remember correctly, the 8600 was designed off of Vista... So running Vista will enhance performance

11-20-2007, 07:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Seth Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 248	7900 and 8600 Im finiding it a bit confusing...why is it that the 7900 series (Gt, GtX etc..) are destroying the 8600 series in all benchmarks? And people are still going the 8600. Why is that? Which is better? Thanks __________________ Desktop - Custom Build CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: X2 Samsung 500GB & X1 WD 750GB = 1.75TB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

11-20-2007, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	The 7900GT, 7950GT, etc are much better then the 8600GT and 8600GTS. The reason people are going with the 8600 instead is because it's a DX10 card, and they want to have newer technology. Although in reality it's pretty stupid because as i've said numerous times, the 8600 series won't be able to play DX10 games on high settings even. So comparing a DX10 game on medium to a DX9 game using a 7900GT on high settings, the graphics would probably be worse for the 8600. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

11-20-2007, 12:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,513	Like Omega said above plus people thats bound and determined to get a DirectX 10 card and cant afford a 8800GT/GTS. Thats probable hating it now since the 3850 came out, and its a better card for a few bucks more. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

11-20-2007, 01:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,826	well when you can get an ATI 3800 for under 200 bucks theres no reason to get either cards any more, the 3800 series blows them away __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

11-23-2007, 01:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
philaaay Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 39	you're basically comparing the high-end 7 series cards with mid/low-end 8 series cards - i actually ran the f.e.a.r performance test on all high settings with everything enabled at a 1280x1024 resolution on both my 7950 gt and 8600 gts - the 7950 had a higher framerate than the 8600 gts. __________________ the NEW rig: -amd athlon 64 x2 5600+ -2 gb corsair dominator pc2-1066 -320 gb sata hdd -(2) bfg tech nvidia geforce 8800 gt oc -antec true power trio 650w power supply -antec 900 case -razer tarantula keyboard/death adder mouse -westinghouse 22" widescreen LCD

11-23-2007, 10:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,598	But on newer games 8600 series can sometimes perform better than 7900 series Just use google and look for benchmarks for BioShock, UT3 and Supreme commander. 8600 series performs as good or sometimes better than 7900 in those games __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner

11-23-2007, 01:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,154	And if I remember correctly, the 8600 was designed off of Vista... So running Vista will enhance performance __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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