8600GT or 8600GTS or 8500GT?

LCS/drummer · 06-23-2008, 05:09 PM

ok. going for a budget card for my POS.... time to upgrade from the old ATI
well its between:

or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814186036
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150303

and how do i know if my mobo can take a pci express slot? ie, if its compatible with these cards?

thanks!

LCS/drummer · 06-23-2008, 05:15 PM

OR
an ECS .....8600GT with 512mb of mem..... link inst working.... =[

Nevakonaza · 06-23-2008, 05:16 PM

What games do you intend to play? and what is your max budget?

out of those two...the 8600GT,but dont go with a card just because it has 1Gb of memory.

childsy_1985 · 06-23-2008, 05:17 PM

what mob are you using?

06-23-2008, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
LCS/drummer Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 71	8600GT or 8600GTS or 8500GT? ok. going for a budget card for my POS.... time to upgrade from the old ATI well its between: or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814186036 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150303 and how do i know if my mobo can take a pci express slot? ie, if its compatible with these cards? thanks!

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Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,509	What games do you intend to play? and what is your max budget? out of those two...the 8600GT,but dont go with a card just because it has 1Gb of memory. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) V1.9 Bios Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 4GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 Vista Gold Series @ TBA Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Icute Jet Turbine case blk (Modded) Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

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06-23-2008, 05:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
LCS/drummer Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 71	OR an ECS .....8600GT with 512mb of mem..... link inst working.... =[

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childsy_1985 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 222	what mob are you using?