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04-20-2007, 05:41 PM
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Which one would you guys go for??
hey guys,
i was wondering what are you guys opinion regarding these two GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130086 which one would you go for? 8600GTS superclocked has bigger core clock (720MHz) and memory clock (2100MHz - effective) but smaller memory size (256MB) and smaller price tag too $219.99 in newegg  8800GTX has smaller core clock (575MHz) and memory clock (1800MHz - effective) but bigger memory size (768MB) and also bigger price tag $559.99 in newegg i was just wondering...
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04-20-2007, 05:55 PM
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The 8800GTX beats the crap out the 8600GTS, but if you can't afford to pay over 250$ box get a 320mb of the 8800gts
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04-20-2007, 05:58 PM
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but the 8600GTS has bigger core clock and memory clock...
so 768MB is the key here? i mean 8800GTX having 768MB thats why it outperform the 8600GTS? thanks for the reply...
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04-21-2007, 02:29 AM
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The biggest difference isnt the size of the memory. The 8800GTX has 96 stream processors and 320 bit memory, the 8600gts only has 32 stream processors and 128 bit memory.
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