Quick question

[javierislegend]

How much of a difference is it between a GeForce 8600GTS 256MB gfx card and a 512MB?

 

[rorym1980]

hey i wanna know the answer to this too so someone answer! please?

 

[jimkonow]

more memory on the video card gives you better performance on higher resolutions in games

 

[oscaryu1]

Wrong (No offense...).

The 8800GTS 320MB (back in those days.. don't compare) could use all of the 320MB. There was a tiny difference between the GTS 320 and the GTS 640. To me, it points out that the way the 8600 performs... 256MB won't even be all used. 512MB is just tricking you into buying something more expensive that you won't even be able to use.

 

[Geoff]

more memory on the video card gives you better performance on higher resolutions in games

Wrong (No offense...).

The 8800GTS 320MB (back in those days.. don't compare) could use all of the 320MB. There was a tiny difference between the GTS 320 and the GTS 640. To me, it points out that the way the 8600 performs... 256MB won't even be all used. 512MB is just tricking you into buying something more expensive that you won't even be able to use.

He is right, however it depends which card it's being used on. With higher end cards such as the 8800GT were it can actually play on high settings at a high resolution, the more video memory it has allows you to play at higher resolutions.

However with the 8600, you won't see a difference between the 256MB and 512MB version, because the 8600 isn't powerful enough to play games at super high resolutions anyways.

 

[Noir]

He is right, however it depends which card it's being used on. With higher end cards such as the 8800GT were it can actually play on high settings at a high resolution, the more video memory it has allows you to play at higher resolutions.

However with the 8600, you won't see a difference between the 256MB and 512MB version, because the 8600 isn't powerful enough to play games at super high resolutions anyways.

It depend on the card..... So in case for 8800gt the more memory it have the better performance? Even to play at low resolution like only 17' monitor?

 

[daisymtc]

The main difference will be signicate at high resolution??
(Although the benchmark is not base on 8600GTS, you can see the different between 8800GT 256MB vs 512MB.)
http://en.expreview.com/?p=64&page=3

By the way, I will say it is worth to get HD3850