Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:8800GTX is a ripoff.  The GTS only runs a tad bit slower but costs so much less.  Even if you're going for a high end machine, get the GTS.

GTS is still a ripoff. 8600 for the win. excellent price-to-performance card, and will run almost everything at max settings anyways.

I have a friend who had an 8600GT, then he traded it and $120 for a 640MB 8800GTS.  The 8800 was a huge improvement over the 8600, especially in games like Supreme Commander, Overlord, and a few other newer games.

The gap might be closer when comparing a 8600GTS and a 320MB 8800GTS, or at low resolutions.  But overall I'd still expect the 8800GTS to beat any 8600 by a fair amount, especially if your gaming at anything higher than 1280x1024 with max settings.

Peacefully Disturbed Wrote:I have a friend who had an 8600GT, then he traded it and $120 for a 640MB 8800GTS.  The 8800 was a huge improvement over the 8600, especially in games like Supreme Commander, Overlord, and a few other newer games.

The gap might be closer when comparing a 8600GTS and a 320MB 8800GTS, or at low resolutions.  But overall I'd still expect the 8800GTS to beat any 8600 by a fair amount, especially if your gaming at anything higher than 1280x1024 with max settings.

Of course the 8800gts is a lot better. BUT not in terms of price to performance, which was what i was talking about. The 256mb 8600GT costs u AU$128 (prices from MSY technology, one of the cheapest shops in Australia: http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf). That's 3 times cheaper than the 8800gts. Is the 8800GTS 3 times stronger? extremely unlikely. So price to performance, the 8600GT is better.

If u want a good card that runs, without spending heaps on it, 8600gt is the thing.

If u really want a very good card, and run every game on max possible settings, then 8800GTS may be a good choice. GTX and ultra are not worth the money.

Planning on getting a completely new computer sometime soon, and the 8600GT is what I'm looking at. I'm not a big gamer, so for me, it's rather pointless to spend heaps on a graphics card. After all, i survived all the way up to now with an integrated chip with the power equivalent of a geforce 3. (i prefer gaming on my moms laptop with a Radeon x1700). About time to get a new comp.

(This post was last modified: 09/08/2007 11:55 PM by Assassinator.)

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I've been looking into doing the same thing in the comming months, i have found ALOT of information at buildyourownpc.org.uk it helped save alot of money from the build i had selected before i read up on their forums.

Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:8800GTX is a ripoff.  The GTS only runs a tad bit slower but costs so much less.  Even if you're going for a high end machine, get the GTS.

GTS is still a ripoff. 8600 for the win. excellent price-to-performance card, and will run almost everything at max settings anyways.

Price to performance wise, the #600's are designed for value.  For a high end computer, you'd go for a #800 or #900 usually.  However, never go for top-of-the-line - that's usually too much.
When I bought my computer, for example, the mid-range card was a 6600GT.  I got a 7800GT instead.  6600GT is somewhat low end nowadays whereas the 7800GT still fares quite well; top of the end card at that time was the 7800GTX 512MB edition.  In terms of price, yes the 6600GT is probably way better, but if you want a high end machine, it wouldn't fare.

Well, your choice - either get a high-end computer, or a mid-range and upgrade later.
I knew that I couldn't really upgrade my computer when I bought it (Intel and AMD were both moving onto new CPU sockets) so I decided to go high end rather than go for an upgrade path.