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.)