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Russ — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:11:21 -0000

I have that exact card... in fact I still have the box for it :) I like it... not using it for much gaming. Mainly a new Vista Box and it gives a Windows Experience rating (on the card) of 5.5... not bad for the price!

Russ
http://www.GadgetKing.com

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Rob — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:08:49 -0000

Getting two 8600GTs in SLI won't be nearly as good as a single 8800GT...especially if it's a 512mb one.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alex — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:26:38 -0000

That is technically right, but since he already has a 8600 getting another isn't really that much worse than one 8800. Especially not after he's overclocked/tuned it with the bundled software.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:21:16 -0000

Don't bother with SLI. sell this one and get a 8800GT. Much, much better.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Pietje666 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:08:28 -0000

my PC has a 8600 GS (GT is better) and most of the new games i can play with a FPS from 30 to 40 with most things on high except the highest anisotropic filtering FSAA @ maximum and anti aliasing on maximum so GT is good enough for the most games (i don't care about crysis)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alan Smithee — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:24:48 -0000

@david Well i'm a very impulsive buyer to (hurray for adhd) so i wasnt judging you (or you're great site) just thought to point out that... well.. you know.
Anyway €400 for a barebone is cheap i would problebly picked it up to ( €268) is practicaly giving it away considering the card goes still for around €100,- around here (netherlands)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

david ponce — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:57:07 -0000

@Alan. Sure, I could have asked that. I could have done some research, and bought a top notch rig with all the best parts. But this was a $400 barebones kit from TigerDirect, and that seemed like a good price. So I bought it, and now I'm just trying to have a little conversation with my readers about the stuff I bought.

Like I said, I'm impulsive. Not sensible. :)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alan Smithee — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:24:00 -0000

Shouldn't you asked that before you bought it?

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Saj — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:28:48 -0000

Hah, anything you guys have is way better than mine. I think I'm going to go out and buy a new one just to make my ego happy :P.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alex — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:58:35 -0000

Aha! Awesome.:P

Sure, feel free to email me if you need any help, I think I went through almost every problem that was possible when building my rig.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

david ponce — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:35:57 -0000

Actually, Alex, that's the exact motherboard I got, and putting two 8600 in SLI is exactly what I had in mind. I don't have the second 8600 yet, but at $100, it shouldn't be long before I order it. I'll do a post when it comes in, and you can help me out then :)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alex — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:06:20 -0000

*use xD

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Alex — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:04:42 -0000

Aww, you should have saved a little more and bought a 8800 gt, Much better and not much more expensive at all. oh well, that cards not bad, I think you can run most of the new games pretty well on it. If you are building a new system, buy yourself a motherboard that support sli and get another 8600. I suggest a xfx 680i LT sli. I did the exact same thing with the computer I am using right now, just with a 8800 gt instead. Sli isn't really that complecated, I suggest going for it. ( If you get that motherboard, let me just help you before you even encounter trouble, there are two serial ports, make sure you sue the right one. :P )

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Rick Lee — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:41:21 -0000

I recognize that box. That's the card that my nephew asked for for Christmas and which I supplied. He did his research and said that it was the best card around for the money...in the neighborhood of a hundred bucks. The user ratings on Newegg are very high and he's happy with it.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Rob — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:46:53 -0000

It's far from the best..with monsters like the HD 3870 X2..

But it's a great card for it's low price, even if you won't be running Crysis any time soon.

XFX is also a great brand, so yeah, you didn't pretty well =]

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » GeForce 8600 GT: What Do You Guys Think?

Jeff — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:12:13 -0000

FWIW, this is the card I'll be buying when I rebuild (fairly soon). I'm not major gamer, but it seems like it would do for newer FPS's at moderate resolution.