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the artistic killer   Registered Member #443 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 03:31PMYour Location: london Posts: 454 | well as some may know my geforce 6200 is a bit out of date for most of my games namely far cry 2 which i can just amazingly play with a frame rate of 15-8 which strangely enough plays quite smooth well above 10 fps but anyway ive been looking at the 8600 gt and while searching for a reasonbly priced card i got myself confused with all the xfx pny sfx or what ever and my brain is a bit fried up and i see some selling the card for 80-40 quid and its just too much for me to bother understanding also if anyone recomends me a different card i want 1 that can use dx10 and has a hdr of 128 bit [ Edited Tue Oct 28 08, 10:40AM ] my DeviantArt profile  my far cry 2 guide me likes this picture-->   | ||
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Where's The JD!!! o_O Registered Member #775 Joined: Thu Feb 14 08, 05:41PMPosts: 487 | heres a list of the top 10 dx10 cards heres some xfx 8600 gt's that are fairly cheap safari jim[UKMD wrote ... yes, i'm the most attractive girl i know Sometimes when I am sitting alone in my room with no one around, I will randomly say, "I know your listening", so if no one is listening I didn't lose anything, and if someone is I just gave them a heart attack. Click Here To See My Giblets | ||
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯   Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | 8600gts are entry level dx10 cards and are quite naff. theyre 2 years old now. try a 9600gt or similar  my videos: | ||
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GaRbL3d  Registered Member #636 Joined: Tue Jan 01 08, 06:50PMYour Location: Paderborn,Germany Posts: 52 | Try a 9600 I got one about a month ago for 90 €, runs brilliant.  | ||
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| GaRbL3d Registered Member #636 Joined: Tue Jan 01 08, 06:50PMYour Location: Paderborn,Germany Posts: 52 | A 9600gt is virtually identical to the 8800 gts | ||
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| the artistic killer Registered Member #443 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 03:31PMYour Location: london Posts: 454 | well could someone explain to me the difference with all the gts and gt stuff also ive heard the 8800 is more powerful my DeviantArt profile my far cry 2 guide me likes this picture--> | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | it goes in an order like this i think 8600gt 8800gts 384mb 8800gts 684mb 9600gt 8800gtx 8800gtx ultra 9800gtx 260 280 my videos: | ||
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| the artistic killer Registered Member #443 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 03:31PMYour Location: london Posts: 454 | bah should of mentioned my price range was 80 quid to my DeviantArt profile my far cry 2 guide me likes this picture--> | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | £80 to.................................? my videos: | ||
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Overwhelming millions everyday Registered Member #115 Joined: Sun Apr 01 07, 10:16PMYour Location: Stirling Posts: 2934 | £40 according to the first post REDRUM Music Video made by me and my brothers | ||
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| the artistic killer Registered Member #443 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 03:31PMYour Location: london Posts: 454 | bah screw it im getting a 8600 gt 512 mb thing i dont need a extreme performance just something that makes this 6 seriess relic go in the bin my DeviantArt profile my far cry 2 guide me likes this picture--> | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | don't. look at this one instead, the 8600 are old and well rubbish. my videos: | ||
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wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | i like the looks of this (x16)%2c+1800MHz+GDDR3%2c+GPU+600MHz%2c+112+Cores%2c+2xDL+DVI-I%2f+HDTV  thats cheap for that card _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | i got something techy right? my videos: | ||
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  Registered Member #245 Joined: Tue Jul 03 07, 02:54PMYour Location: Scotland Posts: 129 | 8600 is terrible card. My 7900GS humps it performance wise. Buying anything other than an 8800GT or above would be a waste of money i'm afraid mate, especially if you're looking for a noticable performance boost in Far Cry 2. | ||
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Right behind you.  Registered Member #727 Joined: Fri Feb 01 08, 12:00AMYour Location: Gelderland, the Netherlands Posts: 1607 | rite, time for some coci spammage. |UKMDl safari jim wrote ... look at this one instead, the 8600 are old and well rubbish. they aren't. my c90's got a 8600M GT 256 MB DDR3, and it's running far cry 2 at high and css at a steady 120 fps with everything except aa and af maxed out. sure, a 8800GT or faster will outperform it, but that's not really strange if you look at the price tags. wrote ... 8600 is terrible card. My 7900GS humps it performance wise. again, it doesn't. run 3dmark06 and upload your scores and i'll bet you a case of beer my 8600 is faster (asus powergear on, about a 15% OC) 7900GT and the 7950 series _do_ beat it easily. 7900GS doesn't. all in all, go for a quicker card if you can, but the 8600GT's are well decent for cheap fun with most modern games (only crysis doesn't run worth a damn, needs to have everything at low/med to get 35 fps)  | ||
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Nub4lyfe Registered Member #1298 Joined: Wed Aug 20 08, 09:15PMYour Location: England Posts: 51 | I have an XFX 8600GTS, and unlike what Jim says, it's not crap, it can play TF2 on high, Bioshock on high, CoD4 on high, pretty much everything I've tried it can run mid-high with decent FPS. But soon I am upgrading to a 4850/70 which I suggest you do if you can afford an extra £40. This r good. Oh, right, look at ATI cards, they're much better than Nvidia right now, you get much more for your money. [ Edited Tue Oct 28 08, 11:55PM ] | ||
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| wolfsbane Registered Member #682 Joined: Wed Jan 16 08, 10:11AMYour Location: Leyland Posts: 612 | VxT wrote ... Oh, right, look at ATI cards, they're much better than Nvidia right now, you get much more for your money. Just had a look at some of the ATI cards and although im not keen on ATI i have to agree there's some good bargains about such as: (x16)%2c+2000MHz+GDDR3%2c+GPU+750MHz%2c+320+Cores%2c++D-Sub%2f+DL+DVI-I%2f+HDMISupposedly ment to be faster than the 8600gt too, pretty good for £60 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Antec 902 i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz Asus P6T SE Corsair XM3 @ 1603Mhz XFX HD5870XXX Corsair HX850W Western Digital Caviar Black Raid0 1TB Maxtor DiamondMax 22 1TB | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | VxT wrote ... I have an XFX 8600GTS, wooo. thats not the 8600gt i was talking about. thats a newer version with more memory and pipes and an extra s on the end. so i am not wrong  my videos: | ||
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| Nub4lyfe Registered Member #1298 Joined: Wed Aug 20 08, 09:15PMYour Location: England Posts: 51 | |UKMDl safari jim wrote ... don't. look at this one instead, the 8600 are old and well rubbish. Nup Jim. You said 8600s in general  | ||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9931 | pedantics ftl my videos: | ||
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| the artistic killer Registered Member #443 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 03:31PMYour Location: london Posts: 454 | meh bought it for £55 of ebuyer including shipment and all i wanted was a cheap and more effective card then the 6200 i currently have my DeviantArt profile my far cry 2 guide me likes this picture--> | ||
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