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Thread ID: 91479 2008-07-08 10:27:00 Which is better?(video cards) dian77 (13936) Press F1
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686535 2008-07-08 10:27:00 Hi There

Which is better?
the 8600gt with 256mb of memory :
www.etccomputers.co.nz


or the 8600gt with 512mb of memory :
www.etccomputers.co.nz


Thanks

Also is GDDR2 better than ddr2 in the 8600gt?
dian77 (13936)
686536 2008-07-08 19:05:00 Would you play with the card?
If you've got enough money you can take the ATI Radeon HD4850. If not take the Sapphire Radeon HD 3850, 512MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, PCIe 2.0, bulk/lite retail;)
omaka (13491)
686537 2008-07-08 21:01:00 The 8600GT is not powerful enough to use 512MB of ram, so its wasted really.... SolMiester (139)
686538 2008-07-08 21:33:00 what can i buy for $110 ( i just got a new computer so i don't have much money left lol)

my friend said crysis works better with the 512mb edition
true its only got 128 bit...

whats better than the 8600gt that i can buy for $110?

Thanks
dian77 (13936)
686539 2008-07-08 22:11:00 The 8600GT is not powerful enough to use 512MB of ram, so its wasted really....

???

I assume he meant a 512Mb card, not a 512Mb PC Ram

dian77 Take a look on www.ascent.co.nz
Scroll down to PCI Express. Get the best you can for your money, even save a bit more then get it, it is one of the more important parts of your computer. More so if you do games, unlike me.

I use a Gigabyte 8800GT 512Mb which comes with an onboard fan and works great for me.

ASUS, Gigabyte best IMHO.
Bantu (52)
686540 2008-07-08 22:23:00 Which is better?
the 8600gt with 256mb of memory :

or the 8600gt with 512mb of memory :
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Also is GDDR2 better than ddr2 in the 8600gt?

They are the same apart form the RAM, so the 512mb is "better".
Neither is a good gaming card though.

GDDR and DDR is the same thing.
Most cards use at least DDR3 now.
pctek (84)
686541 2008-07-08 23:10:00 The extra RAM in the 8600GT wouldnt even be used as the core of the gpu cannot handle textures that would use the full 512mb RAM....

As PCtek said, get a version of the card which uses GDDR3, it wont be much dearer and would perform better....however in any case, you will struggle playing crysis with a 8600GT of any flavour!
SolMiester (139)
686542 2008-07-09 02:50:00 Thanks Guys Your Real Helpful

Can the 8600gt run on a 300w psu? its got 19a . . .
i think ill stick with etc computers, i need to pick up the item . . .

Thanks
dian77 (13936)
686543 2008-07-09 02:51:00 My Gigabyte 8800GT 512Mb is DDR3 Bantu (52)
686544 2008-07-09 02:56:00 ???

dian77 Take a look on www.ascent.co.nz
Get the best you can for your money, even save a bit more then get it, it is one of the more important parts of your computer. More so if you do games, unlike me.
ASUS, Gigabyte best IMHO.

I had a 7900gt but my son overclocked it so i bought him a computer so he won't wreck mine anymore... hes not gonna overclock the video card(8600gt, gonna pick it up on Saturday, haven't ordered it yet) hopefully...
so thats why, i don't want to by a really good graphics card then find out he broke it...

Thanks
dian77 (13936)
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