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    7950 GTX vs 8600M GS

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ks48, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. ks48

    ks48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright I've been looking at laptops lately and the only thing that has kept me from buying one or the other is the video cards. I was planning on going with the 8600M GS in an HP laptop but I read some pretty bad reviews on it so I went to dell and the best they offer is a 7950 GTX.

    My question is how does the 7950 GTX stack up to the 8600M GS in performance? Which is better?

    I am aware of the 8600M GS being dx10 and the 7950 GTX being dx9 but DO NOT LET IT influence your answer

    First time here and from the looks of it this looks like a very helpful site :)

    Thanks guys!
     
    ks48, Jul 30, 2007
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  2. Ice-Tea

    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    The 7950GTX beats the crap out of the 8600GS.
     
    Ice-Tea, Jul 30, 2007
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  3. ks48

    ks48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks thats what I thought, just thought I'd make sure. Not very familiar with laptops!
     
    ks48, Jul 30, 2007
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    alooohaaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    the 7950GTX is the most powerful video card what you can buy now. The 8600 is a mid range card. Maybe the 8700gt can be a choice for you or a some month wait for 8800GT GTX. But the 7950GTX is a good card (actually the best)
     
    alooohaaa, Jul 30, 2007
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  5. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    As Chaz would say:

    But yeah, the 7950 GTX kicks the crap out of the 8600M GS, spits in it's face and give it an extra kick in the crotch for funsies.
     
    fabarati, Jul 30, 2007
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  6. ks48

    ks48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    alright sorry
     
    ks48, Jul 30, 2007
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    Audigy Notebook Evangelist

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    The 8600M GS is not even comparable to an 7950GTX...

    The 8600M GS is a lower level graphics, budget type... The 7950GTX is an high end graphics card, the top of it´s series.

    If you want to compare something with the 7950GTX, use the 8700M GT, is the most near performance comparable card in the marcket today...
     
    Audigy, Jul 30, 2007
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    derviskemal Notebook Consultant

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    the only reason to get the 8600M is because it has direct x10, if your are not a keen gamer then i would get this, but if you want powerful graphics and do not care about the latest directx 10 games and newer then get the 7950! :)
     
    derviskemal, Jul 30, 2007
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  9. maksin01

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    maksin01, Jul 30, 2007
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  10. RogueThunder

    RogueThunder Notebook Consultant

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    Quite frankly. The 7950GTX laughs at the 8600GS as it commits suicide.
    ^.^ My version of it getting crushed. The 7950GTX doesn't even have to do anything, it kills itself from embarrassment in that comparison...

    The 8600gs's only advantage, is power/heat. It has DX10 yes, but its unlikely to play any DX10 games well enough to actually validly matter... Any that run DX9 backwards compat, will run better looking in DX9 most likely on it... (And run shiner yet, on the 7950gtx of course)

    Now-were we talking about the 8600GT... It starts mattering a tiny bit more... But not the gs... 8700gt, a step more... but still, the 7950gtx, is the fastest laptop gfx card on the market... And probably hottest largest and heaviest. Then again-if you can get it in SLI your not far off of having a desktop 7950GTX2... Since-thats practically what it was... ^.^ Yeah...

    Nv lists the 8600gs as a midrange. I personaly list it as a top-of-the-low... Or maybe mid-low. But...
     
    RogueThunder, Jul 30, 2007
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  11. xtraxxl

    xtraxxl Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol, 7950GTX is 1 of the BEST video card
    8600M GS is abt the same as a 8400GT
    even 8600M GT lacks abt 1000 points on 3dmark 06
     
    xtraxxl, Jul 30, 2007
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  12. shaheenarshan

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    the 7950 beats the 8600GT hands down yet lacks the DX10 capability that the latter offers but pixel shader wise and so on its superior
     
    shaheenarshan, Jul 30, 2007
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