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    8400M vs.8600M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by morski, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. morski

    morski Newbie

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    I am wondering about which graphic card is better
    The first one is a
    896 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M, 768 MB TurboCache (DX10)

    and the other one is
    256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, 1024 MB TurboCache (DX10)

    I will use the notebook mostly for work, but I want to play games on it too and then it must be capable for the max graphic settings
     
    morski, Jun 4, 2007
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  2. lunateck

    lunateck Bananaed

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    The 8600M GT is obviously the faster

    Ranking:
    8800M series
    8600M GT
    8600M GS/8400MGT
    8400M GS
    8400M G
     
    lunateck, Jun 4, 2007
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  3. gothpyre

    gothpyre Newbie

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    I don't know laptops but I know know video cards(desktop pc video cards) and the 8600 is the obvious choice.
     
    gothpyre, Jun 4, 2007
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  4. MrWhereItsAt

    MrWhereItsAt Notebook Evangelist

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    Err, the memory quoted is a bit misleading. This will have 128 of dedicated VRAM, and the remaining 768 is borrowed from the main RAM.


    By the same token, the 8600M GT can borrow as much as 1024MB from the system RAM, taking it to a grand total of 1280MB useable RAM.

    And the 8600M GT is definitely the faster and more able, however that would very likely result in somewhat larger heat generation and power usage. Depends what's important to you most.
     
    MrWhereItsAt, Jun 4, 2007
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  5. Imations

    Imations Notebook Consultant

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    I think 8600 more better ^_^
     
    Imations, Jun 4, 2007
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  6. min2209

    min2209 Notebook Deity

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    The 8600GT is maybe more than twice as fast as the 8400...
     
    min2209, Jun 4, 2007
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  7. AGP1

    AGP1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah they both are in a sence "future proof" becuase they both run dx10. but still I'd go with the 8600m. i have a notebook on the way which has the 8600m. can't wait.
     
    AGP1, Jul 22, 2007
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