8600 GS or 7600 ?

hi guys.
i have a question . i want to know which of these graphic cards better for gaming , video , ... and WHY ? :

- Geforce go 8600 GS with 511 MB Shared memory ( used in Pavilion 9500t )

- Geforce go 7600 with 512 MB Dedicated memory ( used in pavilion 9000t )

thanks alot in advance.

 

The 8600. Its newer, more powerful, uses newer technologies, is direct x10 compatable, its clocked higher, has more pixel pipelines.

 

The 8600M GS is a bit more powerfull. Not by a whole lot. The go7600 is not a bad card comparable to the 8600M GS it just doesnt have directx10. If the go7600 was alot cheaper then I think you can go for it. Also a 9500t with 1GB of ram and a 8600m GS would be worse then a 9000t with 2Gb or ram and a go7600. If you invest the money you save by going for the go7600 in more ram faster harddisk and CPU it might be better.
Depends on your budget.

 

Purely by power standards the 8600 is a clear winner (again not crushing it, but it is a bit better, between the 7600 and 7700, basically). Pricewise, I can't really say, I would think the 8600 would be worth the premium, because the parts surrounding it (the Santa Rosa chipset) are worth it by themselves...but that is just me.

 

Huh! According to HP the NV cards are dedicated

HP
Model: HP Pavilion dv6500t
Screen Size: 15.4 inches
Weight: 6 lbs
Processor Options: Core 2 Duo
Graphics Options: nVidia Go 8400m (Dedicated)
Description: The HP dv6500t is a 15.4" screen laptop with Centrino Duo technology, optional web camera and Nvidia graphics

 

go for the dv9500

its the newer version, slightly faster, uses less power so battery lasts longer

the 8400 and 8600 are dedicated graphics cards, the 8600m GS has 256MB dedicated and 256MB shared from RAM. the go7600 has 512MB dedicated but the thing here is that it isn't capable of using the full 512MB so thats why the 256MB go7600 is just as good in performance.

in any case the 8600m GS is the better choice, it will be slightly faster and is dx10 capable.

WHY? the 8600m GS is the direct upgrade from the go7600. the 8600m GT is the upgrade from the go7600GT. scores have shown them to be faster in games and well why upgrade the GPU if ur not gonna make it just as good if not faster?

 

Thanks to all .

regardless of all things you expressed , 8600m GS has shared memory but 7600 has dedicated memory . so you think it doesn't matter ?

 

No it doesnt. The 8600M GS has 256MB of dedicated memory which is enough.

 

Get the 8600. It's more futureproof than the 7600. I have it and it makes me happy.

And yes, wave is correct it's 256 meg dedicated, pushed up to 512 with turbo cache w/ 1 gig of ram. So what happens is this. 256 dedicated + 256 shared = 512 "shared".

 

again, the 8600 is going to share SOME memory. but mostly its going to use the dedicated 256 megs of memory which it also has.

8600 > 7600. its basically one gen up. somewhat better in battery life, feature set, performance.

good luck.

 

Hey all. I actually ran into this dilema myself. I bought the dv9000t with the go 7600 (512mb) and a few days later they came out with the dv9500t. So since it was within the time period i returned it and got the 9500 with the 511mb geforce 8600m gs.

I was wondering...will this new card be able to play battlefeild 2142, because my 9000t was not able to, because the go7600 was not compatible. Also if the the go7600 played c&c3 with no problems, I assume that the 8600m gs will play it better correct? What are your thoughts on how my system will perform with new games...

My System:
- Dv 9500t
- 2gb RAM
- 511 mb GeForce 8600m gs
- 200gb hard drive (dual 100gb) 7200 rpm
- Intel core 2 duo 2.0ghz

 

8600 can definitely run battlefield, as can the 7600. im sure there was just a driver issue or something.

 

well i was wondering if that may have been the problem. The web site and EA tech support said that many laptop chipsets cannot play 2142 because they are not compatible. I thought maybe a new driver could solve that. What do you recommend I do in order to play 2142? Thanks

 

The 8600M GS is probably the way to go between the 2. If I had the choice I'd choose the 8600M GT which has been compared to the 7900

 

in a perspective in the future... definitely the 8600GS more power and DX10

 

If choosing between these two graphic cards wich is better

DV9535nr
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...2310&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

or

DV9260nr
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...2652&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

 

9535nr would be better but then again, the 9260nr has the better cpu, T7200.

 

that's why i'm asking in this case, what is better looking at? CPU or Graphic adaptor?

 

I like the DV9260nr better. It will be better for most tasks. The go7600 is a good card and I think paired with a C2D @2gHz it will be able to rival a 8600M GS with a C2D @1.5ghz. Wont a 1.5ghz CPU bottleneck a 8600M GS? Atleast for games that cant use both cores it could be a problem.

I think the 500mhz diffance between the CPUs will be noticable in everyday windows use too.

 

thnx a lot oder viele danke!

 

how much better is the 8600gt in terms of percentage over the 7600gt and could u please post some benchmarks

thanks

 

Don't have any benchmarks but they are extremely close 8600GS will possibly only take a noticaeble lead in shader intensive applications otherwise they are equal..

 

also the pavilion with the 7600 has hd-dvd, in 3dmark06, in which the 8 series are strong compared to the 7 series, the lead that 8600gs have is minimal.

The go 7600 plays battlefield 2, but I haven't tested the other one

I would go with the 9260nr