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    Graphic Cards Nividia 8400m GS or Geforce Go 7400?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by 4exercise, Jul 23, 2007.

  1. 4exercise

    4exercise Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which is better?
     
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  2. hlcc

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    8400M GS of course
     
    hlcc, Jul 23, 2007
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  3. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    The 8400M GS is about one and a half times as powerful as the 7400Go, and is dx10 compatible. Don't try playing crysis on it, tho. :p
     
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  4. hlcc

    hlcc Notebook Evangelist

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    or anyother DX10 game, actually you can extend that to the 8600M GT and 8700M
     
    hlcc, Jul 23, 2007
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    Can the 8400 GS run counterstrike: source??!
     
    asdf mkay, Jul 23, 2007
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  6. mrXniick

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    almost anything can run cs source.
     
    mrXniick, Jul 23, 2007
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  7. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    and where did you get that information? :)

    even if you can't play DX10 at max settings, I'm pretty sure these cards can play at some mid to high settings :)
     
    Kwakkel, Jul 23, 2007
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  8. hlcc

    hlcc Notebook Evangelist

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    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=3

    desktop 8600GT( 8700M) gets 11fps on call of juarez on 1280*1024 resolution w/o AA. turn AA on, fps drops down the 5. alot of settings has to be turned down to get decent frame rate
     
    hlcc, Jul 23, 2007
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  9. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Sooo...what DX10 games are we talking about here? Oh wait...there ARE NONE!

    Huh? What's that you say? Lost Planet is DX10 you say? Company of Heroes is DX10 you say? No, those are patches slapped onto DX9 games.

    Once Crysis comes out, then you can make claims like that. Otherwise its just, blech.

    Edit: Call of Juarez is a benchmark turned into a game.
     
    StormEffect, Jul 23, 2007
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    Call of Juarez, Lost Planet, Company of Heroes.
    Sure COH DX10 is from a patch, its still DX10
     
    hlcc, Jul 23, 2007
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    lol, my radeon 9200 can run source :p

    How old is the source engine now? 3...4 years maybe? And people are still asking if brand spanking new graphics chips will have problems with it.
     
    ZT3000!, Jul 23, 2007
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    You guys sure do take your DX10 seriously! As said 8400m GS kicks Go 7400 no if ands or butts! Same series diff generation.

    ZT3000!: Please tell me don't really live in the D but some where close! I am worried about you. Move to A2! Safe! Kinda only 3 stabbings in a week.
     
    baddogboxer, Jul 23, 2007
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  13. sesshomaru

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    The poor performance of the demos on high-mid range cards is mostly due to pathetic coding. Just take Lost planet as an example. It's a pain to get running, and even when it does run, it's as buggy as an Amazon rainforest.
    I have no doubt that the 8600GT would be sufficient to play crysis at med settings once the final release is out.

    Just a month more to wait.....
     
    sesshomaru, Jul 23, 2007
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  14. ZT3000!

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    Haha, well I live in Dearborn, just outside of Detroit...not that it really matters, it's still about a 5-10 minute drive away. I do work in Detroit. At a hospital actually...so I know all about the...uhm...crime issue.

    Stay safe brotha! :)
     
    ZT3000!, Jul 23, 2007
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  15. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    How about reading the stickies before posting a thread? GPU Guide.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 23, 2007
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