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    Which of this two nVidia Cards is best?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by emedici, Aug 2, 2007.

  1. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    Which is best video card nVidia GeForce 8600GS or 8600GT for gaming? Any body can give me a proven answer that one performs better that the other?
     
    emedici, Aug 2, 2007
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    the 8600GT is better. Search Geforce 8 Series on Wikipedia to find the differences.
     
    SmoothTofu, Aug 2, 2007
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    rafiki6 Notebook Consultant

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    If you do that search in the search bar at the top, you will find your answer all over the forum.

    General consensus:


    8600M Gs- relativley good performance with the proper drivers, and very good powersaving options.

    8600M GT- an extreme powerhouse meant to tackle all of todays toughest gaming challenges. Faster card, becuases of double the stream processors, (32 vs 16), but a battery life killer.
     
    rafiki6, Aug 2, 2007
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  4. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    What he said
     
    fabarati, Aug 2, 2007
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  5. jessi3k3

    jessi3k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hardly. I believe the 8800M's would fit in that category.
     
    jessi3k3, Aug 2, 2007
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thats the general consensus?
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    No it isn't
     
    fabarati, Aug 2, 2007
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  8. Sneaky_Chopsticks

    Sneaky_Chopsticks Notebook Deity

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    8600m GT is better.
     
    Sneaky_Chopsticks, Aug 2, 2007
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  9. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    WOW. Do you think that it was not a good thing that I bought my laptop with the 86mGS? These are my laptop specs, tell me if it will be good for playing:

    - HP pavillion 9500t:
    nVidia GeForce 8600m GS 256RAM dedicated.
    2GB of system RAM
    Intel 7500 core 2 duo Processor 2.2GHZ.
    17" wide screen 1440x900 pixels
    160GB Hard Disk
    Altec Lansing speakers
     
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    Abyss Notebook Evangelist

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    well if you are a gamer then you will definatly be wishing in a while that you went with the best option especialy in a laptop.

    but only if you want the most expensive games.
     
    Abyss, Aug 2, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    they are both decent, the gt is better though.

    neither really kill the battery. they definitely draw more power than integrated. still, dynamically under clocked (idle) they aren't sucking down that much. i get 5 hours of battery life on my macbook pro ;)
     
    masterchef341, Aug 3, 2007
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  12. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I have question: is there anyway to see how much Ram memory is my vide card actually taking? is there a tool that would allow me to monitor the GPU,RAM, etc. of my video card?
     
    emedici, Aug 3, 2007
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