Nvidia 8600GT 512Mb ????

[tonymadge]

Nvidia 8600GT 512Mb thoughts please?? I am thinking for FS9 and XP Home will this do and will it be better than my GT6600 128mb??
Look fwd to thoughts
cheers Tony

[DaveB]

Hi Tony,

An old ATI9700pro is as good as (no.. better than) a 6600GT mate so I'd give the 8600GT a thumbs up The 600's don't have quite the poke of the 7 or 800's but I reckon it's got enough legs for you to see some advantage/improvement ;-)

I bought a 6600GT as soon as they came out and I can't recall ever being so disappointed with a graphics card in my life. It was a replacement for a 4200ti too! :o I replaced it within a couple of months for an ATI Sapphire x700pro.. a much better card in all respects

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[airboatr]

ohh I have that card mate
Got a nice performance increase drom my fx6600 card

but there may be something better
.........always is you know.... funny that.

[tonymadge]

Thanks Guys also looking at a 7800GTX I know thats apowerful card so I will have a think... intend staying with Nvidia ...got used to them

[DaveG]

If you're staying with DX9, the 7800GTX cards are a better bet than the 86xx series. From what I've read the 8600GT is a bit of a dud.
Have a look here: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_ ... &chart=318

[DaveB]

Hmm.. food for thought there Tony. Quite a difference between the 2 cards you're thinking of :think:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[airboatr]

If you're staying with DX9, the 7800GTX cards are a better bet than the 86xx series. From what I've read the 8600GT is a bit of a dud.
Have a look here: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_ ... &chart=318

???
being a user I think it's just fine Dave
there was a very big difference from the fx6600 card I had
and the price was good to ...............

[tonymadge]

will the 8600 work in windows XP??? and DX10 will that run in XP and lastly...DX10 does FS9 work with it..

[TSR2]

DX10 is ONLY Vista and ONLY on certain cards. (Not that it matters as there is bugger all using DX10 exclusivly)

FS9 is not DX10, but it doesn't matter as DX10 and DX9 are separate versions anyway, soeven though I've Vista all the DX9 stuff still works fine.

Is that what your after Tony?

[tonymadge]

ok, so I plump for the 8600GT card what I need to know is will it run in XP and if DX10 is installed will it still run DX9 stuff??? I realise DX10 will not work in XP but if it is installed by mistake etc will that be aproblem,,,,conflicts as it seems from your answer dx9 is a seperate download?