256MB nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS ... good card?

If you are thinking to play DX10 games; forget about it.They can't even play DX9 games very well.

If you can buy a 8800GTS 320MB

hmm... so what other cards around that price range would u recomend?

... and doi need to be able to play DX 10 games allready?

No,however, DX10 going to be in a few 08 games. And since you are upgradingnow, unless you wantto buy a new card shortly,you'll want a DX10 card.engy

what about a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 _SpaceCase_

If you plan on upgrading later this year or next year, you can get it, its a decent card. Here is a review http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=314159272&topic_id=25698466

what about a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 _SpaceCase_

How about we put it bluntly? Its worse then the 8600 gts. Either buy a 7600 gt for around $100 and then wait for the prices for the 8800's to go down, or just buy a 8800. Don't bother with the low end 8x00's.

[QUOTE="_SpaceCase_"]what about a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 el_carl

How about we put it bluntly? Its worse then the 8600 gts. Either buy a 7600 gt for around $100 and then wait for the prices for the 8800's to go down, or just buy a 8800. Don't bother with the low end 8x00's.

better not bother at all with dx10 cards, the second wave of dx10 cards will be amazing.

i agree with carl, get a 7600 gt, and next year get a very powerful dx10 card (geforce series 9/ati series hd3k) :)

[QUOTE="el_carl"][QUOTE="_SpaceCase_"]what about a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 wklzip

How about we put it bluntly? Its worse then the 8600 gts. Either buy a 7600 gt for around $100 and then wait for the prices for the 8800's to go down, or just buy a 8800. Don't bother with the low end 8x00's.

better not bother at all with dx10 cards, the second wave of dx10 cards will be amazing.

i agree with carl, get a 7600 gt, and next year get a very powerful dx10 card (geforce series 9/ati series hd3k) :)

Sorry for digging up and old topic, but saves having to start a new thread (and I've been a good noob and done searches)

Anyway, I'm getting a new graphics card for my birthday and I was looking at the 8600 GTS. Judging from this thread I'm getting the impression it's not as good as the 7900GS. My other option was the 7900 GT.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2195468,00.asp

I was using this link as reference cus TF2 is going to be the most demanding game on my PC (hence why I don't want anything stupidly expensive or powerful). From that there's no much difference between the 7900 GT or 8600 GTS, but what's the difference between the 7900 GT and 7900 GS?