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#1 LazyLepricon
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is a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card a good card or a bad one??

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#2 Marfoo
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It's newest generation, but it is bottom of the barrel, don't expect to get games beyond really low settings with it. However an 8600 is a much better performer for the budget minded consumer and will get your games running on medium settings.
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#3 04dcarraher
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Its a waste a geforce 6600 gt is faster than it
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#4 LazyLepricon
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well i was looking at a pre built comp and thats wat came in it
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#5 04dcarraher
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Ya, if have to get a Direct x 10 card get a geforce8600 gt at least.
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#6 04dcarraher
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well i was looking at a pre built comp and thats wat came in itLazyLepricon

a 8400 is better than intergated graphics all the way but what kind of stuff will be doing on your pc, internet,photos,multimedia,gaming what?

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multimedia not like hardcore stuff but simple things, internet, instant messaging, somegaming maybe watch movies on it and definately listen to music
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#8 jed-at-war
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multimedia not like hardcore stuff but simple things, internet, instant messaging, somegaming maybe watch movies on it and definately listen to musicLazyLepricon

You should be fine. You could do better, but it sounds like it won't matter to you if the games are on low.

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#9 04dcarraher
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Ok then that 8400 should do fine with what you want to do