8600 GTS is an excellent mid-range card!

I recently stepped up from a 6150LE (I know, it sucks) to a 8600GTS and wow, what a difference. I know most of you have high-end cards like the 8800 series, but this was a more practicle solution to my problem (wife won't let me spend $500+ on my PC). I would love to have an 8800GTX, but it's just to far out of my price range. 8600GTS is a decent alternative. I can run most games that have come out in the past year or so at full settings, with hardly a drop in frame rate. There are a few stutters here and there, but nothing major.Like I said, if you don't have a ton of money to spend on a new GPU, the 8600GTS (and to a little lesser extent, the 8600GT) make a great buy. Just wanted to share. 8600 GTS is an excellent mid-range card!
Indeed it is. Be happy. I also heard that 8600 should run Bioshock on high settings in 1280x1024 whit very good framerate in DX10.8600 GTS is an excellent mid-range card!
8600GT is what i'm getting,i don't need Ultra settings with 16xAA and AF @ 100FPS,i can live with medium-high settings with 2xAA/8xAF,and its cheap and a HUGE jump from Intel Intergrated video :D
[QUOTE=''domke13'']Indeed it is. Be happy. I also heard that 8600 should run Bioshock on high settings in 1280x1024 whit very good framerate in DX10.[/QUOTE] Where did you hear this?
I agree, The 8600GTS is a great card. I just need to upgrade the rest of my rig to stop the bottlenecking. :evil:
[QUOTE=''Sandro909'']I agree, The 8600GTS is a great card. I just need to upgrade the rest of my rig to stop the bottlenecking. :evil:[/QUOTE] Didn't you already get the X2 5600?
imo, the first thing to upgrade is the video card, unless u have a sempron or a celeron.
[QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1''][QUOTE=''Sandro909'']I agree, The 8600GTS is a great card. I just need to upgrade the rest of my rig to stop the bottlenecking. :evil:[/QUOTE] Didn't you already get the X2 5600?[/QUOTE]No, I'm ordering my parts sometime next week. :D
I had a celeron once... yuck!!!
[QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1'']8600GT is what i'm getting,i don't need Ultra settings with 16xAA and AF @ 100FPS,i can live with medium-high settings with 2xAA/8xAF,and its cheap and a HUGE jump from Intel Intergrated video :D[/QUOTE]I'm playing CSS with everything on High, Reflections set to all, 4xAA, 2xAF @ 1280x1024 and getting between 55-70 fps. Same with SIN Ep.1. SWAT 4 also runs at max settings smooth a butter at around 50-60 fps. I know these are old games, but that's still impressive!
[QUOTE=''EnderSR388''][QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1'']8600GT is what i'm getting,i don't need Ultra settings with 16xAA and AF @ 100FPS,i can live with medium-high settings with 2xAA/8xAF,and its cheap and a HUGE jump from Intel Intergrated video :D[/QUOTE]I'm playing CSS with everything on High, Reflections set to all, 4xAA, 2xAF @ 1280x1024 and getting between 55-70 fps. Same with SIN Ep.1. SWAT 4 also runs at max settings smooth a butter at around 50-60 fps. I know these are old games, but that's still impressive! [/QUOTE]I remember that feeling when I got my 7600GT. Glorious, isn't it? :P
[QUOTE=''EnderSR388''] [QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1'']8600GT is what i'm getting,i don't need Ultra settings with 16xAA and AF @ 100FPS,i can live with medium-high settings with 2xAA/8xAF,and its cheap and a HUGE jump from Intel Intergrated video :D[/QUOTE]I'm playing CSS with everything on High, Reflections set to all, 4xAA, 2xAF @ 1280x1024 and getting between 55-70 fps. Same with SIN Ep.1. SWAT 4 also runs at max settings smooth a butter at around 50-60 fps. I know these are old games, but that's still impressive! [/QUOTE]bump the filtering to 16x, it wont lower the frames at all.
[QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1''][QUOTE=''domke13'']Indeed it is. Be happy. I also heard that 8600 should run Bioshock on high settings in 1280x1024 whit very good framerate in DX10.[/QUOTE] Where did you hear this?[/QUOTE]There was interview of developer on Bioshock official website. The question was i think how good you could play game whit recommended settings (which 8600 is). The answer was that you should get very nice framerate, on high settings, in 1280x1024, or you could sacrifice high framerate for bigger resolution. I dont know how true it is but i belive it is true.
[QUOTE=''EnderSR388''] [QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1'']8600GT is what i'm getting,i don't need Ultra settings with 16xAA and AF @ 100FPS,i can live with medium-high settings with 2xAA/8xAF,and its cheap and a HUGE jump from Intel Intergrated video :D[/QUOTE]I'm playing CSS with everything on High, Reflections set to all, 4xAA, 2xAF @ 1280x1024 and getting between 55-70 fps. Same with SIN Ep.1. SWAT 4 also runs at max settings smooth a butter at around 50-60 fps. I know these are old games, but that's still impressive! [/QUOTE] Cool,hoping to gethigh settings with Rome: Total War,Medieval 2: Total War,Empire Earth II and Age of Empires III,only games i'm concerned about are Crysis,World in Conflict and Empire Earth III.
Im thinking of buying a new graphics card but am not keen on spending more than ?00, i have the 8500 GT but want to play new games like bioshock and crysis. Will the 8500 GT be able to handle any of those types of games?Secondly I'm not sure what card to choose, at the moement im stuck between the 7900 GT and 8600GT(S) or any other grapchi cards any of you guys know of that'll play those games? thanks
[QUOTE=''r3351925'']imo, the first thing to upgrade is the video card, unless u have a sempron or a celeron.[/QUOTE]Nah, I have an Athlon 64 3800+. I did have a 650 Duron back in '00 and it ran pretty good! I also had a GeForce3 Ti 500 though. God I loved that card. :)
if u have the 8500GT, dont upgrade only to a 8800GTS at least, the 8500GT should run those games like mid high on 1024.
[QUOTE=''domke13''] [QUOTE=''AARONRULZ1''][QUOTE=''domke13'']Indeed it is. Be happy. I also heard that 8600 should run Bioshock on high settings in 1280x1024 whit very good framerate in DX10.[/QUOTE] Where did you hear this?[/QUOTE]There was interview of developer on Bioshock official website. The question was i think how good you could play game whit recommended settings (which 8600 is). The answer was that you should get very nice framerate, on high settings, in 1280x1024, or you could sacrifice high framerate for bigger resolution. I dont know how true it is but i belive it is true.[/QUOTE] Even though i'm not interested in Bioshock,if this turns out to be true,a lot of 8600 owner's will be happy with them,i'm hoping the 8600GT can get respectable settings in Crysis,World in Conflict and Empire Earth III @ 1440x900.
[QUOTE=''EnderSR388''] [QUOTE=''r3351925'']imo, the first thing to upgrade is the video card, unless u have a sempron or a celeron.[/QUOTE]Nah, I have an Athlon 64 3800+. I did have a 650 Duron back in '00 and it ran pretty good! I also had a GeForce3 Ti 500 though. God I loved that card. :) [/QUOTE] did u know that the geforce 3 ti 500 performs on par with the 7300le?
[QUOTE=''EnderSR388''][QUOTE=''r3351925'']imo, the first thing to upgrade is the video card, unless u have a sempron or a celeron.[/QUOTE]Nah, I have an Athlon 64 3800+. I did have a 650 Duron back in '00 and it ran pretty good! I also had a GeForce3 Ti 500 though. God I loved that card. :) [/QUOTE]My brother is still using a GeForce Ti 4200. :lol:

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