Is it good enough to play today's games? I'll be playing games that came out back in 2006 and 2005, and maybe some of today's and tomorrow's games.
2007-08-21 07:37:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It's decent. You can play games from 05 and 06 fine. Today's games at medium capacity, but tomorrow's games in the low to medium range. Move up to an 8600GTS with 512 if you can.
2007-08-21 07:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by manchildstudio 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a middle of the road card. If you want to run on maxed out settings go for the 8800s. You can pick both up at reasonable prices here:
http://www.gamegiants.net/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=nvidia%208&search_in_description=1&categories_id=3&inc_subcat=1&page=1&sort=3a
2007-08-21 08:02:46 · answer #2 · answered by decker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is pretty good for many games except perhaps Oblivion and Crysis. Better consider the factory overclocked version, then overclock it some more (and also your processor). You could end up w/ a quite awesome set up that could do about 11,500 marks in 3D Mark 05.
More here:
http://sg.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4925
2007-08-21 12:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 8600GTS is about 15% faster per
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=399&type=expert&pid=1
GeForce 8600GTS 256MB $139
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=8600gts&x=0&y=0
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N761-AR&pwindow=specs&family=23
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amp Amps.
Minimum 450 Watt for SLI mode system with +12 Volt current rating of 24 Amp Amps. and an available 6 pin PCI-E power connector (hard drive power dongle to PCI-E 6 pin adapter included with card)
Graphics card gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=399&type=expert&pid=1
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1595&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
How to pick the perfect graphics card
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2150316/pick-perfect-graphics-card
DirectX 9 vs 10
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/directx-9-vs-directx-10-worth-upgrading-to-vista-for-243099.php
Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
CPU gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html
CPU Benchmarks
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/index.php
2007-08-21 08:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋