i have a sony vaio that has a geforce 5200 video card and i want a new one to play new games with good graphics is this card good enough or do the new games need a better one? but i dont want ne of ur answer to tell me about a ****** $1000 graphic card thats better i want something thats about $200 the geforce 8600 is bout $160 so just lemme no if its good enuff for a game like war in conflict to play with really good graphics (i dont want it to work at minimum graphics)
2007-11-19 09:36:22 · 5 answers · asked by 2Pacreincarnated 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
8600GT is a decent DX10 mainstream card. It is a very significant upgrade to your outdated Geforce 5200 and could play many games at medium settings but NOT high settings.
Just BE SURE that you have a x16 PCIe slot in your Vaio. The card is NOT compatible with PCI or AGP slot.
2007-11-19 11:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I run a 256 MB 8600 GTS factory OC'd. Works great for me. Most high end games run at around medium, and I surprisingly got BioShock to run on high somehow. It cost about $160 and it's still around there.
The 5200 is pretty crappy to play high end games out now. (Crysis, COD4, WiC, BioShock, etc.)
Really good graphics? I'll tell you it's a load increase from the 5200 you're currently running. My old laptop was running a 5200, and it could barely run BF2 (no surprise). Now my 8600 sets everything on high and it runs fine.
Also, if you want to play Crysis, you're going to need a fairly high end system. You'll need to be running a decent dual-core preferably, and about 2 GB's or more of RAM. Then the 8600 can crank out about medium settings, with maybe some lagging. If you got the dough, the 8800 is out there waiting. Or you can go ATI (which I'm not a fan of) and get their new series of 3xxx cards.
P.S.: It's World In Conflict
2007-11-19 10:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by R4L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a Sony Vaio, that card should be fine. It won't be spectacular, but it's hardly worth buying anything much better for that computer. Also, RAM is going pretty cheap these days, and if you're low it's a great way to boost your computer's performance when gaming. This notebook has around a gig, and it struggles a bit with the Orange Box, which if you have a computer that will play it you definitely need to get.
2007-11-19 09:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by Terras 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF you have the power supply to support it sure why not
2007-11-19 09:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by colgatesuper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it is certainly good enough for a casual gamer
2007-11-19 09:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by shockdude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋