Graphics card help!?

Question

I'm having some trouble deciding what graphics card to get for my new system (Gigabyte P35-DS3L, E6550 Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM). I'm aiming to get a graphics card that will play the orange box games at highest settings and crysis (DX9) at medium, while i wait for Nvidia to roll out their Geforce 9 series. I cannot afford a 8800GT/GTS/GTX at present and i'm not sure whether to get a HIS IceQ HD2600XT Turbo 512MB GDDR3, a Geforce 8600GT or a Geforce 7 series card. I'm leaning towards the HD2600XT but not sure if it will meet the aforementioned expectations.

Any recommendations of cards/ confirmation of competence of the mentioned?

Thanks!

Answer 1

i have a 8600gts superclocked and it handles most games at high setting........forget crisis though.........i would say medium settings.......i have not tried it yet.........150.00 after rebate includes free quake wars game........good card for the money.......not a 8800 but good...........

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130086
here is a review of the card.......http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-8600-GTS-card-512.html
scott

Answer 2

i have Gainward 6600 256 MB and i can play Ghost recon 2 with all efect and 16 x antialiasing and 1024*768 pixels !
Gainward bord's really are good :D

Answer 3

a 79xx will outpreform a 8600 so i would go for that sence your prolly goin to have a good enough powersupply for it sence your gonna get a new 9 series soon

Answer 4

I have a 8600GT on one of my machines. I do video editing and 3D Modeling on it. Works flawlessly. It will play your games just fine.

Answer 5

Get the HD 2600XT. Here's how it typically performs:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/review/2007/07/16/ATI-Radeon-HD-2600-XT-2600-Pro-and-2400-XT/p7
http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/review/2007/07/16/ATI-Radeon-HD-2600-XT-2600-Pro-and-2400-XT/p9

But it could still struggle in a very demanding game like Crysis.