Graphics Card????

Question

Is the NVIDEA GeForce 8600M GS a good graphics card? It is a 512MB graphics card.

I am custumizing a laptop, HP dv9500t, and this is the best option for graphics.

Answer 1

It is a pretty decent DX10 graphics card for low to medium game settings. It can score 4700+ in 3D Mark 05.

Answer 2

It depends what games you want to play. If you aren't too fussy about what games you put on it, it'll be fine. If you want to play games like crysis, oblivion and bioshock (ie games that have full-on graphics engines) you will find it underpowered, and your gaming experience will be low-res and staggery.

Im not knocking the card, but the issue of whether it is 'good' or 'bad' for you comes down to what you want to use it for. If its a dedicated card (rare) then its no biggie and you can upgrade down the track. If its the chipset on the mobo, then upgrading is next to impossible. I guess the point Im trying to make is that you need to be clear about what you want to do with the machine and then set it up with this in mind, because in this latter situation, if its not up to the task, you will have to replace the whole notebook to get the performance you need.

for more information on notebook gpus see here
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-X3100.2176.0.html

Answer 3

the 8600m gs is a very nice graphics card. It has fabulous performance and with 512 MB...you can crank up the resolution alot :D

Answer 4

Yes it is very good for laptop

Answer 5

Pretty good. As long as your laptop will take it.

Answer 6

for a laptop, yes it is pretty good

Answer 7

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