Help me make a choice !!!!

[karaya]

Hello

i have been planing to upgrade my graphics card and got me 2 cards to choose from regarding my limited budget so please don't start telling me about high end cards because that will ruin my day

NOW here are the cards :

Gigabyte GV-NX85T512HP 512mb GDDR2 (8500gt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125065

or

ASUS EN8600GT/HTDP 256 GDDR 3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121096


now the confusing thing is the 512mb gddr2 VS 256mb gddr3

i play all kind of games . Bf2 / Coh / Oblivion / COD4 ... so would be wise to sacrifice memory for speed ? or the opposite , and the 8600gt got a fan while the 8500gt is silent

 

[btarunr]

My pick: 8600 GT + 256M DDR3. You can overclock the memory better, better GPU.

 

[choppy]

8600gt for sure!

 

[Azazel]

marhaba ya the 8600 gt

 

[FilipM]

8600 for sure. First of all, the 8600 is far superior to the 8500, it has better memory (GDDR3) and the size of the memory 256 or 512...well the 512 is slower and won't deliver any performance boost at all and it seems that 512, even if it was GDDR3 it wouldn't deliver more performance on these 2 cards. So go for the 8600GT.

 

[karaya]

My pick: 8600 GT + 256M DDR3. You can overclock the memory better, better GPU.

good point cheers

8600gt for sure!

thx for answering

marhaba ya the 8600 gt

Ahlan! thx for your answer

8600 for sure. First of all, the 8600 is far superior to the 8500, it has better memory (GDDR3) and the size of the memory 256 or 512...well the 512 is slower and won't deliver any performance boost at all and it seems that 512, even if it was GDDR3 it wouldn't deliver more performance on these 2 cards. So go for the 8600GT.

ah sounds good ^^ thx for the advice

okay i was worried about the memory size since better Textures will require more gpu memory but i think gddr 3 can hold its ground for current games and since i happily play games with the 1024x768 resolution

lets see what other people think and here is one more thing what about if the 512mb ddr2 card is a 8600gt aswell would that beat the new GDDR3.

peace

 

[Cold Storm]

My pick: 8600 GT + 256M DDR3. You can overclock the memory better, better GPU.

Right, plus Solaris would love to go in and help ya tweak it. You might even be surprised at what you can get out of the burger! 8600GT for me too

 

[gOJDO]

the 8600GT GPU is 2x faster than the 8500GT GPU. But both are not offering a good performance/price ratio. Tell us your budget limit and we'll recommend you the best bang for the buck according to your budget.

 

[ShadowFold]

Save up for a HD 3850 or something.. the 8600GT is not really a gamer card.

 

[karaya]

8600 for sure. First of all, the 8600 is far superior to the 8500, it has better memory (GDDR3) and the size of the memory 256 or 512...well the 512 is slower and won't deliver any performance boost at all and it seems that 512, even if it was GDDR3 it wouldn't deliver more performance on these 2 cards. So go for the 8600GT.

yeah the 8600gt got a fan so i think it will handle OC better than the 8500gt.

the 8600GT GPU is 2x faster than the 8500GT GPU. But both are not offering a good performance/price ratio. Tell us your budget limit and we'll recommend you the best bang for the buck according to your budget.

Well i live in morocco and the cards are a bit much expensive than the US for example cuz of all the taxes and stuff . anyway the 8500gt is priced for like 100 Euros while the 8600gt is like 130 Euros and my budget is like 150 Euros since i already bought a new Mobo and some ram and im in this moroccan online shop there few cards that are withing my budget range like the Gigabyte GV NX86T512H (8600gt 512mb but ddr2) and the Sapphire RADEON HD 2900GT (256mb gddr3)

notice im only talking about DX10 cards since i wont be changing my card for sometime regarding im still a student with no income

but as gOJDO mentioned you can guide me if there is some better cards in this price range that i need to know about .

 

[Azazel]

have you got a link to this Moroccan site see what cards they have ...so i can see what good cards they have within your budget

 

[karaya]

sure but i forgot to mention its in french but that wouldn't be a problem since u can just browse the list and even use a price limit filter .

but I'm not limited to that store since i live close to Spain and i can manage to buy me a card from there .

and also the site uses local currency which is Dirhams . 1euros = 10 DH

i bet that was confusing but well do it on your own risk just kidding

there are 2 links so check them both :

http://www.microchoix.ma/produits.asp?theme=Carte+Graphique&id=12&idp=6&id_gcat=1

http://www.microchoix.ma/produitsdetail.asp?theme=Carte Graphique&id=12&idp=6&id_gcat=1

 

[Azazel]

so your limit is 1500DH?

 

[btarunr]

Right, plus Solaris would love to go in and help ya tweak it. You might even be surprised at what you can get out of the burger! 8600GT for me too

Sol17 tweaks 8500 too.

 

[driver66]

Maybe save a little while for this?


http://www.microchoix.ma/fiche.asp?id=106792&id_gcat=1&idp=6

 

[karaya]

so your limit is 1500DH?

u can say 1600DH

Maybe save a little while for this?

thats surely a nice card but why u chose that one ? cheap and strong ?

and oh yeah i think i can get this aswell "Gigabyte Geforce 8600GTS 256 MB" comes witha free game "Supreme Commander" well i dont care much about the game but thats a nice add

http://www.microchoix.ma/fiche.asp?id=96706&id_gcat=1&idp=6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125063

a friend told me the gts is like 30% fatser than the gt but i dont like how the cards looks ^^ so heavy and im not sure if it need 2 x16 slots since my mobo got only 1

 

[gOJDO]

Well, if you have somebody in US to send you a graphics card, you'll get something much faster for 150eur (~$220). It will cost you around $30 for shipping and around $170 for a 9600GT.

 

[karaya]

hmmmm sounds interesting i will think about it . yeah that would be great since graphic cards are much much more cheaper overthere.

 

[gOJDO]

I live in Macedonia, but I wish I was living in the hot Morocco . Here we have expensive hardware too but I am buying stuff at dealer's price. For 170euros (inc. VAT) I can get you a 8800GT.

 

[Azazel]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-ATI-Ra...oryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ships worldwide, but you have to ask for to see how mush it will cost to ship to morocco..they only quote us and Canada

 

[karaya]

hehe yeah its pretty much warm in here winter here is like paradise compared to whats in europe

and hey first what is VAT and second hmm if you do have WesternUnion where u live i think i can manage sending you the money but how would u ship the card to here then ?

 

[karaya]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-ATI-Rad...QQcmdZViewItem ships worldwide, but you have to ask for to see how mush it will cost to ship to morocco..they only quote us and Canada

hmm but this puts us back with the question of wich one would be better a 8800gt or the ATI HD3850 i have no idea.

 

[Azazel]

oh 8800gt deff its a great card

 

[karaya]

okay thank you for the quick answering

lets wait for gOJDO response

 

[karaya]

well hey what about u Azazel are the cards alos expensive in the UK ? or something similiar to the US