What GPU would you recommend for a E8600 cpu?

[ARF]

What GPU would you recommend for a E8600 CPU?

Some geforce because the older Radeons are a nightmare to deal with. I tried to use Radeon HD 4670 these days and its (latest 13.9 from year 2013 ! ! ) driver is messed up - it limits the screen resolution to 4:3.
Maybe GTX 1050 or equivalent.

 

[agent_x007]

Some things :
1) Don't use DX12 class hardware with E8600... it's pointless.
Upgade to Quad Core, overclock it some and even then think about getting DX12 class hardware IF you plan to use it to browse internet (or watch videos).
2) GTS 450/GTX 460(560), or equivalent ATI late Terascale class card will all do just fine.
Lower mid-range Kepler/GCN 1.0 are "OK" if you care about power/noise and want efficient WinXP machine (Maxwell 1.0 is pushing it for WinXP, but is very good for Win7).
3) Currently DDR3 has two pros, vs. DDR2 :
a) It's usually cheaper for faster spec (depends on MB, no point in being cheaper if MBs is more expensive)
b) 2x 4GB kits that are compatible with Intel chipsets are actually available to buy without premium tax (doesn't matter for WinXP 32-bit).
4) E8600 being highest frequency CPU for platform mean highest 1T performance is simply being short sighted by numbers.
ALL(*) boards can increase FSB, sure it means you can OC E8600 as well, BUT there are games in WinXP like GTA IV that simply require Quad cores to run smoothly. Throwing driver overhead on top of that, could make some nice quality of gameplay difference (in short, for me there is big difference between "Quad cores are good enough for 1T games" and "Dual cores being fine with 4 thread optimised games" statements).
(*OEM board can't or need BSEL mod, but even then are usually limited to 1333/1600MHz)

Regardless, it's up to user to know what games/programs he plan to play/run on this. For what I know, high clocked dual core may be good for what he plans to do. Because of this, I'm simply providing some info on how things work, instead of shouting "put quad core in there immediately !"

@ARF Never had your problem, but I never used newest official driver for my HD 4670 (I usually use Catalyst 9.1/10.2, with 14.4 pack1 as option from Phil's database).

 

[Greenslade]

Some things :
1) Don't use DX12 class hardware with E8600... it's pointless.
Upgade to Quad Core, overclock it some and even then think about getting DX12 class hardware IF you plan to use it to browse internet (or watch videos).
2) GTS 450/GTX 460(560), or equivalent ATI late Terascale class card will all do just fine.
Lower mid-range Kepler/GCN 1.0 are "OK" if you care about power/noise and want efficient WinXP machine (Maxwell 1.0 is pushing it for WinXP, but is very good for Win7).
3) Currently DDR3 has two pros, vs. DDR2 :
a) It's usually cheaper for faster spec (depends on MB, no point in being cheaper if MBs is more expensive)
b) 2x 4GB kits that are compatible with Intel chipsets are actually available to buy without premium tax (doesn't matter for WinXP 32-bit).
4) E8600 being highest frequency CPU for platform mean highest 1T performance is simply being short sighted by numbers.
ALL(*) boards can increase FSB, sure it means you can OC E8600 as well, BUT there are games in WinXP like GTA IV that simply require Quad cores to run smoothly. Throwing driver overhead on top of that, could make some nice quality of gameplay difference (in short, for me there is big difference between "Quad cores are good enough for 1T games" and "Dual cores being fine with 4 thread optimised games" statements).
(*OEM board can't or need BSEL mod, but even then are usually limited to 1333/1600MHz)

Regardless, it's up to user to know what games/programs he plan to play/run on this. For what I know, high clocked dual core may be good for what he plans to do. Because of this, I'm simply providing some info on how things work, instead of shouting "put quad core in there immediately !"

Thanks for all your info all good stuff. agent_x007

A song for you, Classic sixties reggae .

 

[lexluthermiester]

unfortunately it is running on DDR 2.

Trust me, the Core2Duo's weren't effected much by the differences between DDR2 & DDR3. The Core2Quads had a bit more benefit and the die connections ran through the FSB and chipset, however, the benefit was minimal for most tasks, including typical desktop tasks and games.

Buy 8GB(4GBx2 or 4x2GB) of DDR2-6400(800mhz) and have at whatever you'd like to.

 

[Greenslade]

Trust me, the Core2Duo's weren't effected much by the differences between DDR2 & DDR3. The Core2Quads had a bit more benefit and the die connections ran through the FSB and chipset, however, the benefit was minimal for most tasks, including typical desktop tasks and games.

Buy 8GB(4GBx2 or 4x2GB) of DDR2-6400(800mhz) and have at whatever you'd like to.

Thats what Phil said in his video.DDR2 v DDR3.It only takes 4gb.