XFX GeForce 8600 GT Extreme with Quiet Zalman Fansink.

Miscelaneous Gamer · Oct 21, 2007

Time to consider upgrades? Yeah, here's a choice...

http://pccasegear.com/prod5671.htm said:
XFX GeForce 8600 GT Extreme with Quiet Zalman Fansink. 600MHz Clock Speed, HDCP, 256Mb DDR3 @ 1.5Ghz, Dual DVI DL/TV Out, Zalman Fansink, Max Resolution: 2560x1600. The heavily refined fan technology from Zalman results in a large volume of airflow getting to your GPU, allowing a more stable core, and more reliable game play. The fact that Zalman technology is known for its quiet, smooth design means that every time one of these cards are installed, we get one step closer to a silent PC.

What does everyone think?
Alright for a medium-to-low budget pci-e choice?

AphexDreamer · Oct 21, 2007

Miscelaneous Gamer said:
Time to consider upgrades? Yeah, here's a choice...

What does everyone think?
Alright for a medium-to-low budget pci-e choice?

Sure, anything PCIe would own your current AGP GPU lol.

DrunkenMafia · Oct 21, 2007

Hey another Aussie in the house..

Hows it goin MG.

Yeah that 8600gt will be a nice upgrade over the 9800pro you have now, although I would be more inclined to go for a 2600xt if you really want dx10 support. If dx10 isn't that important then I would go for a X1950pro.... it would be better than both the above cards in gaming but doesn't have DX10. You can pick up the X1950's for around the $150 mark here now.

Miscelaneous Gamer · Oct 21, 2007

AphexDreamer said:
Sure, anything PCIe would own your current AGP GPU lol.

lol, k.

Yeah, sorta wanted more stats on that general era of hardware, and where it falls.

But, just about anything released after the x100 by NVidia and ATi (or Daamit as I like to call them now) would beat it.

Miscelaneous Gamer · Oct 22, 2007

DrunkenMafia said:
Hey another Aussie in the house..

Hows it goin MG.

Yeah that 8600gt will be a nice upgrade over the 9800pro you have now, although I would be more inclined to go for a 2600xt if you really want dx10 support. If dx10 isn't that important then I would go for a X1950pro.... it would be better than both the above cards in gaming but doesn't have DX10. You can pick up the X1950's for around the $150 mark here now.

Yeah, nice to see Aussie's are out there on teh internets.

Well, course it'll be better, I wouldn't have asked about it if it weren't. :rolleyes:

But yeah, I seriously doubt it'd be worth going for DX10, since... since I didn't care about the latest and greatest software. lol.

But the X1950... might have to hava look into this... :cool:

[I.R.A]_FBi · Oct 22, 2007

j00 have teh internets down upder? do u type in urls upside down?

Miscelaneous Gamer · Oct 22, 2007

[I.R.A]_FBi said:
j00 have teh internets down upder? do u type in urls upside down?

Yes, we has has teh internets down upder...

We... um... are... upside down to you, so, only upside down type urls would be to you. :wtf:

DrunkenMafia · Oct 23, 2007

haahaaaa... that ira dude is a strange lad.....

Here is an X1950pro at a decent price... Its just under $200 but it comes with an aftermarket cooler installed on it. Its powercolor brand as well whick I have known to be quite a decent brand of card...

http://www.skycomp.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=86476

Have you tried shopbot.com.au ... its a pretty handy little online search page for pc parts and the like.....

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Processor	Pentium 4 3.2GHz Hyperthreading
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