[mrdaveyk]

just got msi 8600gt in finaly, updated from the 7600gs, just a quick general review for the card i thought might be nice for asking on what card to get etc etc

this card has been snubbed alot as people who have reviewed it says it shouldnt be in the 8600 series as there was no double in performance from the 7600 as there was between the 6600 to the 7600 (hope that made sense) anyways, i downloaded company of heroes to just see performance change (gonna test bf2142 ina sec) on high settings on the 7600gs i couldnt get more than 10fps, lame i know, ive tried the 8600gt same res etc etc and ive got 105fps

this made me hate reviews as i got in such a stressy state as i couldnt find one budget card that didnt get knocked as crap or not good enough, and as you can see its proven them wrong, for me atleast.

[alex]

Good post.

Get's me thinking though as I based my thoughts on F.E.A.R at 1280x1024 with 2xAA and 4xAF with full detail (which is how games should be played) and the GT saw low thirties peak fps, down to 17 (which is, frankly, unplayable).

Don't forget it's going to be game dependent. And in some cases also cpu dependent.

[Dave Hybrid]

Nice post, thanks for the review.

[mrdaveyk]

bf2142 -

1280 res
everything on high
and 4x AA

and im getting 50 fps, stunned me to be honest

just for you alex i will download the F.E.A.R demo and give it a razzle

[SocialWarfare]

Originally Posted by mrdaveyk bf2142 - 1280 res everything on high and 4x AA and im getting 50 fps, stunned me to be honest just for you alex i will download the F.E.A.R demo and give it a razzle

I surprised too, what size maps were you getting those fps on? and were they full?

[mrdaveyk]

i cant remeber the name of the map, same theme of harbour, but not harbour lol, i aint played it alot lately (my old gfx card put me off abit) basically the map where the EU are defending, its a dusty map, at the second flag theres like gateways with immigrations signs on them lol, anyway, i was on a EA UK server full

[mrdaveyk]

FEAR runs like a charm, everything maxed 1280 res 2xaa 4xaf

im getting roughly 50fps again

mind one problem...........

its one of those games that scare the hell out of me hah! thank god for the slow mo or bullet time they have in the game so i can see whats going on, its too dark lol and flash light sucks!

but yeh this card works a treat!

[alex]

Thanks for posting back, whats the o'c on the card? (Gpu and ram) I'm assuming the Stream shader's aren't oc'd.

Wouldn't mind you replying if you could as the card I used was a Vanilla, would be nice to get a comparison.

Cheers.

[mrdaveyk]

its the MSI version, ill have a look for you, surf round abit cuz i honestly dont know lol, im trying to stay away from OC'in as i know ill ruin my computer lol, anyway quick 'run' way to find out, but yeh ill find out for mate!

[boyler]

Is this card as good as the 8600GT http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=333142 and how much better are both these cards against two 6600LE's,would I see much of an improvement with anyone of the GT cards.
Cheers
Marty

[mrdaveyk]

what OS you using xp or vista? cuz this will make the difference really.

[boyler]

I'm using XP and will not be upgrading to Vista for a while yet

[mrdaveyk]

hhhmmm well as you probly know on xp you can use the dx10 benefits of the 8600gt card, i think its socialwarfare (if i remember his name correctly) on here has a 7900gt which i think is faster that the 8600gt but becuase of shader differences and dx10 on the 8600gt obviously the cards cant be compared as they specialse in different OS systems, i could be wrong mind you

as i see your looking at the 7600gt, i upgraded my syustem from a 7600GS which is the slightly less good than the GT, i honestly recon you should go for the 7900gt, i dont think theres much price difference and itll see you through to some modern games, id get in touch with social warfare (again if thats his name) and hell give you a 7900gt review if hes nice

aye i just scrolled up, contact socialwarfare mate it seems the 7900gt is a goer, good benchmarker!

[boyler]

Thanks but do you have any idea where I can get one they seem to be hard to come by.

[mrdaveyk]

ebuyer.com, has everything really lol