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I have problem deciding between these two cards: MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo and XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600GT. What I'm concerned about are the memory types of these two cards. The MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo has 256 MB GDDR3 and the XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600GT has 512 MB GDDR2. Other specs. ...


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Old 1st Apr 2008, 19:38
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Default Comparing 2 Nvidia 8600GT cards

I have problem deciding between these two cards: MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo and XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600GT. What I'm concerned about are the memory types of these two cards. The MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo has 256 MB GDDR3 and the XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600GT has 512 MB GDDR2. Other specs. for these cards are different, too(too much to type here, I'll type down the websites)
XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600GT: http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...tionId=1430512
MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...0&cat2_no=136#

So which one do you guys recommend?
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Old 2nd Apr 2008, 01:04
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Default Comparing 2 Nvidia 8600GT cards

GDDR3 version, no contest.
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Default Comparing 2 Nvidia 8600GT cards

MSI 100%
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Default Comparing 2 Nvidia 8600GT cards

agreed it is must faster then the other one
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