Jus a few more days...I'm in the same boat,I don't need the power hungry 8800,whats the power draw on the 2600?or 2900?gl
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Well of course we don't know yet but all indications are that the 2900 is at least as power hungry as the 8800 series. Maybe the 2600 series will be what you guys are looking for, maybe not. But I personally wouldn't buy a GF8600 (or any card at all) until the info about the ATI cards due next week comes to allow an informed decision.
Well the thing is i dont want a 8800 card, it waaay to darn big and hot, i dont want to ruin my whole setup. I need a single slot card that performs very well with dx10 capabilities to hold me over till am3 drops. Im considering ati aswell like you said but im more likely i will go ati with my next am3 build, . cuase i want to stick with amd/nvidia as my chipset is for now, thats why.
I'm not sure I get your last statement - are you saying you have/want an nForce based AMD mobo? If so you can run single card ATI graphics just as easily as nV if you aren't aiming for SLI, which I hope you're not, as an 8800 would demolish SLI'd 8600s and that would defeat the point of wanting a single slot solution anyway. I can understand not wanting the G80's heat. However, the GF8600 doesn't perform all that well in most tests. If you want a single slot card that performs well now, I would personally look at a good DX9 card like the X1950Pro or a GF7900/7950 series. If you really want DX10, remember that more cards will come out between now and the first DX10 games, and we don't know how ANY cards perform under DX10 yet (including the 8600, 8800, 2600, and 2900 series).
yea, i have a North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 6100, South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 410 chipset on my board right now, thats why i kinda wanted to use a Nvidia Card with DX 10 capabilities for now, untill i build a new AM3 socket later when it drops with a AMD/ATI chipset and graphix combo.
The thing is with the size of cards taking up 2 slots is just not feasable for me, i need a sigle slot card, the highest performing DX10 compatable Single Slot card. And i can wait a month or so, in not going to rush into a buy. But for some reason im kinda stuck on grabbing an Nvidia card for this current machine till my next one. A 256 bit 8600 Ultra with 512 memory would be perfect for my current needs till the next generation or AMD/ATI.