8600gts

[combat_deity]

Hey, just wondering would an 8600gts be bottlenecked by a pentium D 925? I'm planning on getting an 8600gts and was just wondering, either way i'm sure it will way outperform my 7600gs.

 

[combat_deity]

Well, an 8800gts wont fit in my case :? so that rules it out, and i want a DX10 card for the future.

where do you stay?

eh?

 

[combat_deity]

Live In UK, and from what i've heard (little) dx10 is allot less resource intensive so they might not be to bad.

 

[txsizzler]

Myself, I am going to wait a little longer for all the dust to settle, and we see the 2950XT come out. Presently, I am not satisfied with anyones' current offerings, especially on the mid-range cards (128bit? C'MON ATI & NVIDIA!!!). My x1900xt will do for now.

 

[combat_deity]

my 7600gs will not

 

[jitpublisher]

If you want a card for DX10, wait until DX10 becomes mainstream.
Don't buy any DX10 card right now soley on the premise of using it to run DX10 later. There will be better/faster/cheaper GPUS's available by the time you really need one for DX10.

 

[newuser007]

If you want a card for DX10, wait until DX10 becomes mainstream.
Don't buy any DX10 card right now soley on the premise of using it to run DX10 later. There will be better/faster/cheaper GPUS's available by the time you really need one for DX10.

I am kind of tending to agree. I have a 7950GT, with SLI in the works. It runs all my current games fine. (all DX9) Blows away my old ATi 9200SE. (DUH!) Although I wanted to jump on the DX10 card wagon, unless you want to spend the $$ on a 8800GTX or 8800ULTRA, then your best bet is to wait until the holidays, when if rummer has it, the 9xxxx series cards will come out.

 

[combat_deity]

mmm, i may just hold off on the graphics card and bare with my 7600 till Dx10 is more mainstream, perhaps upgrade my mobo instead or save my money (nahh :twisted: ). TY for commenting

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Good idea, right now the DX10 games are mainly worse on resources than the DX9 codepath since it doesn't use any of the advanced shaders for the main workload, they just add some lighting effects sofar, and the occasional displacement or parallax map.

I think it's wise to wait, and then get the upper mid-range card that are coming with the 256bit interface. Like the X1950Pro and GT of this generation, those cards should be the best bet for money, playability, and efficiency.