7900gs vs. 8600gt which one to buy?

[Seckin]

Emergency help fpr buying 7900gs or 8600gt..Tomorrow i will buy a graphic card and need an urgent help...
i play mostly race games,double agent and strategy games world in conflict...i don't play such action games oblivion and bioshock...So which card should i choose???

 

[emp]

Honestly? You can't compare 7900GS to 8600GT, maybe to a 8600GTS. I'd say ideally get a X1950 Pro or 8600GTS, however if that's not possible then a 7900GS.

 

[nightscope]

7900GS has better performance...but it lacks dx10 compatibility. So what's more important to you, performance or dx10?

 

[emp]

Paper DX10 anyway, that card is not much better than a 7600GT, so not enough raw power to do DX10. On the other hand, the 7900GS is not only faster on stock, but can it's known to have a unbelievably good OC'ing chip, it's not unheard of to get 650 on the GPU (450 is stock)

 

[Seckin]

Paper DX10 anyway, that card is not much better than a 7600GT, so not enough raw power to do DX10. On the other hand, the 7900GS is not only faster on stock, but can it's known to have a unbelievably good OC'ing chip, it's not unheard of to get 650 on the GPU (450 is stock)

Thank yu very much for your suggestion...i guess i will buy 7900gs and then after 1-2 years i can buy a new card with the new system...I'm writing from Turkey and 7900gs has a good price nowadays here about 110$ and that's why i'm thinking of it.. Also finding x1950 pro or x1950xt is too difficult in Turkey nowadays..

 

[Gravemind123]

I have a 7900GS now, and it's awesome. I managed to get 595Mhz on the core and 900Mhz on the memory using a Zalman VF-900 for the cooler, and got no artifacts in an ATI Tool artifact scan. It was stable about about 585Mhz core and 885Mhz memory without the VF-900, but the temps were about 20c higher, almost touching 70c at some points. I then volt-modded the card with the 1.4v V-Core mod and have boosted the core up to 690Mhz completely stable. I can run any Source engine game(HL2 EP2 most recently) at high on 1280x1024 and can run Oblivion at good settings(with 2xAA, no long distance objects) at 1280x1024.

 

[soloman02]

My 7900GS came with 500 stock and it was not pre-overclocked (it came as 500core/690mem).

I've been slowly increasing the clocks. right now I am at 559/726. My stress test has been running the crysis demo. I think it can go higher too, but even then this is a decent overclock. The 128bit memory interface is what kills the 8600 series.

BTW I am using stock cooler, if you were to use a 3rd party cooler like grave did, you will see good overclocks.

 

[Laserjet]

I have a 7600 GT card.Is it worth while to buy a 8600 GT for me?

 

[Ananan]

I have a 7600 GT card.Is it worth while to buy a 8600 GT for me?

No. DX10 isn't an option and 5% performance increase isn't worth what you'd spend.

7600 GT is a great card. I had one for a long time.

 

[Laserjet]

Thanks Ananan for the advice.Greatly appreciate it.

 

[killerb255]

If you really really want to upgrade now, and you can find an 8800GT for a decent price (low $200's), by all means do that. If not, then stick with what you have and wait until the price of the 8800GT is lower. At that point, you get a performance increase AND DX10 support.