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ashblk   11-30-2007 at 11:35:08 PM

I'm not going to do much gaming right now and I'm getting something for $75 bucks and under. I've decided against buying a 3850 as for what I need it's extreme overkill. I've narrowed it down to the following...

Geforce 8500GT or x1650

This computer is mostly for video decoding and watching movies, maybe a game like Madden or something else of that caliber but no extreme gaming for the moment.

So which one should I get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102098

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814122023

Give me your choice for something under $75.00....

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aznstriker92   11-30-2007 at 11:38:33 PM
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haha the X1650 will probably kill the 8500GT.

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Evilonigiri   11-30-2007 at 11:41:41 PM
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Really now? I think the 8500GT should do better than the 1650pro. Let me find link...

EDIT: http://www23.tomshardware.com/grap [...] &chart=318

Okay maybe not...the 8500GT really sucks. I know Tom's VGA charts are outdated but drivers alone probably won't make up for the huge differences.


Message edited by Evilonigiri on 11-30-2007 at 11:44:15 PM
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nukchebi0   11-30-2007 at 11:54:11 PM
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8500GT<7600GT. Ouch.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rchInDesc=

 

Be happy with this.


Message edited by nukchebi0 on 11-30-2007 at 11:57:38 PM
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aznstriker92   12-01-2007 at 12:05:21 AM
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Lol @ evilonigiri. Maybe you confused the 8500GT with the 8600Gt but it just one of those things that nvidia did to trick its customers. A lot of people think that the 8500GT is good almost as good as the 8600GT because its close in number. But look, the X1650 kills it.



To the topic starter.
Buy the X1650. It should play games pretty well too. (except crysis).

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ashblk   12-01-2007 at 12:15:08 AM
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which one should I buy?

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lakedude   12-01-2007 at 12:15:36 AM
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Maybe this one (or something similar)? 2600pro $66.99 after rebate

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161099

 

It is so hard to tell because of that ATI driver issue. So many benchies were run with the old drivers and never updated......


Message edited by lakedude on 12-01-2007 at 12:34:43 AM
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lakedude   12-01-2007 at 12:37:26 AM
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Or this one that is a hair over budget:

2600xt @ $79.99 AR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161099

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ashblk   12-01-2007 at 05:53:19 AM
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If Im gonna spend 80 bucks on a x1650 wouldn't it be better to just get the 7600gt? or even the 8600gt for dx10?

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Gravemind123   12-01-2007 at 06:21:10 AM
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Well, if you are mostly going to decode video, then an 8600 or HD 2600 would be good choices since they both support hardware video decoding, even the 8500GT does. So from a watching video standpoint the 8500 would kill the X1650, because it would take load off of the CPU with its hardware decoding that the X1650 lacks.

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Kamrooz   12-01-2007 at 07:34:22 AM
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don't let DX10 fool you. None of those cards can run dX10 games well enough. They may support DX10. But they don't have enough juice to run them. The previous generation offers better performance in most scenarios.

If you like watching high def video, the low/mid dx10 cards would be a wise choice thanks to hd video decoding.

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ashblk   12-01-2007 at 07:34:26 AM
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Basically for the best of both worlds the 8600gt is the one, the 7600 and 1650 can't do encoding or watch movies well. and the 8500 is the best one of the bunch at media playback and encoding.

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lakedude   12-01-2007 at 12:18:19 PM
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Yes the nVidia 8600gt or the one of the ATI 2600s, best of both, yep.

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