Which of these card for low budget?

For someone on a low budget, should I go for either the:

XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX 256MB DDR3 - 100$ on TigerDirect

or

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E - 110$ on NCIX

My Radeon 9800 died a week ago, so time for an upgrade.
I don't know much about these GT/GTS or XXX thing though.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Is your budget limited to like $150? If it is, maybe you can shop around to get a cheap HD3850 256MB, which is a far better deal than both of what you have listed there.

Other than that, to answer your question, the 8600GTS is a better deal out of the two. It has better cooling and it runs faster.

If you do need a pci-e card then I'd also consider the HD2600XT. Typically ahead of the 8600GT without fsaa and it's often alot cheaper (at least here in the States). The 8600GTS is nice, just depends how much cheaper the HD2600XT is and how much more expensive the HD3850 or HD2900 pro are. Also, keep an eye out for the 8800GS, which will be available shortly.

I have not seen one available yet. Saw it for preorder on an Australian site.

I would say you are right. The Powercolor is 512MB, which cost more in PCI-e too.

http://www.skycomp.com.au/product.aspx?id=97009
There is the preorder and it's priced the same as the HD3870 PCI-e. Of course preorder prices can be deceiving either way; could go down or way up once they are in stock.

8600GTS price shouldn't go up. No room to if the 8800GS is released to compete with the HD3850 near $150ish.