I was wondering if the Nvidia 8600 was any good? It's being sold relatively cheap lately on eBay after the launch of the 8800, but I was wondering if there was any huge difference? I'm not a huge gamer although my biggest vice is also one of the biggest video card hogs there is - Flight Simulator X.

My system has 2GB of RAM to sit comfortably beside it. Thanks.

Check out this video if yoo don't believe what I said about Flight Simulator X. Core 2 Quad 6700, 2x8800GTX SLI. Crazy...

This post was last modified: 01-21-2008 03:11 PM by TheCosmicFrog.

no. 8800 or nothing.

LOL

Duh, Crysis is probably the most demanding PC game ever.

And what exactly is wrong with the 8600?

This post was last modified: 01-21-2008 04:31 PM by TheCosmicFrog.

Why do you persist, Mr Anderson?

It's vastly inferior to the 8800

and the 8800gt can be picked up for a similar price (and it's vastly more powerful)

If your set on a 8600, Unless you're running a Vista machine, I suggest getting the ATI x2950 Pro instead. 50$ cheaper, and the best direct x 9 vid card out there.

However, the 8800 is on a league of its own. Its *almost* 4 times better then the 8600 (not an exageration)

Well worth the 50 and even 100$ extra (depends where you buy, I suggest Newegg)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html (for the difference)
I think the 8800GT has like... 128 shaders, while the 8600GTS has only 34. so um... ya, a lot better.
*wishes he did the research before buying the card.