Buy 8600GTS

[swtethan]

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=GA-86_256M#

 

[Nightmare225]

Engine Clock: 675 MHz
Memory Clock: 2 GHz

:disgust:

 

[swtethan]

it would be a great HTPC card

 

[MDE]

Passive cooling is always a plus in my book :thumbsup:

 

[Jules]

That thing looks nice.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
That thing looks nice.

Heatsink looks funny, though

 

[RussianSensation]

With X1950XT 256 for $180, this isn't so nice. Also based on "rumoured" 320 stream processors of HD 2900, ATI's mid-range cards could be screaming.

This only has 32 processors. Too much of a cripple for $50 more expensive 8800GTS. Not worth it.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
With X1950XT 256 for $180, this isn't so nice. Also based on "rumoured" 320 stream processors of HD 2900, ATI's mid-range cards could be screaming.

This only has 32 processors. Too much of a cripple for $50 more expensive 8800GTS. Not worth it.

A valid point!

 

[Sniper82]

yeah Nvidia's mid range looks pathetic. I'll be waiting yet another month or so to see what ATI's mid range offers and going from them.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
With X1950XT 256 for $180, this isn't so nice. Also based on "rumoured" 320 stream processors of HD 2900, ATI's mid-range cards could be screaming.

This only has 32 processors. Too much of a cripple for $50 more expensive 8800GTS. Not worth it.

well it just came out. i bet its $150 or less with rebate inside of a month. plus its a passive cooled one.


a normal cooler one, probably will be even less expesnive.

 

[chrismr]

It looks like come kind of torture device...


And is that only a vga connector? no DVI?

 

[hans007]

that looks like at least one dvi. i dont know, it doesnt seem like that bad a deal, since if you look at the box pic it seems to also come with supreme commadner for free if you like that game.

 

[imported_dongle]

As stated above, at $200, I would rather spend $50 more and get an 8800GTS. Passive cooling and a $125 price point could make me think twice. Waiting a month until ATI's new cards drive Nvidia's prices down.

Too bad ATI's linux drivers are bad so I don't really have a choice of videocards.

 

[nyker96]

after seeing benchmarks from a few sites, I can't say I'm too impressed with this card, some games even run much slower than 79xx series they are replacing. Not sure why perhaps driver problem? Hopefully not a technical limitation.