yes. 8800 gives double the performance.
But for a resolution of 1024x768, do you think 8800 is necessary?
Athlon X2 BE 2.4GHz proccy + 8600GT costs around 11k.
8800GT is 13k + Athlon X2 BE 2.4GHz proccy costs aound 18k.
Save that extra 7k and put it in something else like HDD raid setup or loads and loads of RAM etc. What will be better combination?
System is not just for games, When he is not playing games, the system should have enough potential to do multitasking and you know how memory hogging the new softwares are. That's when 2.4GHz CPU comes to the rescue. Does 8800 help Nero 8 burn a DVD while watching movies. No. It's the processor that provides that extra power. I think you got my point.
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http://in.ingrammicro.com/corporate/corporate.jsp
Oblivion @ 1280x1024 on 8600GT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQNf...eature=related
bioshock on 1024x768:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KIkV8Rldto