8600GT 256MB or 8600GT 512MB?

[Sreeejith]

I am planning to buy a 8600GT 256MB or 8600GT 512MB card from zebronics. I want to know whether 8600GT 512MB card will give any better performance than 8600GT 256MB card? One of my friend said buying 8600GT 256MB is better because its cheaper and the 512MB and the 256MB cards dont have much difference and both of them give same performance.

and also i want know whether Zebronics 8600GT cards will run on my system. Here is my current system Specs:

AMD Athlon 2400+
2.01 GHz
Zion 1.25GB DDR3 RAM
256KB L2 Cache
"Gigabyte 7VM333M-RZ" Motherboard
Index 400W PSU

[The_Devil_Himself]

Dude 256mb cards have ddr3 memory and 512mb ones have ddr2 memory usulayy so it is advicable to go for 256mb model anyday.Even if 512mb model too has ddr3 memory the 8600gt is unable to make use of full 512mb so why waste money.

[harryneopotter]

Originally Posted by Sreeejith

I am planning to buy a 8600GT 256MB or 8600GT 512MB card from zebronics. I want to know whether 8600GT 512MB card will give any better performance than 8600GT 256MB card? One of my friend said buying 8600GT 256MB is better because its cheaper and the 512MB and the 256MB cards dont have much difference and both of them give same performance.

and also i want know whether Zebronics 8600GT cards will run on my system. Here is my current system Specs:

AMD Athlon 2400+
2.01 GHz
Zion 1.25GB DDR3 RAM
256KB L2 Cache
"Gigabyte 7VM333M-RZ" Motherboard
Index 400W PSU

r u sure ????

[navisangha]

wats the price of the both??

[infra_red_dude]

looking at your system, unless you upgrade its wise to go in for the 256mb version.

[Sreeejith]

Thanks for the suggestion guys. Tomorrow morning i will go and buy the 256MB version

Originally Posted by navisangha

wats the price of the both??

The prize of Zebronics 8600GT 256MB is Rs.5,9000/- and 8600GT 512MB is Rs.6,890/-

[avikchaks]

If it falls in ur budget the Asus 8600 GT is pretty decent too .

[VideoEditingIndia]

Spend some 2k more for Asus 8600 GT with HDMI & HDCP

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by Sreeejith

Thanks for the suggestion guys. Tomorrow morning i will go and buy the 256MB version




The prize of Zebronics 8600GT 256MB is Rs.5,9000/- and 8600GT 512MB is Rs.6,890/-

My Sincere suggestion: Don't go for Zebronics Graphics card.

Go for ASUS/XFX/Gigabyte/MSI.

If your monitor's max resolution is 1024x768 or 1280x1024, take 256MB card as you cannot stress this card on that resolution.

If you have higher resolution monitor, better take 512MB card as the latest games show amazing graphics at higher resolution and a 512MB GPU is absolutely necessary.

eg: Bioshock, oblivion etc need a 512MB card for smooth gameplay.

XFX has very strong line up in India and their prices are very competitive.

[the.kaushik]

Originally Posted by desiibond

My Sincere suggestion: Don't go for Zebronics Graphics card.

Go for ASUS/XFX/Gigabyte/MSI.

If your monitor's max resolution is 1024x768 or 1280x1024, take 256MB card as you cannot stress this card on that resolution.

If you have higher resolution monitor, better take 512MB card as the latest games show amazing graphics at higher resolution and a 512MB GPU is absolutely necessary.

eg: Bioshock, oblivion etc need a 512MB card for smooth gameplay.

XFX has very strong line up in India and their prices are very competitive.

I am also planning for graphic card next month.. which should i go for.
i have intel D945GCL mobo with core 2 duo and etc etc.I have budget of max 8k.. I have little knowledge about graphic card! Also the cards u guys mentioned does it support direct x 10 or if not is that of any use for now and next 2yrs gaming.. any idea..

[dOm1naTOr]

@Sreeejith
ur mobo dun have PCIE slot. So u cant use 8600GT.
Look for 7600GT AGP.
Ur mobo has only an AGP4x slot, so it can't even use full perfomance of 7600GT.
So better go for 7600GS AGP. It wud scale down to 4x.


I wud suggest u to go for a sub 6k mobo+X2proccy+mem nd stick with onboard[there are gud onboards out there like 6100, X1250] nd invest for a card later. Coz even if u managed to got a gud AGP card, ur syste won't be able to use it even 60%.

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Oh, thats a nice find aravind!! Everyone overlooked his mobo!! Its a Via KM266 based mobo (tho it supports DDR 333 RAM) and doesn't support PCI-E.

7600GT AGP is the best bet, 256mb is the most you are limited to.

[Sreeejith]

OMG!! i already orderd that card!

But on gigabyte website it shows that my motherboard has
1 x AGP slot (4X)
3 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)

here is the link - http://www.gigabyte.in/Products/Moth...ProductID=1781

Here is my motherboard pic, i think this one is the pci slot

[VideoEditingIndia]

Which card you ordered?

You can't use any PCI-Express cards with this motherboard unless you find an AGP to PCI-Express converter. But I don't recommend it!

If its 7600 GT AGP, you can get almost the full advantage in 4x speed. (there is no major diff. unless you are running more than 800 Mhz FSB)

Doom 3 Timedemo "Demo1.demo":

AGP 4X: 71.2
AGP 8X: 71.6

3DMark03

AGP 4X: 11877
AGP 8X: 11995

Or Better upgrade your motherboard..

[dOm1naTOr]

The cards needs a PCIE x16 slot nd not the older PCI 2.2 slots.

Newer mobos comes with PCIE X16 slot which replaced the older AGP 8X slots nd PCIE is not backward compatible with AGP.

@Sreeejith
did ya order via online???or local vendor?
If local vendor, then cancel da order. If online then give a lil upgrade to ur PC.
U can get a decent dual core+mobo+mem for sub 6k.

[Sreeejith]

@aravind,
i order it online

Can you suggest a good motherboard for 6k?
Can i use my current AMD AthlonXP 2400+ with that motherboard?
If not please suggest a good one. I want an Intel motherboard if none of the good mobo support my current processor.

[goobimama]

Graphics memory has a lot to do with screen resolution. If it's somewhere in the 1280 range, then 256MB should be fine. Only on 1650+ displays should you bother with a 512MB...

[dOm1naTOr]

For 6k da best deal is AMD.
AMD Athlon X2 4000+ : 2.6k
Asus or MSI VIA mobo like K9V : 2k
1GB DDR2 667: 1.4k

if u can invest 700 bucks more then u can get an nvidia chipset mobo which cud let u overclock ur CPu to ur needs.
Asus M2N MX SE: 2.7k. Its much better than via mobo[especially if u plan to overclock].
Or get MSI's ATI based mobo MSI K9A GM2 for 2.4k. Its better than M2N MX,but has only 2 memory slots.

Couple it with da 8600GT nd u can play all games till date @ max @ 1024*768 or 1280*1024

[sidewinder]

Originally Posted by Sreeejith

@aravind,
i order it online

Can you suggest a good motherboard for 6k?
Can i use my current AMD AthlonXP 2400+ with that motherboard?
If not please suggest a good one. I want an Intel motherboard if none of the good mobo support my current processor.

Your proccy is quite old !
You cant find any mobo for your socket A procy now.
Your best bet is to upgrade the system.

Ya..AMD AM2 X2 4000+ is your best bet buddy !

[assasin]

get a Intel E2140 and 946 mobo.

[Sreeejith]

Thanks for the suggestion aravind
I just bought them and it cost Rs.6900

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Sreeejith

Thanks for the suggestion aravind
I just bought them and it cost Rs.6900

wht brand ???

[Sreeejith]

Originally Posted by naveen_reloaded

wht brand ???

ASUS M2N MX SE mobo
AMD Athlon X2 4000+
1GB DDR2 RAM

all these for Rs.6900 and Zebronics 8600GT 256MB for Rs.6000

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Sreeejith

ASUS M2N MX SE mobo
AMD Athlon X2 4000+
1GB DDR2 RAM

all these for Rs.6900 and Zebronics 8600GT 256MB for Rs.6000

if u can shell out another 700 Rs go for XFX 8600gt 256.. coz they are really good @ performance..

zebronics have i think in ur case may be ddr2 ram in it ..

but XFX 8600GT 256 which i bought few weeks back has got DDR3 which far better than DDR2..

700Rs is deciding factor

[The_Devil_Himself]

arre bhai log now XFX 8600gt 256mb ddr3 is selling at 6.2k.

[dOm1naTOr]

I think he had already got da items. All da prices dat he bought seems a bit higher than normal. Maybe its due to da location.

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by The_Devil_Himself

arre bhai log now XFX 8600gt 256mb ddr3 is selling at 6.2k.

wht 6.2k?? includung taxes...???
r u sure bro??

coz i just bought a week b4

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^lol yes.Check out itwares.com they have shown 6.2k(taxes extra) so I think if you buy it personally then it should not by any means cost you more than 6.2k.

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by The_Devil_Himself

^^lol yes.Check out itwares.com they have shown 6.2k(taxes extra) so I think if you buy it personally then it should not by any means cost you more than 6.2k.

no how much is vat ?? ie in %???

this is horrible ... have the price have come down ??

[dOm1naTOr]

dats not horrible, dude.....
Its gud dat da prics are coming down.
I bought my 7600GT last October for 11500/- nd within a year its bout haf. But no use to mourn at dat.