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Originally Posted by seaniam81
Hey guys I'm looking to pickup a new video card for my rig. I'm currently running a 512meg ati x1650 pro, and am looking to go up into a DX10 card. I've narrowed my choises to a Nvida 8600 GT OC, or an ati HD 2600 pro. Both with 512meg DDR2. Price is an issue thats why i've narrowed it down to these to cards. I know the Nvida card will nudge out the ati card in performance but not my much and the ati card is a little cheeper. What do you guys think. anybody running these cards? if so what do you think of them?
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Hm...that DDR2 memory thing I just can't take my eyes from. At best, what you'll get from either card (moreso from the nVidia, really) is a slight increase in frame rate and working sun halo. In other words, I don't really think it's worth upgrading to any of those cards. Save some more money and aim for the amazing nVidia 8800GT, if your computer can handle it. Which brings me to my second concern: what CPU and how much RAM do you have? Having a 2-year-old 3GHz processor with 1 GB of RAM will bottle-neck your performance, no matter how good the graphics card is.