8600gt 512mb?

thefretmaster · 07-29-07, 12:26 PM

i found one of these on the net and wondered if it would be a decent addition to my pc. i am aiming to run shiv at a decent quality. AA and transparant water being a highlight for me.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?nov-86gt5&P=1
this is the card

would it be worth getting this one (i run xp so direct x 10 is not usable anyway, so just get it for the technology) or should i go for one of theolder 7 series graphics cards (also i cant do sli as i only have one pcie x16)
what could you reccommend in the same kind of price range.

my current rig
p4 3.00 ghz hyper threading
1gig ram (soon to be 3 gig

)
ati radion x600 256mb (hypermemory, not good?)
x-fi music sound card

edit: i also just found this one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?sap-950p5&P=1 better or worse, thanks
i think thats all

thanks
tfm

07-29-07, 12:26 PM	#1
thefretmaster Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: filton england Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	8600gt 512mb? i found one of these on the net and wondered if it would be a decent addition to my pc. i am aiming to run shiv at a decent quality. AA and transparant water being a highlight for me. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?nov-86gt5&P=1 this is the card would it be worth getting this one (i run xp so direct x 10 is not usable anyway, so just get it for the technology) or should i go for one of theolder 7 series graphics cards (also i cant do sli as i only have one pcie x16) what could you reccommend in the same kind of price range. my current rig p4 3.00 ghz hyper threading 1gig ram (soon to be 3 gig ) ati radion x600 256mb (hypermemory, not good?) x-fi music sound card edit: i also just found this one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?sap-950p5&P=1 better or worse, thanks i think thats all thanks tfm __________________ Check out my band www.myspace.com/retrostate