anything to watch out for with this card?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150276

im going to upgrade from my 8600gt's to this soon and want to make sure im not going to have any problems with it.

I dont for see you having any problems switching cards.

But that card is also $80 and I dont know how much of a performance gain your going to get over your 8600GT. Your going to get some but I dont think your going to get $80 worth. Have you considered looking at the used section of these forums?

yeah, but right now my budget is what i can make from selling what i have.

That's true and understandable. I live on a tight budget as well. Personally instead of investing $80 into that card why not get a nicer cooler for your card. Have some fun overclocking it and benching it for a while. use that to hold you over until you can save some extra money over a month or two and then buy something like an 8800GT or 4850 used or on sale that will give you much better graphic capabilities for the money.

I can understand needing a new toy to play with and something to tide you over. But I still dont think that would be the best investment for the little bit of performance increase your going to get. I would definitely suggest a better cooler, something that you could also use on a new card, and overclock that puppy as much as you can. That should hold you over for a little while until you can get some more funding some how.

ive got both of them water cooled and overclocked.

Well then if your itching for something new and that is all you can afford by all means go ahead and get it. It will give you some performance increase but I know that it will be a lot. It's not a bad upgrade for what you have but there are better all thought budget willing it's not bad.

the 9600gt performs better for just a bit more and also has more ram. If you can afford the bump its worth it if your budget allows you to do so

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814186039

the 8800gs over sli'd 8600gt's is not much of an upgrade
try for a 8800gt/9600gt

see, that small budget bump like the 9600gt is something i can manage. thanks for the input guys, looks like i found my new card.