xfx 8600gts on its way

[imnotplutonium]

my friend's g/f and I got together to buy him a new video card. This is what he picked out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150226

seems pretty nice. the price was a little steep but just under our expected budget. I'll have him run some benchmarks and stuff and i'll let you guys know. only problem is im afraid his p/s might not take it. I have a spare 400W sitting around i'll see if that helps. I am scared to say I think he is only sporting a 300W. hope she'll hold

 

[blitzkrieg1110]

am scared to say I think he is only sporting a 300W. hope she'll hold

Yikes, I don't think it's smart to put that card in a system with only a 300 watt power supply......

I would definetely hold off until:
a. you give him your 400 watter (if its a name brand) or
b. buy a new name brand power supply with around 500 or so watts (should be plenty)

 

[imnotplutonium]

really? is it dangerous for the card or something? I figured it would just crash if it did not work. and if that happened I would try my basically new Antec 400W p/s. if that worked I would sell it to him for cheap.

 

[Evilsizer]

well i would beef it up more then 400watts. go with this one
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-E5150GH

 

[Cisco Kid]

I would pass on the XFX 8600GTS 256DDR3

Check this review, the way to go is the 8600GT and overclock it , a good chunk cheaper and nearly as good the GTS overclocked worth beans but that could just be one case

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/486/16/

Your best value to cost is the XFX 8600 GT at 620/1.6 it reached the GTS core and 1.72 on mem requires no molex power supply and uses very little power I think like 41 watts

It is the new 7600 GT DX10 card. I am tempted but I think it is better of to save for a 8800GTS 320MB, the 8600 GT cards struggle with the higher res

ncix.com has the XFX 8600GT XXX on at 179 canadian directcanada.com has it a $169 canadian or about 147 US

 

[imnotplutonium]

well the card has already been purchased. I am sure it will be a huge improvement over this 7300gs. He only runs like 1320x768 or something res. I guess it is not the best bang for buck but I think it will be pretty good.

 

[gatotkacha]

This is from the legitreviews link that was posted:

Power requirements are low with the 8600 GT needing a 300W PSU and 8600 GTS asking for a 350W.

 

[imnotplutonium]

I hope so...