8600 GTS BIG problems!

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Okay so I decided to get a XFX 8600 GTS from Tigerdirect since I wanted a budget upgrade to play some games (maybe hour everyday or maybe couple hrs a week). When I received it with my Powerup 450watt psu and OCZ PC2 6400 2gb sli ready ram I was super happy. However when I installed everything I got a MACHINE_CHECK_ERROR on my computer when I booted up or sometimes it just froze. So I was like really annoyed so first I switched rams out and yet same problem. Then I decided to switch my 8600 gts to my 8600 gt and wow the problem disappeared. Now my problem is I dont want to run my 8600 gt when I have 8600 gts but it just won't work for some reason. I installed the 175 WHQL drivers from Nvidia but I still have the same problem. I currently have a Pentium E2180 2GHZ cpu overclocked to 3ghz and a 650i Ultra T1 motherboard. Does anybody have a single clue to whats wrong?
 
Im confused. you bought an 8600gts and a 450watt power supply? why didnt you just buy a real card if you were going to replace the psu? also are you saying that the 8600gts was to replace an 8600gt? if so thats even more illogical. :confused:
 
you got a bad card. return it. and buy a real one. lots of budget card out there that are a lot better then the 8600GTS, it wasn't much of an upgrade.

Post your budget and res you play at and the forum members can give you some good advice.
 
Valset said:
you got a bad card. return it. and buy a real one. lots of budget card out there that are a lot better then the 8600GTS, it wasn't much of an upgrade.

Post your budget and res you play at and the forum members can give you some good advice.
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QFT!

Really though, that card is basically exactly the same as the one it's replacing, so why?

Send it back, get something like an ATI 4850.
 
How is it same if its a upgrade from 512 DDR3 from 256 DDR3? Its also has faster clock speeds?
Also I got it working after reinstalling the whole OS
 
Commended said:
How is it same if its a upgrade from 512 DDR3 from 256 DDR3? Its also has faster clock speeds?
Also I got it working after reinstalling the whole OS
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wow. first off 512mb on an 8600gts is useless for gaming because the card isnt strong enough to run modern games at high enough settings to utilize more than 256mb. companies put 512mb on slow cards so they can make more money of off clueless customers. the move from 8600gt to 8600gts is not worth the cost or the time and sure as hell isnt worth buying another power supply for.

sorry to sound mean but it looks as if you know little to nothing about graphics cards. you should really be ashamed of yourself for belonging to such a great place like hardforum for 9 months and not even checking into this stuff BEFORE you made a purchase. just a few minutes of researching and asking questions would have made you realize what a silly decision you made. :confused:
 
Well I think its fine since I play VERY little like maybe 1 hr a day MAYBE. Its only for when im bored or just want to try out a new game for the computer. Im not even close to a hardcore gamer. I just want a "modest" pc running "modest" stuff.
 
Commended said:
Well I think its fine since I play VERY little like maybe 1 hr a day MAYBE. Its only for when im bored or just want to try out a new game for the computer. Im not even close to a hardcore gamer. I just want a "modest" pc running "modest" stuff.
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well then there was NO need to waste your money buying an 8600gts and new power supply then. ;)
 
I strongly recommend returning and purchasing a 4850, its at a very decent price IMO, and will last you for what you want for a long time.
 
evanisthecoastie said:
I strongly recommend returning and purchasing a 4850, its at a very decent price IMO, and will last you for what you want for a long time.
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well I say a 9600gt will more than meet his needs and will be cheaper, run cooler and use less power. also with the 9600gt he wont have to fool around with a fan hack or new bios just to get reasonable idle temps.
 
bah, my temps were fine Xfired for sessions long as hell. We should get an idea on how much hes willing to spend first though :-/
 
Commended said:
How is it same if its a upgrade from 512 DDR3 from 256 DDR3? Its also has faster clock speeds?
Also I got it working after reinstalling the whole OS
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well I am glad you got it working but I don't think your going to see much in the way of game play improvements. What people are saying that is the performance increase will not be enough to justify the cost. I don't know what you paid but you could have probably gotten a 9600GT for a little more and gotten a LOT more performance out of it. I tend to think of the 8600GT/GTS or whatever as Nvidia answer to ATI integrated graphics.

In other words we are thinking that you paid too much for what you got. There are lots of budget cards out there, only a few of them worth anything
 
Even an 8800GT, and there are tons out there for CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP, would have been a better upgrade.
 
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