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Rydawg5143

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She has a nvidia 6100 board w/ AMD Athlon 64x2 3600+

She plays mainly stuff like Tomb Raider, Star Wars trilogy, Bionicles. So yeah not to heavy. Occasionaly I'd like to run Everquest on it, dont need all the graphics on.

Not looking to spend a ton of money as times are tight. So what do yall think?

EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3

ANyone who has this card, do you like it? how does it run certain things.
 
The 8600GT will probably fit you needs fine. Personaly, Id come up an extra $30 and get a 8800GS or 8800GTS 320MB. Both have been around $80AR and will provide much better performance. They are both multiple times faster then then the 8600s and should last her fror some time.
 
Yeah, i have tried to tell her as much practal but she dont want to listen. I figured at least with evga i can 'step up' if its not good enough
 
practal said:
The 8600GT will probably fit you needs fine. Personaly, Id come up an extra $30 and get a 8800GS or 8800GTS 320MB. Both have been around $80AR and will provide much better performance. They are both multiple times faster then then the 8600s and should last her fror some time.
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I agree.

OP, the 8600 GT will do fine for now, but having something more powerful so that your gf doesn't neeed to upgrade so soon, is a good idea. The 8800 GS (or 9600 GSO) are definitely good deals right now and are much better than the 8600s.
 
practal said:
The 8600GT will probably fit you needs fine. Personaly, Id come up an extra $30 and get a 8800GS or 8800GTS 320MB. Both have been around $80AR and will provide much better performance. They are both multiple times faster then then the 8600s and should last her fror some time.
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Same, the 8600 series sucks ass. I'd actually get a used 7900/7800 GTX or something like an X1900 XTX.
 
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