Hardware Can anyone recommend a good 8600 vid card..

[fischju]

Why would you link to a 1024x768 test on an old benchmark?

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That is the benchmark you should be looking at.

 

[Urza]

Why would you link to a 1024x768 test on an old benchmark?

Because it was the only benchmark I could find with an OCed unit listed.

 

[fischju]

Fair enough, but that 384MB of RAM will hinder future games and higher resolutions.

 

[fischju]

I just bought an eVGA one and had it installed, and it works great, but I can't help but notice that the fps meter shows it fluctuating from 50fps to 150fps in Warcraft 3, whereas with my 6600gt it is a pretty steady 70-75. I don't really mind because I can't tell the diff when the meter is off, but I have a bad feeling that I did something wrong in my installation or something.

In the same scene? If things are changing - IE turning the camera to see a lot of people - you probably have a bottleneck somewhere. CPU, RAM, PSU...

 

[theman69]

FUCK now im pissed i bought a 8600GT less than a month ago FUCKING AA

 

[fischju]

NVM stupid post

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I just bought an eVGA one and had it installed, and it works great, but I can't help but notice that the fps meter shows it fluctuating from 50fps to 150fps in Warcraft 3, whereas with my 6600gt it is a pretty steady 70-75. I don't really mind because I can't tell the diff when the meter is off, but I have a bad feeling that I did something wrong in my installation or something.

In the same scene? If things are changing - IE turning the camera to see a lot of people - you probably have a bottleneck somewhere. CPU, RAM, PSU...

Yes it is the exact same place.

I don't know what you mean by bottleneck.

That is strange. A bottleneck would mean what it sounds like. A part of your PC that is slowing down the rest, it becomes more evident depending on what you are doing. If you go from low res to high res and keep the same FPS, you have a major CPU bottleneck. If your game is very suttery, you probably don't have enough RAM. Ect.

 

[Giga_Gaia]

Wait for 9800 series, 8800 should get cut in price.

 

[Urza]

I played a few new games, and it really is fluctuating, even when the entire playing field is completely still, and nothing at all is moving, and my screen is not panning around.

Can you visibly see stuttering, or are you basing it entirely on the FPS counter?

Its possible that its just reporting incorrectly.

 

[Renegade_R]

Its probably better to not use an FPS counter and rely solely on the visual test.

If you're really worried, run a 3D Mark and see what happens. Who cares about the score...just do a visual test.

 

[Urza]

FUCK now im pissed i bought a 8600GT less than a month ago FUCKING AA

Did you buy it from newegg? Most graphics cards are covered under their standard return policy; which means you can get your money back within 30 days if you send back the product with all the packaging.

 

[Urza]

one of my friends said that it was a sign of overheating. XD

Did you check?

 

[Cletebob]

ok, cool. so thats just the fools card?

Pretty much.

Really wish you wouldn't put it that way...since it is the one I got. LOL I like not having to do the overclocking.

 

[Urza]

one of my friends said that it was a sign of overheating. XD

Did you check?

How do you check other than opening up the case directly? My friend said he was gonna check it for me sometime later on, I have no clue how he was gonna do it though...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html