8400 GS vs 8500 GT

[gony]

which do u think will be better for gaming ??

 

[Kari]

neither

 

[vegie]

x1950 pro at least

 

[rodney_ws]

Both of those cards are just one step up from onboard graphics... if by "gaming" you mean "playing WoW" either should do ok... but anything remotely modern will punish those cards.

You've been warned... now go buy one 'em anyway.

 

[blashyrkh]

My PSP can probably handle graphics better that this two cards (conbined?)

 

[F34R1355]

According to this nice chart on the back of an 8600GT box I just happen to have lying around. The 8500 is about 7 times better than Intel Integrated Graphics, which is pretty much the worst out there. The 8400 is not even listed. With the price gap between the 8600 and the 8500, buy an 8600.

 

[rodney_ws]

According to this nice chart on the back of an 8600GT box I just happen to have lying around. The 8500 is about 7 times better than Intel Integrated Graphics, which is pretty much the worst out there. The 8400 is not even listed. With the price gap between the 8600 and the 8500, buy an 8600.

Which Intel GPU were they testing? If it's the GMA 900/950 series... sure... if it's the X3100... hah... I think Nvidia is being dishonest.

 

[zenmaster]

And be sure your card has atleast DDR3.
Some folks have tried to slip in DDR2 which kills performance.

This may work for a real barrel scraping Gaming Card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150185

The x1950pro is much better, but is slightly more money and requires a better PSU. If you PSU is very very borderline, it could be a question mark.

 

[cleeve]

The minimum for decent gaming would be a Radeon 2600 XT or Geforce 8600 GT.

 

[runswindows95]

The 8400GS is for people who like me who don't game but hate integrated graphics. I hate integrated graphics because I refuse to give up system RAM just to run my monitor, plus I do some light gaming now and then. Overall, cleeve said it best far as gaming goes.

 

[decripple]

ditto to what cleeve said

 

[F34R1355]

@rodney_ws : I would have to believe that it would be the 9 series Intel Integrated graphics. There are not too many OEM machines with the X3100. At least they don't call it Intel Extreme Graphics any more.

 

[Shadow703793]

You can run some of the DX9 games such as WoW, CS, and others fine with a 8400GS with 1024+ and 4xAA. You wont be able to run DX10 games on this.

 

[F34R1355]

8400 & 8500 are too closely priced to the 8600 to justify the performance difference.

 

[quantumsheep]

8400 & 8500 are too closely priced to the 8600 to justify the performance difference.

Word.

 

[quantumsheep]

I myself am actually thinking of buying an 8600gt for a laugh and seeing how high i can overclock it with my water cooling system. For £60 can't go far wrong.

 

[F34R1355]

I have read of some crazy overclocks on the 8600Gt with air. Don't know how easy mounting the block on the GPU will be though. It is hard to find anything beyond stock for the 8600.