Hello, I really want to play the new 'World at War' game but I can't as I have a Radeon 9550. I was wondering if the Geforce 8600GT 1400MHz 256MB Graphics Card was any much better than the one I have and whether it is worth upgrading? Is it a lot better? There is also the 2000MHz version but I don't understand what the difference is, and what it would do. I have a 2.8GHz dual core processor to make it up to 5.06, 1000Mb of RAM, and enough space for it to fit, but the graphics was the problem. I anyone could let me know I'd really appreciate it. Thanks
Hi! You can't just add up the two speeds of your cores. Also the operating speed of your processor is not a good measure of performance. What CPU do you have (specifically)?
It's a Pentium D CPU,and it's not world at war, it was 'World In Conflict', the new game that's just come out., but it says the 9550 isn't quite up to specs, everything else is, just not the graphics card.
If it's world in conflict yeah the 8600GT will be a able to run that game, but you will most likely need to drop the details level to medium or low to achieve playable FPS.
Do you know of a better graphics card that will last me for a few years, as I'd rather buy a decent one rather than a patch up one. This one was going to cost around £60, but I wouldn't want to spend more than £100 really. Any advice would be great.
I recommend the soon-to-be-released 8800GT, it's going to cost just slightly more than £100 according to TheInquirer. With this card you can play at higher resolution/details with AA/AF enabled without much problem with frame rate. Buy GeForce 8800GT today for 130 quid - The INQUIRER Kikatek.com | (CGNX-G882DD) CLUB3D GF 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E DUAL-DVI TV RETAIL IN
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Well, wait until you check out its performance. At least it has usable DirectX 10 performance. Unlike the 8600 GTS/GT.
Is 8800GT a lite version of 8800 series? If so, could they do Bioshock in decent DX10 framerates above 40fps?
Man, guess that games move too fast for me. lol! Maybe if the prices of 8800GT become more acceptable, heck, I'll get it and play some new games. Too bad I'm still restricted to CRTs and also a normal PSU, and not to be mentioned, Pci-e 1.1!! Maybe my rigs in the sigs are all fossils if I'm playing Crysis!!