8500GT or 8600GT Graphics?

[LazyD]

Hello all, this is my first post here!

I'm trying to decide which graphics card to get. It's between this cheaper "Xpertvision 8500GT Sonic edition 256MB 128bit DDR3 DVI TVO PCI-E":

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/...duct_uid=128084

Or for £25 more I can get this "Inno3D 8600GT 256MB 128bit DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card":

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/...duct_uid=126974

Both are directx10 and 256mb of ddr3, the Xpertvision one is £50 but has the 8500GT chipset and comes overclocked. The Inno3D one is £76 but has the 8600GT chipset. Seems to me like the Xpertvision is a real bargain but would it be worth me paying the extra £25 for the 8600GT chipset?

Thanks!

 

[Ham]

8600 imo. Twice the stream porccys iirc.

 

[LazyD]

Hey thanks for your quick reply and opinion. As for what you said after "imo.", I have no idea, haha. I'm not very well versed in this graphics business, sorry!

EDIT: I guess "twice the stream" could refer to the um, throughput, if you like, of the card. You're saying the 8600 would be double that of the 8500? Or was that bit completely irrelevant to the thread? haha, sorry

 

[Ham]

hehe. Well more = better . 32 vs 16 i think it was...

 

[Toxcity]

I would go for the 8600!

32 steams sounds good to me!

 

[Rastalovich]

Hmm any1 got an 8500 ? Would like to hear the feedback on it. nVidia`s base card imo atm.

 

[robump]

How much more is a 8800GTS 320MB?

 

[LazyD]

It's about £100 more, out of my price range.

Thanks everyone, I think I've decided on the 8600GT.

 

[cdiddy7]

Even two 512mb 8500 in sli Suck total @ss compared to the cheapest single 8600 trust me trust me. I bought two of em thinking they would would be faster than one 8600 (even the Geeksquade thought so but they are wrong allot when it comes to video cards it seems). To make a long story short I returned them the same day.

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m not totally sure why there`s an option to SLI 8500/8400 cards.

 

[DTSBasketball]

8600 =)

 

[PV5150]

I have an 8600 GT here in my kids C2D rig and it is a great little card for the price. It gets my vote over the 8500 any day