Which maker for a 8600GTS?

[youpla]

Guys which maker would you recommand for a 8600GTS?

I have the choice between ASUS, GYGABYTE and MSI, the MSI comes with an overclocking feature that sounds pretty cool! They cost the same, so I wonder if there is a big difference between the 3?

TIA

 

[MikeEnIke]

I would probably go with the Asus or Gygabyte tbh. I doubt any of them would be a bad card though.

 

[PV5150]

Guys which maker would you recommand for a 8600GTS?

I have the choice between ASUS, GYGABYTE and MSI, the MSI comes with an overclocking feature that sounds pretty cool! They cost the same, so I wonder if there is a big difference between the 3?

TIA

The ASUS or Gigabyte gets my vote, but preference to ASUS. The MSI overclocking that you saw is in fact reliant on using MSI drivers exclusively, for which they are notoriously slow at releasing. You'd be better off buying the ASUS and overclocking it with coolbits or rivatuner, or getting the MSI if that's what you want and just use the regular Nvidia drivers. Just my 0.02c worth

 

[FarFarAway]

tbh I just get whatever's the cheapest though decent brands are generally XFX, BFG or Asus

 

[Rastalovich]

Nice `n quiet GIBABYTE for historically personal reasons.

I aint buying ASUS stuff if I can help it, unless it`s cheap.

 

[darkorb]

Im never buying a gigabyte product ever again. Garbage imo

 

[Rastalovich]

U got any specifics on the Gigabyte 6800GT Ultra ? cos I was gonna point some1 in that direction.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Get the one with the highest clocks as default if you are not gonna overclock, if you are, google each one and see what overclocks people are getting and get the one that overclocks the best.

 

[darkorb]

Rasta, its a Gigabyte 6800gt, but i clocked it to ultra speeds

That is the card right here, http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/a...gps_last_hurrah/cooling_the_card_overclocking

But that one doesn't have dual dvi, and it is AGP. Thats the only diff. Btw that heatsink SUCKS

 

[Rastalovich]

That sink does look a bit sucky, nowhere near as nice as the 6600`s completely silent one.

For fear of hijacking a thread, u got a link to anything where u got a pic of u`r Zalman on it ?

I`m looking for an alt to a XFX 7600 sucky sink+fan.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Gainward's is sexy But really, I think you should just go with the cheapest.

 

[youpla]

yep I would have gone for a XFX or Gainward but the local shop has only the ASUS, MSI, Gygabyte and also Albatron and another japanese maker.

thanks for your feedback guys, I think I will go with the ASUS then.

 

[youpla]

Cool when I went to the shop today, they just got the XFX 8600GTS, so for 15 USD more I got this one

 

[FarFarAway]

Good work mate, should be a killer card

 

[Pat123]

Aye personally i would go for XFX for the support mainly.

 

[ai_01]

go Asus. or if u can evga, xfx, bfg. Evga ususally has the best rma and warranty and return policy.

 

[NickS]

I'd go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284

It has a non-reference cooler which looks very good and I'm betting it's both quieter & better than the stock one. The card is also heavily overclocked from the factory (700/2100).

MSI has a great RMA system here in the USA too, dunno bout surrounding countries.

Good luck!

Nick

 

[darkorb]

He already got one

 

[Rastalovich]

Cool when I went to the shop today, they just got the XFX 8600GTS, so for 15 USD more I got this one

Be nice to see some pics, install quirks, benches and thoughts m8y

 

[Red_Devil_Rocker]

No offence to people who have an 8600GTS but theyre crap imo.

128bit memory? Whats up with that. I expected them to be half decent.

A 7900gtx can outperform them easy. So im sticking with it for a good while.

Suppose the 8600GTS will support DX10 though. Depends how you look at it.

Id like to see some benchmarks etc with that card