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gforce 8500 gt or 8600 gs?
hi all,
can u hlp me pls there are two desktop systems one with geforce 8500gt the otherone with 8600gs. i know there should not be a 8600gs but a 8600m gs, but the item is a desktop and not a mobile unit !! i am a líttle confused. the salesman says 8500 gt is much better because it is a "t" series - i just want to know which one is better - is it possible to install a 8600m gs in a desktop?? since it seems to be designed for laptops .... tks a lot harry |
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gforce 8500 gt or 8600 gs?
harry wrote:
hi all, can u hlp me pls there are two desktop systems one with geforce 8500gt the otherone with 8600gs. i know there should not be a 8600gs but a 8600m gs, but the item is a desktop and not a mobile unit !! i am a líttle confused. the salesman says 8500 gt is much better because it is a "t" series - i just want to know which one is better - is it possible to install a 8600m gs in a desktop?? since it seems to be designed for laptops .... tks a lot harry I've not heard of it being integrated into any motherboards yet, so I'd assume your salesmonkey is full of it. Generally the 8500GT as a desktop card is very underpowered. It's useful as a HTPC or replacement card (like older 6200's or a 7300). An 8600GT in a respectable system offers surprisingly good performance though. I just had my brother replace his 7600GT with a 8600GT and the performance in games like UT3 is very good all considering. |
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gforce 8500 gt or 8600 gs?
'harry' wrote:
| can u hlp me pls | there are two desktop systems one with geforce 8500gt the otherone with | 8600gs. i know there should not be a 8600gs but a 8600m gs, but the item is | a desktop and not a mobile unit !! | i am a líttle confused. | the salesman says 8500 gt is much better because it is a "t" series | | - i just want to know which one is better | | - is it possible to install a 8600m gs in a desktop?? since it seems to be | designed for laptops .... _____ Find another 'salesman'. Better yet, find another place to buy. Mail order, perhaps. Even Dell. According to the nVidia web site: 8800 Ultra 8800 GTX 8800 GTS (640 MByte & 320 MByte) 8800 GT 8600 GTS 8600 GT 8500 GT 8400 GS exist. 8xxxM cards do not fit in PCI-E sockets, so you would not find one in a notebook computer. Also, the 8xxxM cards are more expensive and are generally clocked lower than the 8xxx cards. On the nVidia web site at http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html you will find a chart comparing the specifications of each nVidia 8xxx GPU/graphics system. As you can see, there are two versions of the 8600, the 8600 GTS and the 8600 GT. The 8600 GTS has significantly better perfomance compared to the GT. BOTH 8600 cards have MUCH better performance than the 8500 GT, around three times better performance. Core Clock (MHz)Shader Clock (MHz)Memory Clock (MHz)Memory AmountMemory InterfaceMemory Bandwidth (GB/sec)Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) GeForce 8800 Ultra61215001080768MB384-bit103.739.2 GeForce 8800 GTX5751350900768MB384-bit86.436.8 GeForce 8800 GT6001500900512MB256-bit57.633.6 GeForce 8800 GTS5001200800640MB or 320MB320-bit6424 GeForce 8600 GTS67514501000256MB128-bit3210.8 GeForce 8600 GT5401190700256MB128-bit22.48.64 GeForce 8500 GT450900400256MB128-bit12.83.6 GeForce 8400 GS450900400256MB64-bit6.43.6 THIS nVida web page at http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8m.html points to information on the 8xxxM series This nVidia web page at http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8600M.html compares the 8600M GS with the 8600M GT GeForce 8600M GS GeForce 8600M GT Stream Processors16 32 Core Clock (MHz)600475 Shader Clock (MHz)1200950 Memory Clock (MHz)700700 Maximum Memory512MB512MB Memory Interface128-bit128-bit Phil Weldon "harry" wrote in message . .. | hi all, | | can u hlp me pls | there are two desktop systems one with geforce 8500gt the otherone with | 8600gs. i know there should not be a 8600gs but a 8600m gs, but the item is | a desktop and not a mobile unit !! | i am a líttle confused. | the salesman says 8500 gt is much better because it is a "t" series | | - i just want to know which one is better | | - is it possible to install a 8600m gs in a desktop?? since it seems to be | designed for laptops .... | | tks a lot | harry | | |
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