Gaming with a 8600mgt 256mb?

[Cyrus]

Just got an xps1530 with the above card, and id like some advice on games to try out screen is a 1680 *1050 widescreen.

I havent played pc games in ages, using my ps3, so im totally out of the loop.

Looking for games that will run smoothly with this card and spec(2ghz processor and 2gb ram)

Im assuming something like pes2008 should run fine?

any car games, action adventure that type of thing, not really into FPS

 

[FrenchTart]

Do a search, uvmain posted about this exact same graphics processor a week or two ago so you should find some interesting results.

 

[Cyrus]

ok thanks for that

 

[uv]

I've got the exact same spec lappy as you, though my resolution might be different - mine's 1280x800.

At that res, I can play every game I own comfortably, most with high to max settings.
The 8600mGT overclocks nicely, and mine overclocks fantastically (I made a thread showing benchmarks etc in the graphic card forum).

Source games you can expect to max out. Bioshock can be maxed when the card is overclocked, otherwise the odd setting needs lowering.

UT3 runs at high settings, with the two sliders set to 4 out of 5.

CS:S stress test at max settings, 4aa, 8af got 96fps (~120 overclocked, iirc).

*edit*

Just re-read your thread.

TBH, I reckon the card will struggle at 1680x1050 - more due to the 128bit memory bus than anything else. It'll still handle most games on medium settings, but I'd be tempted to see how decent the screen is at scaling 1280x800 - there's a chance it won't look like mud

Word of advice - if you do try overclocking the 8600mgt, memory clocks give the highest gains. The gddr is already restrained by the 128bit bus, so anything you chuck at the ram results in fairly impressive gains. As an indication, mine's running 670 on the core, 520(1040) on the ram

I haven't really played any other demanding games, as I've been playing pennyarcade / casual games recently. It's a decent card though

Use rivatuner to overclock the card - you'll then be able to set hotkey profiles, so you can quickly switch to higher clocks when the machine's plugged in, and default clocks when on battery power.

 

[Cyrus]

cheers uvmain

spose its a suck it and see, im sure anything but the latest and greatest should be good

 

[psychas]

depends what screan u use it. if u use 19" screan u can play most of the games the demanded games on medium graphics should work ok.

it should handle cs:s , source powered games with no sweat again depends on rez

 

[stumpy187]

i Used to have an 8600gt with an AMD X2 3800+ and played COD4 on pretty high settings at 1680*1050.
Bioshock i played comfortably at Medium could have probs gone to High but didnt want any slowdown.
As said Source games ran at high no probs sitting around the 80-100fps on stress test.
UT3 ran on mostly high with a bit of lag here and there same with ET:Quake Wars