keep or sell?

[Phatzy]

A friend as just gave me his 8600 gts 256mb as he as got himself a ATI 4870, I was wondering if my 7950 gt 512mb is any faster than the 8600 gts, or shall i just sell the 8600 towards a ATI 4770.

 

[jak731]

sell towards a 4770 i say

 

[Squark]

Probably best to put towards a new card, it'll may last you longer

 

[Scania]

A friend as just gave me his 8600 gts 256mb as he as got himself a ATI 4870, I was wondering if my 7950 gt 512mb is any faster than the 8600 gts, or shall i just sell the 8600 towards a ATI 4770.

Benchmark the two and see if the 8600 has any edge, if so, theres your answer!

 

[arc@css]

If you game on par with today's current standards then I'd sell the cards you have and get something with a bit more horse power.

 

[varkanoid]

sell sell sell

 

[reflux]

Sell it and get a 4770. The 8600GTS is around as fast as the 7950GT but the memory interface is only 128-bit, and it's not really fast enough to deal with DX10.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Id keep the 8600GTS over the 7950 purely because its a newer card with DX10 capabilities.

 

[eyetrip]

Sell both and get 4770

 

[psychas]

sell both of them get something better but i doubt 8600gts is better then 7950

 

[coupe69]

The 8600GTS just about edges it over the 7950GT according to THIS although there is not much in it really.

If I were you I'd sell them both and get a decent video card.

 

[Phatzy]

tbh the 7950gt felt a lot smoother in games, but 1 game feels better on 8600gts which is weird, anyway ill sell the 8600gts, but i have to keep the 7950gt to keep me going untill i get the new card. thanks peeps

 

[domthecondom]

Sell em both and buy a second hand card on the mm CHEAPO