Inferno 22 Posted February 22, 2008 When's it coming out? Btw, DD do you have a dell? 'Cause last time I checked Dell was the only one who sold the 7900GS (yes I have it too). Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) http://www.directron.com/gse79gsa1.html Google found tons of other results... So I don't see what leads you to believe he has a Dell... And actually, the 9600GT came out today, silly me. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...Inc.-_-14133216 Edited February 22, 2008 by TheBlackout Share this post Link to post
BWare 0 Posted February 22, 2008 Oh wow! I didn't know that the 9600 was already out. Very exciting. Yeah man, forget the 8600! Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted February 23, 2008 Nice. Have you looked into the benchmarks for the 8600 though? The 7600 was a great card, but apparently the 8600 is a but underwhelming when it comes to performance. You may want to stick with the 7900 for a while, or look into the 8800 GS which you can get for something like 150 USD (pretty remarkable deal when it comes to price/performance). But yeah, especially when it comes to gaming, Vista can at times be a bit sluggish and unreliable. But you need it for directx10! I'm still kinda debating on the video card but I'm looking for a good 512MB card for a decent price, that fits my mobo and doesn't need a superbig PSU to run it. Btw, DD do you have a dell? 'Cause last time I checked Dell was the only one who sold the 7900GS (yes I have it too). Nope. I have a custom built machine. Oh wow! I didn't know that the 9600 was already out. Very exciting. Yeah man, forget the 8600! No way I could use a 9600. =/ Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted February 23, 2008 I don't think my mobo supports PCI2.0. Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted February 23, 2008 I don't think my mobo supports PCI2.0. PCI-e x16 v2 cards work on v1 mobos. Backwards compatibility ftw. The 9600GT doesn't even take much advantage of pci-e v2 anyways. Share this post Link to post
kraft 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Case: Raidmax Ninja gaming case CPU: AMD Athlon x2 5000+ 2.6ghz Dual Core Cooling: Sythe Ininity Motherboard: M2N-SLI Deluxe RAM: 2gbs of DDR2-800 XMS2 Corsair Video Card: Gigabyte 9600gt HDD: Seagate 320gb SATA II ODD: Asus combo cd/dvd burner PSU: 485w Enermax Monitor: 22" Widescreen LCD Just recently brought the 9600gt quite bummed out though cause it dropped 60 bucks in price a week or so after i got it... oh well Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted March 20, 2008 It maybe worth calling back the store you bought it from and working something out, sometimes they will. I bitched hard enough to Best Buy one time that they gave me half of what it was dropped by. Share this post Link to post
nightpish 0 Posted May 3, 2008 Well my rig is pretty simple: Case: ATX Black Motherboard: ASUS P5B CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2 GHz overclocked to 2.75 GHz RAM: 1 GB DDR2 -> Will be buying 2GB more soon Cooling: Box VGA: GIGABYTE nVidia GeForce 8600GT => awesome for overclocking HDD: 300 GB SATA Seagate Barracuda Optical drive: LG DL DVD+/-RW without lightscribe Monitor: LG L1750SQ 3 years old but it has the perfect image for me Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted May 31, 2008 Oh yea, I bought a 9600GT about a month or two ago. It's very nice. Share this post Link to post
BioBen 3 Posted June 9, 2008 My Rig: IBM thinkcentre CPU: 2 intel 3GHz RAM: 1.5Gb Optical: 1 generic DVD drive Sound card: SoundMAX digital audio (gonna be replacing that) Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Hard drive: 35Gb Network card: Intel Pro 100 VE Peripherals Generic laser mouse Generic keyboard M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Speaker system (awesome but somewhat hindered by the sound card) M-Audio O2 MIDI keyboard Share this post Link to post
BioBen 3 Posted June 12, 2008 Silence infidel! I'll get one after the sound card and get a job (unlikely) Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted June 12, 2008 I'd worry about the video card first... but if you're going to get a soundcart, get an ASUS Xonar DX, Creative is sucking at the moment (then again, they have been for a while...) Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted June 13, 2008 Ouch, then you'll probably not be able to get a very good video card either Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted June 13, 2008 Quite nice but i don't have a PCI-E wtf, seriously? oO Share this post Link to post
F15pilotX 4 Posted June 15, 2008 (edited) I'd worry about the video card first... but if you're going to get a soundcart, get an ASUS Xonar DX, Creative is sucking at the moment (then again, they have been for a while...) heh, I might have to get that, if for nothing else to be able to use Ventrilo again (my mobo's onboard sound hates Vent and TS) ..... Oh, and: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (2.81Ghz) Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Hard Drive: Hitachi 300GB, 7200rpm Motherboard: NVIDIA nForce500 M2N-E SLI Edited June 15, 2008 by F15pilotX Share this post Link to post
Shocker 0 Posted June 18, 2008 Aerelon - Gaming PC CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.67GHZ Memory: 4GB DDR2-800 GFX: Geforce 9600GT HDD: 2 x 400GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 OS: Vista Business (boo!) Caprica - Macbook (White) CPU: Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.4GHZ Memory: 4GB DDR2-667 GFX: Intel GMA X3100 (lol!) HDD: 160GB OS: Mac OS X Leopard (yay!) Share this post Link to post
Sonic 292 Posted June 18, 2008 Aerelon - Gaming PC CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.67GHZ Memory: 4GB DDR2-800 GFX: Geforce 9600GT HDD: 2 x 400GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 OS: Vista Business (boo!) Why do you need Vista Business on a gaming machine? Vista Home Premium or Ultimate would be a logical choice wouldn't? Actually Home Premium is all that's really needed. Share this post Link to post
Shocker 0 Posted June 18, 2008 It was a freebie from my Dad -- he won it at a prize draw in a Microsoft conference and had no use for it I actually prefer Business to all the other Vista editions. It's the closest to XP Professional, and I don't need any of the "personal" stuff in Home Premium or Ultimate. Share this post Link to post