HD 1850 Vs 8600GT

[MetalheadGautham]

A 1800GTO will suffice ur need and will be cheaper than an 8600GT.

Care to explain about it ? I entered the hardware geek club only during the GeForce 8000 era and Radeon 3000 era, so any previous GPUs I have absolutely NO knowledge of

 

[dOm1naTOr]

1800GTO and 7600GT was neck to neck in performance with the former slightly better. Prices dropped considerably for both of em (from 12~13k on release). They became cheaper than 8600GT but 1800GTO performs slightly better at higher resolutions and AA turned on.
BTW a 1800GTO is nowhere near a 1800 pro or XT. and a 1950XTX[GDDR4] performs almost close to a 9600GT.

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

A 1800GTO will suffice ur need and will be cheaper than an 8600GT.

agree.... if u can find it go for it

& i do remember x1850... it was released

 

[spindoc]

x1850 or 1900 or 1950 will cost u more than ur budget. so forget them...
u should try for ati radeon hd2600xt or hd2600pro or nvidia 8600gt... whichever u can find in ur budget.
i cant find any of these at 3k... prices might have gone down.. since the last time i checked.. & 400w powersafe psu will do.. which cpu do u have?

my system config is as follows:

Intel Pentium D 820, 2.8 GHz ( not overclocked)
ASUS P5LD2-VM SE( has an Intel 945G chipset) with onboard graphics( GMA 950)
2*512 MB DDR2 RAM- 667 MHz (of clock cycles 5-5-5-15-21)
Seagate 160 GB SATA II HDD
a PCI sound card
Technotech cabinet with generic 400W PSU
17" LG Flatron CRT monitor
500W Microtek UPS

 

[dOm1naTOr]

an 8600GT 25 GDDR3 for 3.2~3.5k will be fine for ur system.

 

[spindoc]

thanx