Which card?

[Saltycrackers]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150247

both the same price after mail-in rebate.

[123456]

Hello and welcome to the PCGuide! The 8600 has a faster memory clock by 180MHz... so I would go with that.

[Saltycrackers]

Thanks ;)
And I was thinking going XFX just wanted to make sure if it was the right choice.

[George Hallam]

aaaaaa noooo go with the 9500gt its better about 15% better :)

[Saltycrackers]

How so? lol

[George Hallam]

Just is :) i have been trying to find benckmarks with them both on but i couldn't but i did see

Half life 2 Episode 2
1280 x 1024 with 4AA and 8AF
8600Gt - 42Fps
9500gt - 48Fps

[Saltycrackers]

what about the faster memory clock on the 8600?

[hockey man]

When it comes to GPU performance, not everything is based of the clock speed. Core architechture is the most important aspect. Also, certain games run better on different cards because of the programming used.

[Saltycrackers]

i need to know quick which is better?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130394

my mobo says it only supports ddr2 ram memory but doesnt say what type of video card memory it takes. 2nd link is ddr3 1st is ddr2. please reply fast because i need to buy one tonight.

[Saltycrackers]

bump, this is urgent :(

[hockey man]

Go with the 9500 GT.

[Saltycrackers]

any specific reason?

[mjc]

When adding a video card it is totally independent of what type of RAM your motherboard uses.

If they made an AGP video card that had DDR5 it would still work in a motherboard that used SDRAM (pre-DDR).

So don't get too hot and bothered over the motherboard RAM/video card RAM non-issue.

As to why the 9500...newer/better GPU.

[Saltycrackers]

so go with the 9500gt ddr2 even though it has less speed? I want to maybe be able to run a game like crysis but like med med-low settings at least. thanks for the responses guys

[Saltycrackers]

i found a differenet one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378

[hockey man]

Go with the 9500 GT the newer architechture makes it a better GPU.

[Saltycrackers]

just ordered the 9500gt from newegg. thanks for the replies