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Old 07-16-2009, 07:13 PM   #1
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Default NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

o.o which is better?

> > Cause i know that my 8500 is having shadow/smoke problems (it hates rendering smoke or shadows) and i had an X1600 i let a friend use a while ago.... forgot i had it and bought an 8500 for like... a hundred.... XD soooo =3 yeah... > > which should i use?



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Old 07-16-2009, 07:34 PM   #2
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Is it the x1600 pro or xt?
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Old 07-16-2009, 08:03 PM   #4
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Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?
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Old 07-16-2009, 08:22 PM   #5
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Default Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHZ
3gigs ram...

can't find my motherboard specs.. i forgot what it was..... ._. crap...



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Old 07-16-2009, 08:56 PM   #6
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Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?

True but your going to get better performance out of a x1600 pro vs an 8500
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Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...



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Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...
ya and use rivatuner to put a little overclock on that gpu and it will work even better!
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=D Haha... well we'll see. =)



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