
Originally Posted by
Mordar
I HIGLY suggest you wait for re-stocking of the new ATI's HD 3850/3870 they both ROCK HARD, their perfomance is equal to HD2900 and 8800GT, but here's the good part, they consume less power, m uch less power (about minus 100W) that alone left me with my jaw wide oopen, not only that, they support directX 10.1 and shader model 4.0, not only that, their price is waaaay inferior to the 8800GT right now (about 150-170$), I changed my decision of adquiring a 8800GT instead I'm going for 1 HD3870 or 2 HD 3850 (because they are smaller compared to the 3870 which are HUGE)
and about the 8600GTs they are a pretty good choice if you are low on budget and only lived on Integrated video cards, but with the newer HD's which are actually 10x better than the 8600GTS and almost the same price, I would say goodbye to the mid-range from nvidia, if it wasn't for poor ATI drivers, they would be the kings of VGA's right now