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08-10-2007, 08:11 PM
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hello im thinking of upgrading my graphics card frim 6600GT to a 8500GT but i only have windows XP do 8000+ nvidia graphics card require windows vista to work or will they work on XP just fine??
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08-10-2007, 08:15 PM
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they will work fine
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08-10-2007, 08:15 PM
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It'll work with XP, assuming you have a PCI-E slot on your motherboard. However, you won't get the benefits of DX10, so an 8 series card is rather pointless.
I'd recommend an Nvidia 7900 or an ATI x1950 over the 8500 series.
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08-10-2007, 08:18 PM
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8500 is basically for shit all other than casual gaming, i wouldn't get anything under a 8800GTS 320mb if you want DX10 as its such a HUGE gap to the 8600 little faster than a 7900 or 7950, probably slower in some cases than a ATI x1950.
If you don't want DX10 just get a X1950 or 7950, DX10.1 is on its way (When i dont know) but it means a new card anyhoo.
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08-11-2007, 07:57 AM
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Buy a DX10 card...and upgrade to Vista whenever Crysis comes out as you need Vista to run DX10 itself
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08-11-2007, 08:34 AM
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Quote:
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Buy a DX10 card...and upgrade to Vista whenever Crysis comes out as you need Vista to run DX10 itself
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DX10.1 is coming at some point, might be with the 9800....thats out or was going to be out for the crysis launch.
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08-11-2007, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Bopper_T
It'll work with XP, assuming you have a PCI-E slot on your motherboard. However, you won't get the benefits of DX10, so an 8 series card is rather pointless.
I'd recommend an Nvidia 7900 or an ATI x1950 over the 8500 series.
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I'd defo follow this advice!
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08-11-2007, 05:50 PM
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I'ld get an 8500 series simply because you won't have to upgrade for DX10 in the coming year
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08-11-2007, 06:00 PM
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I'ld get an 8500 series simply because you won't have to upgrade for DX10 in the coming year
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By the time DX10 games actually arrive; I highly doubt whether the 8500 would run any of them at a playable frame rate.
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