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8600M GT - Whats the desktop equivalent?
I'm trying to decide if the portability of a 15.4 is going to be worth being limited to an 8600m gt. I've never had a laptop before, but i build desktops fairly regularly.
So my question is: which desktop nvidia card will the 8600m gt most likely perform like? I'm hoping its kind of on par with a 7800gt...? (i guess we'll assume GDDR3)
Thanks for the help. BTW, i looked at the stickied video card comparison, but i'd much rather have a comparison to a desktop card.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: 8600M GT - Whats the desktop equivalent?
Not up to a 7800GT, definitely much better than my old ATi 9600XT though. :D
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Re: 8600M GT - Whats the desktop equivalent?
I'm trying to decide if the portability of a 15.4 is going to be worth being limited to an 8600m gt. I've never had a laptop before, but i build desktops fairly regularly.
So my question is: which desktop nvidia card will the 8600m gt most likely perform like? I'm hoping its kind of on par with a 7800gt...? (i guess we'll assume GDDR3)
Thanks for the help. BTW, i looked at the stickied video card comparison, but i'd much rather have a comparison to a desktop card.
Thanks in advance.
the desktop factory OCed 8600GT is about equal to a desktop 7800GT in performance, the GDDR3 version of 8600M GT is slightly worse than the 8600GT desktop(475 vs 600 core, 1400 vs 1600 memory)
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8600M GT is right around a Go 7900GS, which is comparable to a desktop 7600GT.
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That's good to know. I'm replacing/supplementing my desktop, which has a 6800GT, so it will at least be a lateral move in the graphics department.
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the GDDR3 version of 8600M GT is slightly worse than the 8600GT desktop(475 vs 600 core, 1400 vs 1600 memory)
My GDD3 8700M GT has a 625 core and 1600 memory. So thats a 8600GT desktop ?
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Thanks for the info guys!
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if you want a dx10 card equal to the laptop 8600gt, I believe it is the desktop 8600gs (from what other forums have said)
you can do some searches to find that out
and a note- the 8600gt is not equal to a 7900gs, which is quite a bit more powerful and will be far more capable of higher resolutions
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Oh...I've been comparing the 8600M GT to the Go 7900GS in my old E1705 and they have been pretty close... :confused:
Also, apart from comparing core/memory speeds, make sure you compare the memory interface as well, as far as I know all 8xxxM series cards have 64 or 128-bit interfaces. All series 8 desktop cards up to the 8600GTS have a 128-bit memory interface but I can't speak for 6 or 7 series desktop cards, all of the info is on the nVidia website though. :)
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the 7900gs has a 256-interface and has more muscle for the high-res stuff