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8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
I know the 8600 wins, but I can't find one reasonably priced (around $1000) on a 14". I found a 319MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS on an HP 14" and all seems good, but I don't know if it will handle Bioshock and Crysis when they come out. I would be happy playing it on Low w/ a constant 30 FPS, I just want it to be playable.
I have a desktop if I want the eye candy but considering I will be going to class everyday carrying this thing around, I don't know if the 15.4" is worth it in size for the extra FPS. I will be using this laptop about 3+ hours a day and play WoW and CS:Source on it mainly between classes, but I just want to make sure a 8400 GS will last into the next few years or if it's lifetime is already up.
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
If you are gaming, definitely. It would get priority over the CPU, RAM and HD if you want to game at all.
The 8400GS is no slacker though, it'll last for a bit, playing upcoming games on low.
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
For Bioshock and Crysis, definitely go for the 8600M-GT. You'll have to go up to 15.4" to get one in that price range though.
For WoW and CS:S, and 8400m-GS is more than sufficient.
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
i played wow and css on my GeForce 4 MX 420 with 64mb ram lol, the 8400 should be perfectly fine considering the processors available these days :0
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
it would also have a T7300 Core 2 Duo processor and 2G DDR2 so the main thing slowing down the FPS would be the video card i think? so could a 8400 handle bioshock, crysis, and most likely unreal tournmeant 3? i just want it to be playable, no less 25-30 avg w/ dips in maybe like 15-20 when it gets crazy...to be exact...
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
bioshock and crysis are gonna need higher end cards to create an enjoyable experience, if i were to play cysis on a 8400 i think the laptop would be in pieces after about 15 seconds of gameplay lol
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
damn...alright then thanks
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
If you really want to play the new DX10 games I would REALLY recommend the 8600.. I'm sure the 8400 will play ut3/crysis/bioshock but it will definetly be at low settings and possibly not at native resolution. Bioshock performance is looking really good so far though, desktop 7600GTs are playing max in 1024x768 smoothly and using DX10 doesn't appear to reduce performance. I don't think bioshock would be very enjoyable like that though since a large part of the game is the atmosphere it creates and low settings would hamper that..
It will however handle games like css 100% fine
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
not worth getting a 15inch instead of a 14/13.3inch for it but if its a upgrade then definately yes.
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Re: 8600 GT worth it over 8400M GS?
ot worth getting a 15inch instead of a 14/13.3inch for it but if its a upgrade then definately yes.
very few 14/13.3 have 8600 GTs. 15.4 with 8600GTs are abundant and often a better deal. I'd spring for the 15.4 to get a 8600gt myself if I was playing Bioshock and Crysis on the lappy. (I got a beefy desktop for that.)