2 x XFX GeForce 8600GT 540M 512MB,GDDR2, PCI-Express SLI Bundle - is is a good deal?

Lord Nikon · 03-03-2008 6:41pm #1

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=342916
166euro

AlmightyCushion · 03-03-2008 6:43pm

I doubt it. I'd say a 9600gt would outperform them and would work out around the same.

Anti · 03-03-2008 7:34pm

9600 would be faster i think. And the same price:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=346969

Lord Nikon · 03-03-2008 7:58pm

But it's twin 512, and that must be higher than the 512 through the 9600?

AlmightyCushion · 03-03-2008 8:04pm

I think with sli because both cards are working on the same frame they have to have the same things in memory

yoyo · 03-03-2008 8:11pm

Go for 9600gt, 8600gt is a rubbish card, a joke of one actually! Fine for basic gaming but 9600 outperforms it loads... SLIing them wont make much difference, especially as nivida are so slow nowadays at creating new drivers,

Nick

TerrorFirmer · 03-03-2008 10:33pm

A single 9600GT will decimate those cards, not only is the 8600GT a low end card, but those are DDR2 to boot, which is even worse. It's a no brainer to be honest. For a tenner less, you can get a vastly superior 3870 from Dabs. Infinitely faster then 8600GT sli and slugs it out with the 9600GT generally.

Fnz · 04-03-2008 1:03pm

The 9600GT works well in tandem when SLI'ed with a second one - averaging 182% efficiency over a single card according to one benchmarking test. [Source]

Good to know that it may be worth you're while buying a second one down the line.

You could actually get one from Germany delivered for the same or less than the price of that one on Komplett - even though the delivery charge is €30 afaik. [Link]

TerrorFirmer · 04-03-2008 2:01pm

Nice, XFX one for 137....even with the delivery it almost works out cheaper then the cheapest one available from any Irish retailer pre delivery charges...(think the best I saw was 161 exc. delivery)

Great to see Nvidia are back to the 6600GT/7600GT days with this one.

ActionHank · 04-03-2008 2:16pm

I would go with the 9600gt as well... Get the Point Of View 9600GT from ebuyer which is for only € 146, it's almost 30 quid cheaper than Komplett !!
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141904

conzy · 04-03-2008 2:52pm

8600s are whoreiffic

get the 9600 or a cheap 8800gt

Sqaull20 · 04-03-2008 3:48pm

ActionHank wrote: »

I would go with the 9600gt as well... Get the Point Of View 9600GT from ebuyer which is for only € 146, it's almost 30 quid cheaper than Komplett !!
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141904

Whats the shipping cost with them?

ActionHank · 04-03-2008 5:16pm

It's around 13 euros for the graphics card. You can check the rates at http://static.ebuyer.com/customer/help/index.html?action=c2hpcHBpbmdfbWV0aG9kcw==
I made a huge order from ebuyer few weeks ago, i got a case,gpu,cpu,mobo, psu, monitor, ram, speakers etc. it was really heavy and i paid only € 30 for the shipping and i received my stuff in 4 days.
Ebuyer shipping prices are competitive but also the prices of components and other stuff seems to be a really good value if you compare them with Komplett.

Sqaull20 · 04-03-2008 5:42pm

ActionHank wrote: »

It's around 13 euros for the graphics card. You can check the rates at http://static.ebuyer.com/customer/help/index.html?action=c2hpcHBpbmdfbWV0aG9kcw==
I made a huge order from ebuyer few weeks ago, i got a case,gpu,cpu,mobo, psu, monitor, ram, speakers etc. it was really heavy and i paid only € 30 for the shipping and i received my stuff in 4 days.
Ebuyer shipping prices are competitive but also the prices of components and other stuff seems to be a really good value if you compare them with Komplett.

Nice one Hank...

2 x XFX GeForce 8600GT 540M 512MB,GDDR2, PCI-Express SLI Bundle - is is a good deal?

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