Nope. The 8600 is bested by the older 7600GT in many games. So there's no comparison between it and the X1950PRO. Also, DX10 games right now are not optimized for DX10 hardware, so there's no point ATM in getting them. And I believe that NVIDIA's 79xx series and ATI's 19xx series will still be able to play Crysis and other DX10 titles quite well. Not as well as a top-of-the-range DX10 chip I agree, but then you get what you pay for at least.link590o said:ATI cards are cheaper, and have more stable drivers, and they have a mighty reputation. but if you want a better gaming experience, i'd go with an 8 series nvidia card like say, the geforce 8600 512mb? i saw one on tigerdirect.com for 209.99. And considering ATI is having trouble competing with Nvidia's new cards, it'd be every bit as good if not better than the x1950. For only a couple hundred, that'd make your machine rock solid for a few years.
beef_jerky4104 said:link590o and K. Jacko he can't get an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ or 6000+. Those are AM2 processors only while he runs 939, note that his current CPU is a Venice.
Rage_3K_Moiz knows what he is talking about.