New video card?

[mega-64]

i have a EVGA 8600GT 512mb of ram card. is it an ok card or do i need to go higher?

id like to get a 9800gt or a 9800gtx . also 8600GT not SLI compatible.

 

[Tmagic650]

What are your systems specs?

 

[mega-64]

my system

motherboard is a ASUS M2N4-SLI system bus is 2000/1600MT/s, supports up 8 gb of ram
WD 500gb hd, evga 8600gt 512 mb ram, 2gb ram 800MHz FBS.

 

[Tmagic650]

I use a XFX 8600GT, no SLI. My Abit motherboard has an Intel P35/ICH9 chipset. If you want to go SLI you will have to get 2 SLI compatible video cards and spend lots of $$

 

[EXCellR8]

I had a pair of 8600GT cards that were SLI capable... but they didn't quite do what I wanted anyways. If you wanted a decent SLI setup, you could spend ~$200 on a pair of 9800GTs which would give you really good performance in a lot of newer games at medium-high resolution. The 9800GTX was a little disappointing to me, not really anything special in my opinion. Never tried to SLI a pair though... probably just get a GTX 260.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

An HD 4850 is the best upgrade IMO, but if you can't spend that much then the 9600GT\GSO and HD 4830 are great choices for the price.