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NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 22:13
by LithiumFox
o.o which is better?

> > Cause i know that my 8500 is having shadow/smoke problems (it hates rendering smoke or shadows) and i had an X1600 i let a friend use a while ago.... forgot i had it and bought an 8500 for like... a hundred.... XD soooo =3 yeah... > > which should i use?

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 22:34
by strickt
Is it the x1600 pro or xt?

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 22:49
by LithiumFox
X1600Pro

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 23:03
by Tim270
Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 23:22
by LithiumFox
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHZ
3gigs ram...

can't find my motherboard specs.. i forgot what it was..... ._. ****...

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-16 23:56
by strickt
Tim270 wrote:Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?

True but your going to get better performance out of a x1600 pro vs an 8500

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-17 00:05
by LithiumFox
Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-17 00:12
by strickt
LithiumFox wrote:Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...
ya and use rivatuner to put a little overclock on that gpu and it will work even better!

Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

Posted: 2009-07-17 00:16
by LithiumFox
=D Haha... well we'll see. =)