NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600

LithiumFox · 2009-07-16, 22:13

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?

strickt · 2009-07-16, 22:34

Is it the x1600 pro or xt?

LithiumFox · 2009-07-16, 22:49

X1600Pro

[R-DEV]Tim270 · 2009-07-16, 23:03

Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?

LithiumFox · 2009-07-16, 23:22

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHZ
3gigs ram...

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

strickt · 2009-07-16, 23:56

Quote:

Originally Posted 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?

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

LithiumFox · 2009-07-17, 00:05

Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...

strickt · 2009-07-17, 00:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by LithiumFox

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!

LithiumFox · 2009-07-17, 00:16

=D Haha... well we'll see. =)

2009-07-16, 22:13	#1
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,307 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 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?

2009-07-16, 22:34	#2
strickt Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 110 United States of America Location: San Diego, CA	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 Is it the x1600 pro or xt?

2009-07-16, 22:49	#3
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,307 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 X1600Pro

2009-07-16, 23:03	#4
[R-DEV]Tim270 PR:BF2 Developer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5,142 United Kingdom Blog Entries: 1	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 Mmmm, I would say both are old tech, and the 8500 is not so much for gaming. What is the rest of your rig?

2009-07-16, 23:22	#5
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,307 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHZ 3gigs ram... can't find my motherboard specs.. i forgot what it was..... ._. crap...

2009-07-17, 00:05	#7
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,307 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 Well then... thank you. I'll try it out sometime this weekend...

2009-07-17, 00:16	#9
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,307 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	Re: NVidia 8500 vs ATI X1600 =D Haha... well we'll see. =)