Which one of these would better for gaming ?

Which one of these graphics/video cards would be better for gaming. http://www.newegg.com/product/product.as... OR http://www.newegg.com/product/product.as...

Which one of these would better for gaming ?

It depends. If you are looking for DirectX 10 support on the cheap, the 8600GTS is the opening to go. However, it midrange card while the 7950GT is a high-end card. In other words, the 7950 will carry out better. The disadvantage with the 7950 is that it lacks DirectX 10 support (it's a DirectX 9 card).



However, if you can stretch your budget more or less $30, I would suggest going with the Radeon X1950XT. It will smoke both of those cards. It is a DirectX 9 card.



Currently at hand are no games that use DirectX 10 and you will need Vista because DX10 won't be available for Windows XP.
Without a doubt the 8600GS.



You take DX10

Fast enough speeds to run almost adjectives games at 1280x768 (largest normal LCD resolution)



and its freshly a good video card! Get it :-D
I would run for the 8600GTS due to it's Direct x10 capabilties it will perform up to your expectations plus if you are using XP you won't have need of a new card when you upgrade to Vista.



Hope it help.
The Nvidia Geforce 8600 is the better card.



It is newer and it also supports Direct X 10, which most of the newer games comming out will use.



I'm looking into getting a 8600 sometime in the close at hand future.