Which is better a GeForce 8600 GTS or GeForce 7950 GT?

Which is better a GeForce 8600 GTS or GeForce 7950 GT?

The 8600GTS is a series 8 card, which money that with Windows Vista it can support DirectX 10. (DirectX 10 requires Vista.) The 7950GT is a series 7 card which mechanism it uses DirectX 9. The 7950GT's a nice card for current systems and games, but may not be able to run adjectives games that use DirectX 10. As far as I know current games all still use DirectX 9, but that may be shifting next year.



Current series 8 (aka DirectX 10) cards include:

GeForce 8500GT

GeForce 8600GT

GeForce 8600GTS

GeForce 8800GTS

GeForce 8800GTX



From the site below it looks resembling the 7950GT is a bit better then the 8600GTS right in a minute. (Under DirectX 9.) The 8800GT and GTX beat the rest but may be more expensive. The 8600GTS would come surrounded by third among the DirectX 10 cards.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/05/01/t...
The GeForce GTS is better
Geforce 8600 GTS is Direct X10 capable while the 7950 GT is direct X9. The 8600 will hold higher clock and memory speeds and more available memory than the 7950. Performance learned, the 8600 is better than the 7950. You'll not be able to use the 8600 to the fullest of it's capability until they start releasing Direct X10 games, which is sometime next year at the earliest.



Medic391: The 7950 GX2 is the dual core GPU card, not the 7950 GT.
ummmm....isn't that a Ge force 8800gts?.....the 7950 is a dual core card developed for single pci-e slot motherboards. you can gain two of them and run them in sli mode for quad core. the 8800 is the single dx10 card available today, and would be a plus when you are ready to stir to windows vista. Vista is the solitary dx10 capable operating system. which is better? i would opt for the 8800.