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Provigilken
05-17-2008, 12:27 AM
Hey, everybody. I just bought two graphics cards, but I would like to get everyone's opinion on which one is the better one.
First is the EVGA 8600GTS 256MB DDR3 SSC Edition and the second is an Axle 8600GT 1GB DDR2 graphic card. The specs are below:

EVGA:
GPU/VPU:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
RAMDAC:
Dual 400 MHz
Additional Features:
Vista Ready
HDCP Enabled
HDTV Ready
SLI Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10
Maximum Resolution:
2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory:
256MB
Memory Type:
DDR3
Core Clock:
756 MHz
Memory Bus:
128-bit
Memory Clock:
2140 MHz
Stream Processors:
32
Interface Type:
PCI Express
Interface Speed:
16x
Connector(s):
Dual DVI (Dual Link)
HDTV/S-Video
Multiple Monitors Support:
Yes

Axle (unknown but is supposed to be good):
Chipset GPU Nvidia Geforce 8600GT
Memory 1GB DDR2
Core Speed 540 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz
Interface PCI Express x16
Direct X Support DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGLĀ® 2.0
RAMDAC 400 MHz
Memory Bus 128 Bits
Output Ports D-SUB & DVI & HDTV Out

Thanks,
Kenny

LiNuX
05-17-2008, 01:40 AM
axle sounds better but i've never used it and i dont like evga too much, had their card on my old pc