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2 x XFX GeForce 8600GT 540M 512MB,GDDR2, PCI-Express SLI Bundle - is is a good deal?

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    AlmightyCushion
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    I doubt it. I'd say a 9600gt would outperform them and would work out around the same.


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    Anti
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    9600 would be faster i think. And the same price:

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=346969


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    Lord Nikon
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    But it's twin 512, and that must be higher than the 512 through the 9600?


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    AlmightyCushion
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    I think with sli because both cards are working on the same frame they have to have the same things in memory


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    yoyo
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    Go for 9600gt, 8600gt is a rubbish card, a joke of one actually! Fine for basic gaming but 9600 outperforms it loads... SLIing them wont make much difference, especially as nivida are so slow nowadays at creating new drivers,

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    TerrorFirmer
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    A single 9600GT will decimate those cards, not only is the 8600GT a low end card, but those are DDR2 to boot, which is even worse. It's a no brainer to be honest. For a tenner less, you can get a vastly superior 3870 from Dabs. Infinitely faster then 8600GT sli and slugs it out with the 9600GT generally.


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    Fnz
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    The 9600GT works well in tandem when SLI'ed with a second one - averaging 182% efficiency over a single card according to one benchmarking test. [Source]

    Good to know that it may be worth you're while buying a second one down the line.

    You could actually get one from Germany delivered for the same or less than the price of that one on Komplett - even though the delivery charge is €30 afaik. [Link]


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Nice, XFX one for 137....even with the delivery it almost works out cheaper then the cheapest one available from any Irish retailer pre delivery charges...(think the best I saw was 161 exc. delivery)

    Great to see Nvidia are back to the 6600GT/7600GT days with this one.


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    ActionHank
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    I would go with the 9600gt as well... Get the Point Of View 9600GT from ebuyer which is for only € 146, it's almost 30 quid cheaper than Komplett !!
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141904


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    conzy
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    8600s are whoreiffic :D

    get the 9600 or a cheap 8800gt


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    Sqaull20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    ActionHank wrote: »
    I would go with the 9600gt as well... Get the Point Of View 9600GT from ebuyer which is for only € 146, it's almost 30 quid cheaper than Komplett !!
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141904

    Whats the shipping cost with them?


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    ActionHank
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    It's around 13 euros for the graphics card. You can check the rates at http://static.ebuyer.com/customer/help/index.html?action=c2hpcHBpbmdfbWV0aG9kcw==
    I made a huge order from ebuyer few weeks ago, i got a case,gpu,cpu,mobo, psu, monitor, ram, speakers etc. it was really heavy and i paid only € 30 for the shipping and i received my stuff in 4 days.
    Ebuyer shipping prices are competitive but also the prices of components and other stuff seems to be a really good value if you compare them with Komplett.


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    Sqaull20
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    ActionHank wrote: »
    It's around 13 euros for the graphics card. You can check the rates at http://static.ebuyer.com/customer/help/index.html?action=c2hpcHBpbmdfbWV0aG9kcw==
    I made a huge order from ebuyer few weeks ago, i got a case,gpu,cpu,mobo, psu, monitor, ram, speakers etc. it was really heavy and i paid only € 30 for the shipping and i received my stuff in 4 days.
    Ebuyer shipping prices are competitive but also the prices of components and other stuff seems to be a really good value if you compare them with Komplett.

    Nice one Hank...


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