NVIDIA GeFORCE 8600 GTS

by Brian Burgess on
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With older versions of Windows and still through XP I tend to be a graphical minimalist geek. I would always use the most minimal graphics effects possible. Now that I have finally moved to Vista I have gone to the other extreme. I don’t have the worlds most powerful system but definitely great for running Vista. An AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ CPU, 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM, and now the NVIDIA GeFORCE 8600 GTS graphics card. I have the full on Aero features going on and it’s all snappy and extremely crisp! I got the PNY version of this card which only put me out $199. This is the largest and heaviest card I think I have ever used and it is extremely quiet. I would be very interested in hearing what kind of systems you the readers have. What you think is important component in your computing. Are you a graphics freak or a graphical minimalist as I used to be?

I have never been much of a gamer but now I might change my tune on that as well!

You can get more information on this card and read my review over on CNET!

Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before pursuing his passion for writing. He's been a tech blogger and journalist for the past seven years, and can be found on his about me page or Google+