went to this lanshop at paradiz centre 3rd floor evolution square or smt today.

right outisde there is a banner reading " BLOOODY FXXXing speedycom", smt lidat followed by the computer specs. looks decent with dual core e6600 , 1gb ddr3 ram, msi 8600gt`` and with lotsa latest game installed! . It even state on a a4 paper that there is 42 coms inside !

Looks like an ah beng open lanshop to mi :S .

Tested the computer. was playing graw 1 !. they were using viewsonic 17 inch i think.. set all the setting to high. as expected the frame rate was medium` around 30+-40+ causing abit of lag making mi hard to aim :(. got fragged most of the time while trying to positioning my crosshair!

8600gt cost around $200!. the X600 series are for mainstream user! but this 8000series doesnt provide the same "value for $" title as the 6600gt 3 years ago!
6600gt provide decent in a sense it could be used for games from 3 years til now at low/medium settings!. most of the ppl are sticking with their 6600gt,7600gt and keeping their fingers cross for a new durable mainstream graphic.

For those wishing to change away their old card, i recommend ati 1950pro 512mb which cost $269 now ! costing less than a 8600 gts 256mb by $50, performance wise it own 8600gt,8600gts in all the recent games! with settings set to max it could be slightly less than or on par with my 8800gts 320mb at higher resolution, making up the speed with the mb size. only disadvantage is it only support directx 9.

For vista , u need directx 10!! this card probably last u for 1year ` b4 u make a switch as xp license is over soon (around march 2008 ). meaning no more security update and stuff!!!


For those 17-19inch a fast 256mb video card > a slower 512mb video card, while on higher resolution, the video card mb is more important!pls take note^^.

sad to say this year mainstream cards(supposedly) aarent providing the decent performance for those on budget.my advice is stick with the older cards for the moment unless u have a big budget of $460++ for a support it all gd video card.