which of these is the better graphics card?

[technophobe2]

Hi, I'd be grateful to anyone who can advise on which of these two cards is likely to give the better gaming performance: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256Mb gDDR4 ornVidia Geforce 8600 GT 512Mb gDDR2. I've read a lot about the two cards, the pros and cons of higher memory amount versus faster GDDR and it's left me quite confused!

[alien445226]

Go for a Geoforce 8800 GTX, im putting two of them in my new system!

[dramas4]

yah it depends here is my awnser if you are a hard core gamer you want the nvidia cause it will run smothly under the conditions. if you are a family man and take pics or the girl friend takes pics and you save alot of things then I would say the ati is better for you but Me I recamend the nvidia

[♥Rae♥ NY]

nVidia Geforce 8600 GT 512Mb gDDR2.