GeForce 210 512MB better or worse than 8600GS 256MB?

SBS725T SG

A month ago, my Nvidia GeForce 8600GS (256MB) GPU got fried and warranty gotten me a replacement.

Acer technicians replaced my 8600GS (256MB) with GeForce 210 (512MB). The technician said it was better, and since the GeForce 210 had a larger dedicated memory and knowing how sucky my 8600GS is, i believed it.

But, i did a update for my Windows Rating since the hardware had changed. To my astonishment, the gaming graphics had a rating of 4.9 and the graphics rating was only 3.7. My Nvidia GeForce 8600GS had a rating of 5.0 for both graphics and gaming graphics.

I played around with my games i had and the performance seems the same or improvement was minimal, i couldn't really see the difference.

System Spectifications:

SBS7484P SG

not necessarily...

GT210 is low end GT series but an 8600 is considered mid end 8 series.

GT210 is an improved 8400 of sorts.

bigger memory lets u play games at higher resolution mainly..

compare the other things like shader clock, memory clock, memory bus width etc.

MyPillowTalks SG

Try upgrading your driver, there may be some improvement in performance

Raraken SG

You know what? That technician is bullshitting.

8600GS vs G210

1st digit: 8 and 2 = Generation of card

2nd digit: 6 and 1 = Class of card (0-2 being complete crap, 3 - 5 being entry-level, 6-7 being mid-range and 8-8 being enthusiast level cards)

These are just guidelines; one should always do research.

And the games you play probably aren't very taxing if you don't notice any difference.

SBS7484P SG

You know what? That technician is bullshitting.

8600GS vs G210

1st digit: 8 and 2 = Generation of card

2nd digit: 6 and 1 = Class of card (0-2 being complete crap, 3 - 5 being entry-level, 6-7 being mid-range and 8-8 being enthusiast level cards)

These are just guidelines; one should always do research.

And the games you play probably aren't very taxing if you don't notice any difference.

my point exactly. x2

Raraken SG

my point exactly. x2

If more memory = better performance, I'd design a card with a low-end GPU (Like the GT240), but 4GB of DDR2 and tell everyone it's better than a HD5970.

SBS7484P SG

If more memory = better performance, I'd design a card with a low-end GPU (Like the GT240), but 4GB of DDR2 and tell everyone it's better than a HD5970.

larger memory just = better performance at high res. but no point if things like core, shader, pipeline, mem bus width etc not enough.

Raraken SG

larger memory just = better performance at high res. but no point if things like core, shader, pipeline, mem bus width etc not enough.

I know that. But the general public think 512MB is better than 256MB, 1GB is better than 512MB. Read a story about one guy who was recommending a customer about the HD4850 512MB and was promptly told he was a caveman who didn't know any better and was trying to con the customer, since apparently the customer was comparing the HD4850 with a 9600GT 1GB. Funny stuff happens.

Eyelessz SG

=/ , best to check hardware websites to guage GPUs performance, in terms of fps

SBS7484P SG

/fail