Graphics Cards

[Charchris]

Well, I'm building a new rig soon and I'm wondering if I should choose a
7600GT
or
7600GS
I'm actally considering if two 7600GS's
Just wondering what your opinions are....

 

[Trivium Nate]

I dont know i think this one
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=271&model=1078&modelmenu=1

 

[joxley1990]

7600GS..great card, and two of them, would be amazing!

 

[Charchris]

Yeah, I saw that the GS is 40% slower than the GT.
Getting the GT may be the best option

 

[THEpiGUY]

Definitely a 7600GT over a GS, much better performance. If you're going for 2 7600GS's though, I'd rather get a single 7900GT, except the ASUS version is a bit more expensive than 2 7600GS's. If you can accept a different manufacturer than ASUS, XFX or EVGA for example, you could get a 7900GT for the same price as 2 ASUS 7600GS's.

Although, if you're willing to sacrifice the possibility of SLI for a while, an X1900XT would give you performance way beyond these cards for quite a decent price, $240. Listed above is a 256MB version, but the extra 256 found in most of the X1900XT's won't improve performance much more.

Those are what I would recommend. If $240 is out of your reach, you could just get a 7600GT. But trust me, 1 X1900XT would be way better than 2 7600GS's. But you can't do SLI with ATI cards on a SLI-ready board, so it's your decision. Between your two, definitely the 7600GT.

 

[Charchris]

Wow... nice post
I think the 7600GT suites me well a 7900GT is a bit too powerful for me
The X1900XT is out of my range because.. it costs over 600 dollars here.

 

[THEpiGUY]

Ah, where do you live? That's really expensive, even for AUD. Oh well, it doesn't really matter that much. The 7600GT should do fine if you don't need a massive load of power in your GPU. No need to pay extra $$$ if you don't need it. I just would never recommend a 7600GS. Not even in SLI, because you can get 1 card that outperforms the two of those together for that price.

I'd be happy to look for some in your area for cheaper, but like I said, if you don't need the extra graphics processing power, save some $$$ and go with the cheaper card.

Hope this helped a little.

 

[ownage]

X1950pro when it comes out. It shouldnt be too much more expensive than roughly 250 USD. GDDR4, 80nm, 'SLI'able. Killer card. Single slot cooling too.

 

[Charchris]

I'm in New Zealand
Radeon X1900 XT 256MB PCI Express $540.00
Radeon X1900 XT 512MB PCI Express $690.00
GeForce 7600 GS 256MB, PCI-Express $181.25
GeForce 7600 GS 512MB, PCI-Express $235.58
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB, PCI-Express $302.63

I usually check www.pricespy.co.nz for my prices