Which card for occasional play

jordan_ellipsis · 10-03-2006, 10:59 AM

Hi. Which card should i choose for a system that will be used for a lot of wave editing (Pro Tools etc.) and some video editing (maybe not much - if this ever got extensive id prob buy a better card) and some occasional gaming?

**ceewi1** · 10-03-2006, 11:32 AM

What's your budget?

**Archangel** · 10-03-2006, 12:10 PM

he posted about $100 in another threat.. so i gues it stays like that.

as for Jordan.. occasional play is very vague..

some people play like once a month.. but when they play, they want to have it look perfect, hence they get a high end card

as for what you said.. along the $100 line, i would suggest a NVidia card,.. since they are really good in the lower budget line for grafic's.
personally, i would suggest something like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814170102
as you can see... its a 7600GS,... but it has passive cooling. so you dont have a noisy VPU fan in your pc (like you would have with a high end card )
I know its a bit over the budget... but its certainly a nice card

maroon1 · 10-03-2006, 12:22 PM

For 5$ more he can get 7600GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130062

**Archangel** · 10-03-2006, 12:28 PM

true... but the GS and GT are pretty equal performance wise. ( true.. the GT can be overclocked further) but then.. the GS has a passive cooler on it

maroon1 · 10-03-2006, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

true... but the GS and GT are pretty equal performance wise. ( true.. the GT can be overclocked further) but then.. the GS has a passive cooler on it

GS has 400MHz clock speed and 800Mhz memory speed and uses GDDR2 memory.

GT has 560MHz clock speed and 1400MHZ memory speed and uses GDDR3.

So there is big difference between GT and GS. Both cards are good overclocker, but i don't think that GS can be overclocked to GT speed.

**ceewi1** · 10-03-2006, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

true... but the GS and GT are pretty equal performance wise. ( true.. the GT can be overclocked further) but then.. the GS has a passive cooler on it

The two cards have a very significant performance difference. The 7600GS is somewhat better than the old 6600GT, whereas the 7600GT provides performance similar to a 6800 Ultra.

I'd imagine if silence was vital to him, he would have mentioned so. The 7600GT would be my choice by far.

jordan_ellipsis · 10-03-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

he posted about $100 in another threat.. so i gues it stays like that.

Did I? Sorry, cant keep up with all the posting im doing. You guys are all so helpful and quick with answers that its tempting to post about everything.

I live in the UK and just found out i cant use New Egg. I looked on the NVidia website for the UK and found a GeForce 7600 GT, but no GS. I guess the silence would be beneficial as the computer is to be used for audio recording, quite often the recordings will be done in the same room as the computer.

Aha - Post Update:

Ok so a little bit of searching turned up a GS and a GT

GeForce 7600GS

GeForce 7600GT

The GS will be about £65 ($120ish) and the GT will be about £95 ($175ish)

I think therefore id go for the GS as its cheaper and quieter.

Damn these UK prices!

jordan_ellipsis · 10-03-2006, 05:48 PM

What GS would be better - the one in my previous post, or this gigabyte one?

Gigabyte GeForce 7600GS

**ceewi1** · 10-04-2006, 10:58 AM

If you're after silence, the Gigabyte one. Most 7600GSs don't include passive cooling.

10-03-2006, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
jordan_ellipsis Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 48	Which card for occasional play Hi. Which card should i choose for a system that will be used for a lot of wave editing (Pro Tools etc.) and some video editing (maybe not much - if this ever got extensive id prob buy a better card) and some occasional gaming? Last edited by jordan_ellipsis; 10-03-2006 at 11:02 AM.

10-03-2006, 11:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,218	What's your budget? __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

10-03-2006, 12:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,886	he posted about $100 in another threat.. so i gues it stays like that. as for Jordan.. occasional play is very vague.. some people play like once a month.. but when they play, they want to have it look perfect, hence they get a high end card as for what you said.. along the $100 line, i would suggest a NVidia card,.. since they are really good in the lower budget line for grafic's. personally, i would suggest something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814170102 as you can see... its a 7600GS,... but it has passive cooling. so you dont have a noisy VPU fan in your pc (like you would have with a high end card ) I know its a bit over the budget... but its certainly a nice card __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Corsair HX620W PSU

10-03-2006, 12:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,583	For 5$ more he can get 7600GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130062 __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner

10-03-2006, 12:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,886	true... but the GS and GT are pretty equal performance wise. ( true.. the GT can be overclocked further) but then.. the GS has a passive cooler on it __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Corsair HX620W PSU

10-03-2006, 05:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
jordan_ellipsis Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 48	What GS would be better - the one in my previous post, or this gigabyte one? Gigabyte GeForce 7600GS

10-04-2006, 10:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,218	If you're after silence, the Gigabyte one. Most 7600GSs don't include passive cooling. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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