Help me decide!

Chroniclez05 · 04-23-2007, 08:16 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150182

Or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161049

b3rt_d4ni3l · 04-23-2007, 08:32 PM

looking at the ranking done by one of the member,
Graphics card Rankings

looks like the Radeon X1650XT is a better choice but im not so sure about that brand though... whereas XFX is quite a well-known brand i suppose...

wait a while until someone with more knowledge and experience with the actual card give their suggestions...

belfong · 04-23-2007, 08:48 PM

Want my opinion? Then go with the 7600gt.

maroon1 · 04-23-2007, 10:02 PM

For little more you can get a much better video card

7900GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

X1950GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102034

8600GT (overclocked)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150229

Chroniclez05 · 04-24-2007, 07:50 PM

Well $130 Is about as much as I can spend.. But I dont plan on buying one until next month.. (I get payed monthly) So maybe if one of the cards you suggested goes down a little I'll get one.

elitehacker · 04-25-2007, 12:37 AM

Word of caution, the X1600 series cards are REALLY REALLY horrible so, don't even think about it, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Also, regarding those rankings, I disagree with the X1950pro being better than the 7900GT, I have personally benchmarked them myself and I got a difference result.
Regarding choosing a graphics card, you have two choices, the best card to get now is the 7600GT, however its bigger brother the 8600GT is out albeit abit more expensive. So if you are really desperate for a decent graphics card, then get the 7600GT, if you can hold off abit, then you should go with the 8600GT when the price drops abit.

elitehacker · 04-25-2007, 12:38 AM

By the way, the 8600GT is around 170 bux, I think price would drop in the coming months and your seriously consider it.

Chroniclez05 · 04-25-2007, 07:05 PM

Here's another X1650XT with good reviews..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102068

Hmm...

maroon1 · 04-25-2007, 07:24 PM

X1650xt is completely different than the other X1600 series

X1650xt has 8 pipelines and 24 shaders processors
X1600pro/xt and X1650pro have on only 4 pipelines and 12 shader processors.

Chroniclez05 · 05-10-2007, 04:12 PM

I havent decided yet and it seems that the graphics card I pick changes day to day because prices just keep droppin on certain ones.

I get paid next friday and that's when I'm deciding.

This one just popped up today at newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122023 It's an 8500gt dx10 490mhz Core clock and 2000mhz Memory clock.. Looks like an amazing deal for a $109 no?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102022
This is my choice for now..

04-23-2007, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chroniclez05 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 59	Help me decide! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150182 Or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161049

04-23-2007, 08:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
b3rt_d4ni3l Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 946	looking at the ranking done by one of the member, Graphics card Rankings looks like the Radeon X1650XT is a better choice but im not so sure about that brand though... whereas XFX is quite a well-known brand i suppose... wait a while until someone with more knowledge and experience with the actual card give their suggestions... __________________ The Rig: Intel Q6600 G0 Stepping \|\| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro MSI GeForce 8800GTX OC \|\| GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R Rev. 2.0 Corsair XMS2 2x1GB 4-4-4-12 \|\| 2 x Western Digital SataII 500GB Lite-On w/ LightScribe \|\| Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer ASUS PhysX Physics Card \|\| PC Power & Cooling Silencer Quad 750W Black XION Onyx XON-301 Black \|\| Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

04-23-2007, 08:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
belfong Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 292	Want my opinion? Then go with the 7600gt. __________________ My rig: Case- NZXT Lexa Motherboard- Asus intel P5B LGA775 Memory- Kingston HyperX 2GB 800MHZ DDR2 Cpu- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2.40 GHz Psu- Antec True Power II 550W Gpu- Nvida GeForce 7900GTX

04-23-2007, 10:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,600	For little more you can get a much better video card 7900GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056 X1950GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102034 8600GT (overclocked) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150229 __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner

04-25-2007, 07:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,600	X1650xt is completely different than the other X1600 series X1650xt has 8 pipelines and 24 shaders processors X1600pro/xt and X1650pro have on only 4 pipelines and 12 shader processors. __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner

04-24-2007, 07:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chroniclez05 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 59	Well $130 Is about as much as I can spend.. But I dont plan on buying one until next month.. (I get payed monthly) So maybe if one of the cards you suggested goes down a little I'll get one.

04-25-2007, 12:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,413	Word of caution, the X1600 series cards are REALLY REALLY horrible so, don't even think about it, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Also, regarding those rankings, I disagree with the X1950pro being better than the 7900GT, I have personally benchmarked them myself and I got a difference result. Regarding choosing a graphics card, you have two choices, the best card to get now is the 7600GT, however its bigger brother the 8600GT is out albeit abit more expensive. So if you are really desperate for a decent graphics card, then get the 7600GT, if you can hold off abit, then you should go with the 8600GT when the price drops abit.

04-25-2007, 12:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,413	By the way, the 8600GT is around 170 bux, I think price would drop in the coming months and your seriously consider it.

04-25-2007, 07:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chroniclez05 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 59	Here's another X1650XT with good reviews.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102068 Hmm...

05-10-2007, 04:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chroniclez05 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 59	I havent decided yet and it seems that the graphics card I pick changes day to day because prices just keep droppin on certain ones. I get paid next friday and that's when I'm deciding. This one just popped up today at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122023 It's an 8500gt dx10 490mhz Core clock and 2000mhz Memory clock.. Looks like an amazing deal for a $109 no? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102022 This is my choice for now.. Last edited by Chroniclez05; 05-10-2007 at 04:16 PM.

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