best card for under 200?

[m0nkeh`]

whats the best Nvidia Geforce card UNDER 200? ((and that would be good on SLi... get 2nd card at christmas...))

best ive found i THINK is the XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX / 256MB GDDR3

wondering what u all think...i just wanna be able to run CS1.6/Wc3/new BF game...etc...

would it run well or need sumtin with 512MB? thx...

(rest of comp is 1GB RAM/120GBHD/AMD X2 4600+)

thx in advance...

 

[ceewi1]

You can get a 7900GT for just under $200 after rebate. Staying under $200 before rebate is the 7900GS.

 

[m0nkeh`]

7900GT

Core clock 470MHz
PixelPipelines 24
Memory Clock 1370MHz
Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 256-bit


7600XXX

Video Memory 256MB
Core Clock 590 MHz
Memory Clock 1600 MHz
Memory Type 128-bitGDDR3


so the GT is better?

 

[ceewi1]

Yes, the 7900s are better. For one thing, the 7600 series has only 12 pixel pipelines compared with the 24 on the 7900GT and 20 on the 7900GS. Compare the full specs:
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=384&card2=385

 

[diduknowthat]

And the 7600s has a 128bit memory controller while the 7900s all have 256bit.