What vid card should i buy? ..this is urgent.

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Bend3r

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I play Doom 3 and now i just got FEAR, prey and quake 4 for my birthday... time to upgrade my vid card.

im currently looking at getting the sapphire radeon X1600XT
Sapphire 256Mb GDDR3 Radeon X1600XT TV-Out DVI PCI Express AU$228

I dont really want to spend anymore than that.. can anyone recomend
me a vid card that can out perform the x1600xt?

another choice is this.. Asus EN7600GSSLN-HTD-512 Graphic Card 512Mb Cache GeForce 7600GS SLN HDTV-OUT DVI PCI-EX AU$204
but i have not found any reviews that go in depth.. just store reviews.. and like there going to be honest :rolleyes:

help... :eek:
 
I got the Sapphire Radeon X1600 512MB AGPx8 and I am very glad I did the purchase.
I play FEAR, BF2, DOOM3, QUAKE4... and a little Leisure Suit Larry (i know, i know, what am i doing?) in High Resolutions with a steady minimum 30 frame rate (1099 fps on LSL of course).
I recommend it.
 
nothing wrong with a bit of LSL!

if i do get the radeon it will be 256mb.

ive seen one review of the x1600xt 256mb VS the Nvidia 7600GT 256MB.
and the Nvidia 7600GT 256mb absolutly kills it.. at $40 more.... hmmmm..

?
 
Bend3r said:
or, if this makes a difference that id actually notice, i would go the Nvidia 7600GT 256 MB.. au$276
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The 7600GT would be a much better buy. I've had both the x1600PRO and 7600GS, and the 7600GS was a far better performer.


Jet said:
The list of grpahics cards:
7600GT=X850XT
X800GTO
X1600XT=7600GS
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Close, but not exactly. An x850XT is significantly better then the 7600GT.
 
Bend3r said:
so in other words the 7600gt is better than the x1600xt?
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for what its worth,.. pretty much games ( fear, doom 3, quake 4 including ) are pretty optimized for nvidia cards. so sometimes even weaker nvidia cards outperform a stronger Ati card in such a game.

but, if you can afford the 7600GT, i can only reccomend it, its a nice card
 
[-0MEGA-];416755 said:
It is better, but then again, so is the 7600GS and 7600GT.
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yeah.

so does the 7600gt support SM3.0? if not.. is this something that makes the x1600xt more worth it??
 
Bend3r said:
I play Doom 3 and now i just got FEAR, prey and quake 4 for my birthday... time to upgrade my vid card.

im currently looking at getting the sapphire radeon X1600XT
Sapphire 256Mb GDDR3 Radeon X1600XT TV-Out DVI PCI Express AU$228

I dont really want to spend anymore than that.. can anyone recomend
me a vid card that can out perform the x1600xt?

another choice is this.. Asus EN7600GSSLN-HTD-512 Graphic Card 512Mb Cache GeForce 7600GS SLN HDTV-OUT DVI PCI-EX AU$204
but i have not found any reviews that go in depth.. just store reviews.. and like there going to be honest :rolleyes:

help... :eek:
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Where are you getting these prices from? They're quite high. Take a look at www.staticice.com.au. The 7600GT would be the best choice of those cards.

Close, but not exactly. An x850XT is significantly better then the 7600GT.
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I wouldn't mind seeing some evidence of that, all the reviews i've seen show it as being very close. I favour the 7600GT because of its cooler, quieter opreation and lower power consumption. For example:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/03/21/bfg_7600_gt_oc_ati_x1800gto/5.html
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/digest3d/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/08/25/sub_200_pci_express_graphics_card_showdown/index.html

Here in Australia the comparison is pretty much worthless anyway, 7600GTs are around $100 cheaper than X850XTs.
 
The x850XT IS a better performer than a 7600GT,its in tons of benchmarks,but between those 2,7600GT is alot better than the 1600Pro and x1600XT,i've also heard that the x1600's have a problem with AA and HDR on or something along the lines.Oh and those games are more so optimized for Nvidia cards i believe.
 
Omega, I'd say they are pretty much even, though the X850XT has more power but the 7600GT just has more SM support.
 
7600gt + x850xt pe > x1600xt > 7600gs > x1600pro
just buy something and get to gaming lol... get a 7900gt if you're that worried about getting the performance out of what you buy...
 
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