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3DMark Benchmark 7600GT AGP

600/1540 as per sig....

more clocking data wanted, and any one voltage modding this card.. the 6600GT was a beast after volt mod... this could be the same.
 
John11 said:
has anyone clocked them cards yet and haw much :D
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PCI-E version, but mine is overclocked at 720/1800 :cool:

Mitch007 said:
more clocking data wanted, and any one voltage modding this card.. the 6600GT was a beast after volt mod... this could be the same.
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if the back of the PCB is the same layout as the PCI-E version, then only a pencil is required
 
Gigabyte 8knXP
P4 3.2 Prescott
1GB G.Skill 2/3/3/6 Ram
Leadtek A7600GT AGP

06 3023
03 12751

I was so depressed with my old ATI 9800se, Upgrading to the 7600GT is the best £130 I've spent In along time :)
 
arnell said:
Gigabyte 8knXP
P4 3.2 Prescott
1GB G.Skill 2/3/3/6 Ram
Leadtek A7600GT AGP

06 3023
03 12751

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Is the Prescott and 7600GT at stock or overclocked?

reason i ask is that your rig, memory, cpu and GPU are same if not similar to mine, and the bench results hold true too....
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Mitch007 said:
Is the Prescott and 7600GT at stock or overclocked?

reason i ask is that your rig, memory, cpu and GPU are same if not similar to mine, and the bench results hold true too....
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Yeah the CPU and GFX are all at stock :)
 
The £88 "this week only?" 3D fusion 7600GT @ 590/1580:

03:14425
05:6688
06:3632

X2 3800 @2.6GHz - DFI Ultra D - 1Gb Corsair 3200XL.

Your values are not bad considering it's AGP when compaired to my PCI-e varient

T

Old Marks :

01:27705
Aqua3:91451
 
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I'm thinking i need to upgrade my fx5900, reckon a 7600GT would get me a big performance boost? Or is it not worth it, and just wait a few months more and get a whole new system. I could probably stretch to £600 or so, so a low end core 2 duo, 7600GT and the usual trimmings.

Bottom line - £120-140 on a 7600GT for an AGP system, or ~ £600 on a low end core 2 system also with a 7600GT?
 
Slapping a 7600 GT AGP in your system would definitely make it a lot quicker. FX series were really terrible at pixel shaders, whereas the 7600 GT is above 6800 Ultra performance. It's a different league completely, especially with pixel shader intensive games like Oblivion, or any relatively new game.

As for whether you should go AGP or go PCI-E + Core 2 Duo, obviously the Core 2 Duo is a lot faster than your P4 and will get more out of the 7600 GT, to the tune of about 800-1000 pts in 3dMark05 (rough guess). That's not a lot as a percentage though when you're paying over 4 times as much, and you could overclock your P4 to make up some of that gap.

Buy the 7600 GT AGP now and sell it when time come to go Core 2 Duo + PCI-E.
 
Some benchmarks from my Dads PC-

P2 2.4 / 7600 GT AGP / DDR333

3DMark05: 4850

P2 2.4 @ 2.78 / 7600 GT AGP / DDR333 @ 386

3DMark05: 5250

Card is scaling nicely with CPU speed (further confirmed by jaxoncrakhammas benchmarks above) and consequently I'll be looking out for a nice cheap used P4 3.0/3.2 (which I'll overclock) to help it out.

jaxoncrakhamma - get an Arctic Cooling Freezer 4, pretty cheap (£12-15), cools much better than stock and much quieter than stock.
 
could you take a pic of the back of the PCB please?
im curious to see if you can volt mod it the same way as the pci-e version :cool:
 
fish99 said:
Some benchmarks from my Dads PC-

P2 2.4 / 7600 GT AGP / DDR333

3DMark05: 4850

P2 2.4 @ 2.78 / 7600 GT AGP / DDR333 @ 386

3DMark05: 5250

Card is scaling nicely with CPU speed (further confirmed by jaxoncrakhammas benchmarks above) and consequently I'll be looking out for a nice cheap used P4 3.0/3.2 (which I'll overclock) to help it out.

jaxoncrakhamma - get an Arctic Cooling Freezer 4, pretty cheap (£12-15), cools much better than stock and much quieter than stock.
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Can't find a guide on heatsink fan removal - had a little go and found it to be not that easy... Didn't want to bust anything so I gave up... Still want to do it and the arctic cooling freezer 4 looks ideal...
 
Heatsink removal is a piece of cake. Well, it's not but you should be able to manage it if you take your time. There's 2 levers you need to swing up and over the other way, then you have to pry out the hooky bits from under the bracket things they go in (I sometimes use a kitchen knife for this). You have to be careful when doing this not to knock one of the capacitors off your motherboard :D That's the only really tricky bit. You have to push the clips down towards the motherboard and then out to get them free.

If by any chance the heatsink is stuck to the CPU, just rotate it until it becomes free, don't pull it up or you'll pull the CPU out of the socket (although that doesn't usually damage it). Then clean the guke off the CPU thoroughly with some kitchen roll (some people use thermal compound remover too), apply some new thermal compound (I think some comes with the Freezer 4, not 100% sure though), and clip the new cooler on and attach the power to the fan header on the motherboard.

May as well learn how to do it. Before you know it you'll be building your own systems from scratch :)
 
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