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7600gs

Cairnsey

Cairnsey

Cairnsey

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Hi,

Heres my (ancient) spec:

P4 2.4b Northwood
1Gb Crucial DDR400
Abit BE7
Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb

I want to buy a 7600gs, would I see much improvement? I origianlly planned on getting a x1950 pro AGP but seen too many people having probs with PSU requirements and someone with a BE7 said they had major troubles til they switched motherboard. Not worth buying a new board and psu in my opinion so I'm buying the cheapest 7600gs i think just to tide me over(its only £80). I then plan on getting one of those £36 ASrock boards(in the not so distant future) that have both PCI-E and AGP and both DDR and DD2 support (anandtech showed bencies between the 2 memory standards and theres nothing in it), so I can migrate all my stuff over and buy a conroe for it. Then I'm in a position where I can buy whatever graphics card I want and have a fairly decent system. Any thoughts? I'm particularly looking for responses from people who have a 7600gs and/or the asrock board or anyone who has upgraded from a 9700 pro to the 7600 gs.

Right, Cheers
 
if you were going to go for the ATI card and had the cash.. look at this weeks deals at the 7600GT, great card and at the 111 quid its on offer at you can'r go wrong.

Saying that either 7600GS or 7600GT will give you massive boost in performance over current card.

I upgraded from a 6600GT and sawe great improvement. the 7600 series is a great outing for nvidia....
 
I didn't really have the money for the ATI card but was going to 'invest' in the x1950 Pro AGP to tide me over until I get a complete new PCI-E/Conroe System. But now I've found out about this ASrock board I can do things as I mentioned above. What the differences between the gs and gt, clock speed?
 
Cairnsey said:
anyone....? I Mean can I overclock the gs to gt speeds or what?
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GS = 400\800 (256MB DDR2, 12 pixel pipelines)
GT = 560\1400 (256MB DDR3, 12 pixel pipelines)

Some GS cards come pre-clocked and in some cases with exotic cooling and DDR3 (for still somewhat less than a GT). Worth considering.
 
thanks, i'm a skinflint so i'll prob just go with the gs for £30 less. Do you know if it(7600gs) will work with my be7 as its only 4xAGP (3.3V) capable?
 
Cairnsey said:
thanks, i'm a skinflint so i'll prob just go with the gs for £30 less. Do you know if it(7600gs) will work with my be7 as its only 4xAGP (3.3V) capable?
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Needs to work with 1.5V cards, or the GS will get fried. Having said that I used 8x cards in older socket 370 and socket A boards...
 
hmmm thought agp4x was 3.3v. on all the info i read about 7600 it only states agp8x compatible which is 1.1v if i'm correct?
 
Cairnsey said:
hmmm thought agp4x was 3.3v. on all the info i read about 7600 it only states agp8x compatible which is 1.1v if i'm correct?
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1.5v - if you look at the connector it has a notch, which means it will run in 4x boards.. Older 4x cards and boards do run at 3.3 (for example Riva TNT on a slot 1 motherboard).
 
Im well confused now :confused:

Can you just confirm, yes or no, that I'll be able to use this card?
I'm thinking by your response thats its "yes". Its late and my brain is screwed up now! :o
 
Cairnsey said:
Im well confused now :confused:

Can you just confirm, yes or no, that I'll be able to use this card?
I'm thinking by your response thats its "yes". Its late and my brain is screwed up now! :o
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I said yes already...then I explained that Abit's own spec states it will. Then I explained about the voltage issue. Is that enough? :p
 
just read that AGP8x is 0.8V which is what the card needs. Will my board fry it or am I p*ssing you off more now :p (I don't mean to sorry, your being very nice and helpful)
 
Cairnsey said:
just read that AGP8x is 0.8V which is what the card needs. Will my board fry it or am I p*ssing you off more now :p (I don't mean to sorry, your being very nice and helpful)
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No 8x card I've run (out of several ATI\Nvidia) actually used 0.8V. I guess it was kept at 1.5v to ensure backwards compatibility with AGP4x because a lot of people would have gotten upset otherwise.
 
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