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7600gt vs x1650xt AGP

jeggsy

jeggsy

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Was pretty much set on getting a Gainward 7600GT Golden-sample AGP card but just noticed the HIS x1650xt AGP on this site.

I have seen loads of benchmarks that say a x1650pro gets beaten by the 7600gt but not seen any benchmarks for a x1650xt. Looking at the hardware specs, The x1650xt looks slightly better because of more shader units etc.

How do they compare ??? What would you choose given the choice ???? What about power wise because i've only got a 400w PSU ???

Have had ATI cards before at home & work and never really liked the drivers so still really leaning towards the 7600gt.

Any help would be great.


Cheers
Paul
 
Just looked on HIS site.... They do a 512Mb version of the x1650xt AGP but the GPU is clocked very slightly slower.

I'll throw that into the mix as well :D :D :D
 
Please provide the following info:

1) What games you play and at what res?
2) What brand PSU are you using? (plus ampere rating on the +12v rail)
3) What is your budget? (i.e. can you stretch to an x1950 pro?)
4) Whats your current rig and gfx card? (out of curiosity if nothing else)

Cheers
 
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 Get the 7600GT! It's more of an X1800 GTO competitor.

Edit: here you go http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35476
 
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Just wanted to upset the apple cart :P

EDIT: I'm not telling you to get the ATI card btw, I was just showing this as an example as to why you should evaluate the cards based on what games you play and more importantly at what res. 512 Cards are only worth it if you game at high res.
 
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Got the following spec PC:-

Abit NF7s V1.2 & AMD Athlon 3.0GHz CPU at stock speeds (Nforce2 chipset).
2x 512Mb Corsair PC3200's at stock settings.
Seagate 320Gb 7200.10 IDE HD.
Pioneer 16x DVD-RW & Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM.
FSP400-60PFN 400w Power supply - +12v = 15.0A's
Windows XP Pro SP2.

Don't play many games, FS2004, FSx, TOCA3, Wolfenstein. Do a lot of CAD including Autocad, Inventor, Mechanical desktop so OpenGL is important.


Cheers all
Paul
 
In that case, I'd go for the 7600GT, It's cheaper and faster in most cases.Anything higher and your PSU would probably fail.
 
jeggsy said:
AMD Athlon 3.0GHz CPU at stock speeds (Nforce2 chipset).
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Impressive, must be some socket A or 939 ive not heard of..? :confused: :p Heh anyway id suggest waiting for the DX10 8600GS/GT AGP range which Nvidia have confimed for April release. :)
 
Or get an as rock board that does agp ddr ddr 2 and pci express
and a core 2 duo for around £150 ditch the amd and slowly upgrade ram card then board keeping the cheapo as rock as a backup board should you ever need it.
 
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