quick question about the X1600512mb agp c ard

[tomanders91]

Is getting the 512mb version really worth it? ive heard that i should save money by just getting the 256mb version, would it really make a big difference in gaming? say BF2? same thing as the 7600GS the 512mb version really make a big difference?

 

[hp7909]

Don't think it will make a (performance) difference? Besides the X1600 range is not that good, the NVIDIA's in the same range are better (see here)

 

[tomanders91]

can i just ask do you think a 7600GS 256mb is a better card than a X1600?

 

[Calum]

Yes the 7600gs is a better card

 

[hp7909]

Yes the 7600gs is a better card

Ditto

&...

...testing showed that the GeForce 7600 GS outperforms a GeForce 6600 GT and Ati's counterpart, the ATI Radeon X1600 Pro.

 

[Gashman]

the 7600GT > X1650XT > X1600XT > 7600GS > X1650 pro > X1600 pro that just about sums it up, however for around 120-ish you can have yourself a 7900GS (PCI-E only i believe) which will own all of them

 

[tomanders91]

shame im still on AGP, anyway im going for a 7600GS, because mine only supporst 4x agp cards

 

[Gashman]

good choice

 

[tomanders91]

thanks, i should be able to run BF2142 ok right?

 

[Tetras]

What is rest of your spec, mem, cpu?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

As above x1600's are utter pants, even worse if its the pro as that gets whooped of the 6600 GT, good choice on the 7600gs a much better card than that heap.

 

[HangTime]

No.

In fact 512meg is only really worth it on high end cards (x1900xt or above), and even then the performance increase isn't all that much. Reason being that the extra memory will only help at high resolution, which will be unplayable anyway on low/midrange cards.