Asus 7300 GT 256 MB DDR3 ----> GOOD ENOUGH?

[yulyo]

I wanna buy a new pc and i need some infos.
Is this video card good enought?

Asus 7300 GT 256 MB DDR3

EN7300GT-TOP/HTD/256M
grafica PCI-E X16
GPU G73
256 MB
DDR3
128 bit
DirectX 9.0c
Pixel pipeline 8
VGA Output
TV Output
DVI Output
RAMDAC 400 MHz
NVIDIA SLI/ATI Crossfire
Frecventa GPU 350 MHz
Frecventa memorie 666 MHz

My pc will look like this:
Core 2 Duo 6300
Asus P5B
2x512 DDR2 800 Geil
...
I wanna play some games (NFS Carbon, Fear, Quake 4, etc)
Thanx a lot

 

[vonhell]

I've heard of some cheaper slide show solutions... (assuming you want to play on high settings)

 

[Trippynet]

That's a pretty low end card and won't be capable of much apart from low quality stuff. Seems pointless to me to team a Core 2 Duo up with such a budget card. I'd say a 7600GT minimum really. Depends on your price range of course.

 

[yulyo]

hy all and thanx 4 your answers.
Trippynet, i don't have money for 7600
So it would be better to buy this one or a ati x1300 256 ddr2?
some people are saying that ddr3 is 25% faster than ddr2 on video cards.
thanx again

 

[Lacostiade]

try to find an overclocked version, and dont be sad, this GPU can compete with an X800 GTO, just be thankful u r not stuck with a crappy 9550 pro. X1300 series sux so stay away from them

 

[kbrasee]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130062

7600GT for $110 - $20 rebate = $90. Cheap enough?

 

[bruce555]

I just picked up this card for a mother-in-laws computer and it's not bad. I was surprised that it gave playable framerates on Rainbow 6 vegas, well at 800x600 and everything turned all the way down. Not bad for someone who doesn't do any real gaming.

 

[yulyo]

kbrasee, i'm from Romania, mate.
Here 7600 is arounf 160$, so...no, not cheap enough
i don't play games everyday. i only play ocasionally.
cheers