7600gt with ddr2?!

[CompG33k]

Hey guys

I was about to purchase an evga superclocked 7600gt until i noticed its vram was ddr2 instead of ddr3. I was wondering how much this would affect the performance of this card

Heres the link: 7600gt

Thanks in Advance!

 

[MrMr]

That is as good as a 7600GS. They call it a GT because of CORE clock frequency. I call it BS and misleading.

 

[shargrath]

Hey It looks like the 7600GT you're looking at runs 100mhz(200mhz effective) faster then the pci-e 7600GT GDDR3 counterpart. So go for the 7600GT you're looking at!
EDIT!: Thats no GT thats a GS avoid it at all costs! How about this?
X1650XT $220:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2776961&CatId=935
OR
XFX 7600GS $140: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2430668&CatId=935

 

[shargrath]

Umm, what you smoking? It's DDR2 not DDR3 @800x2.

Yeah I realized that it was 800mhz effective as soon as I posted so I've edited my post. BTW nice dp ferrets are awesome I miss my Finnie alot.

 

[MrMr]

I have 2. Had one die two years ago and still think of him. I feel your pain
How old was Finnie?

 

[shargrath]

6 she died at the start of the year poor thing I had to get her put down at the vets due to a major internal infection . I would get another one but there illegal in Queensland due to health risks or some crap like that.

 

[cristip60]

Well you could just skip going after a new video card and get a ferret their so great .
Well you could get a palit 7600gs with ddr3 and oc it.

 

[MrMr]

I can't find Palit anywhere in Canada. But I did find some decent deals on the web.

http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=332319 X1950Pro 512 meg AGP $185


http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=332388
7600GT 256 meg AGP $175

 

[cristip60]

What cpu do you have?

 

[CompG33k]

I have an AMD 3500+ with (2 x 512)mb of ram
A little off topic to extend the life of this rig, would it be wiser to invest in an additional 1gb of ram for a total of 2 gigs of ram or should i invest in a 7600gt.

 

[cristip60]

You should go for the video card it will boost fremes much more then a 1gigabyte of ram can.

 

[cristip60]

Sorry for the previous post, try to find a palit 7600gs with ddr3 and oc it, or go for a regular 7600gt with just 256 ddr3 memory.