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Profile: stranger
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Hi there; |
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*Smacks turpit with a +15 ban stick*
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What's your current card? |
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Profile: stranger
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FX5600 |
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A 7600GT will be like night and day compared to an FX5600, and the x1950 pro will be like heaven and hell.
Message edited by randomizer on 08-30-2007 at 01:43:56 PM |
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Profile: Eternal Poster
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Sounds Reasonable to me as well. |
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Profile: nimble knuckle
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I second those votes, I'm happy with the 7600GS I recently upgraded to (although I'm not a huge gamer, playing NFS:Carbon right now). --------------- Lian-Li PC-7B | XClio Greatpower 550W | P4 3.2 Prescott SL7E5 | Scythe Ninja 2GB DDR400 Corsair VS (4*512) | eVGA nVidia GF 7600GS AGP vmod 1.46/1.91 OCd 740/910 WD 120GB & 250GB PATA & WD 640GB SATA (on PCI SATA card LOL) WinXP MCE 2004 |
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7600GS or 7600GT, depending if you have something better to do with the ca 50$ more 7600gt costs. Personally i dont think there is a point in pumping so much money in such an old system, so i would go with 7600gs. |
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Agreed --------------- Lian-Li PC-7B | XClio Greatpower 550W | P4 3.2 Prescott SL7E5 | Scythe Ninja 2GB DDR400 Corsair VS (4*512) | eVGA nVidia GF 7600GS AGP vmod 1.46/1.91 OCd 740/910 WD 120GB & 250GB PATA & WD 640GB SATA (on PCI SATA card LOL) WinXP MCE 2004 |
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Profile: stranger
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Thank you for your answers. Message edited by Giskard Reventlov on 08-30-2007 at 03:30:17 PM |
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Profile: old hand
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The fastest card you can get is probably limited by your PSU. Please post specifications - make & model and power output (the latter should be on a label on the PSU or available from the manufacturer online). Does it have an available PCIe power connector (so named but also used for higher end AGP cards) and/or two available 4 pin molex connectors?
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Profile: enthusiast
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I have in what is now a htpc rig a athlon xp 2500+ oc'ed to 3200+ a palit 7600gs with ddr3 i oc'ed it to 550 core and 1250memory and i played test drive unlimited on high, oblivion with low to medium setting with no lag and bioshock with high details. |
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What became of subtlety?
Profile: old hand
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I just purchased an x1650 Pro AGP for my old system and I am quite pleased with the results for the money spent. |
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Profile: Eternal Poster
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The 7600GT will be quite a bit better than the 7600GS.
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Profile: Forum Gigolo
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Here is a review copmparing the 7600 GT and X1950 PRO on an Athlon XP 2500+:
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Yeah, I went from a 5200 to a 7600GS and I used a 3D benchmark that was a flyover some trees (I think it was part of PC Wizard or something). Anyway, it went from a barely veiwable slide show (maybe 8-10 FPS) to smooth as butter (62 FPS). I think the 6-8x increase in processing power was more than enough. --------------- Lian-Li PC-7B | XClio Greatpower 550W | P4 3.2 Prescott SL7E5 | Scythe Ninja 2GB DDR400 Corsair VS (4*512) | eVGA nVidia GF 7600GS AGP vmod 1.46/1.91 OCd 740/910 WD 120GB & 250GB PATA & WD 640GB SATA (on PCI SATA card LOL) WinXP MCE 2004 |
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Profile: stranger
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According with the review, the x1950pro seems great for some games, but I think that for my slow computer, much cheaper 7600GT is better.
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