Author Topic: Final choice ... (Read 395 times)

straffo · « **on:** May 22, 2006, 04:20:38 PM »

As my wife said ok (it was a long ... long ... long discussion

)

I've now the choice between ...

219.00€ POINT OF VIEW GeForce 7600 GT - 256 Mo GDDR 3 - Dual DVI/TV-Out - PCI Express
199.90€ POINT OF VIEW nVidia GeForce 6800 GS - 256Mo Pci Express VGA TV DVI
199.00€ SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon X850 PRO - 256Mo GDDR3 - AGP - VGA TV DVI - bulk

and I'm lost !

Anyone to help me decide ?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2006, 04:55:08 PM »

You have listed 2 PCI-E cards, and one AGP card. What bus does your motherboard have? That should eliminate one or two cards.

Krusty · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2006, 06:10:22 PM »

Skuzzy's got a good point.

I'll make a different point. Before Skuzzy pointed out the obvious AGP/PCIe issue, my thought was "You have a Ge6800 and for 20 Euros more a Ge 7600. Just drop the 6800 and choose between the Ge7600 or the x850.

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2006, 11:39:47 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Skuzzy
You have listed 2 PCI-E cards, and one AGP card. What bus does your motherboard have? That should eliminate one or two cards.

both

it's an asrock dual

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2006, 01:36:56 AM »

I'd go for the 7600GT personally. The others are fine cards, but they cant keep up with it under a load. The only 6800 that comes close is the Ultra, and even it falls behind.

Of course if the only thing you use it for is AH2, it wont really matter. Any one of the 3 will do you fine and I doubt you'll notice a difference.

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2006, 02:25:03 AM »

I'll go for the 7600GT as it look to be more versatile plus it should use less watt as it's a 90nm chip.

I would like to thank you all for your input

OOZ662 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2006, 05:07:25 PM »

I'd like to make note that you can buy a standard 6800 and bump it up to Ultra status very easily by unlocking a couple parts of the card. There's even programs to do it. Just a way to save some cash.

straffo · « **Reply #7 on:** May 24, 2006, 02:22:25 AM »

Well it's to late I've grabbed the Point of View 7600GT.

Now what software I can use to tune this card ?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 24, 2006, 03:19:44 AM »

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Originally posted by OOZ662
I'd like to make note that you can buy a standard 6800 and bump it up to Ultra status very easily by unlocking a couple parts of the card. There's even programs to do it. Just a way to save some cash.

Only the AGP version. The PCI-e version is a different animal entirely. The standard version has no unlocked pipes.