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Kahlan Amnell
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:29 pm    Post subject: Vid card Reply with quote
getting a new one, budget of at or under $200
I heard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125010 is a better card than a geforce 7600? due to the geforce 6800 having 256 mem rather than the 128....

anyone have any experience with either of these cards or have a recommendation for one? needs to be compatible with my Asus A8N-sli mobo (here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540) and athlon x2 4200 (here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547)

(building new comp kinda, getting a new processor, mobo, and graphic card, pretty much everything else is newer in my current cpu and will be transferred over to save me some money Any comments, suggestions, whatever are MOST welcome )
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
donno where you got the idea that 7600's has 128MB of memory.

Here's a good card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
was one i was looking at, but friend pointed out the:

Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit

hrm?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kahlan Amnell wrote:
was one i was looking at, but friend pointed out the:

Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit

hrm?


I doubt it matters much. the 7600 has a better architecture, probably a higher clock speed( I can't find the one you posted's speed), and alot more graphical features.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mike wrote:
Kahlan Amnell wrote:
was one i was looking at, but friend pointed out the:

Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit

hrm?


I doubt it matters much. the 7600 has a better architecture, probably a higher clock speed( I can't find the one you posted's speed), and alot more graphical features.


It makes a huge difference. Get a 256 bit memory interface and do not get a 128 bit. 128bit are out of date and will not give you performace that you are looking for.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got an ATi x850 pro which i love! I'd wait a little bit longer until DirectX 10 comes out and decide then. That's just my opinion
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102505

This is the one I have and I love it. I have no problems running HL2 or FEAR, or Oblivion! Well...i have to keep anti aliasing around 2X on Oblivion, but, cmon! have you seen those screen shots! http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_pc_screens_01.htm

Anyways, I love the Omega drivers for ATI cards, escpecially the ATI tray tools Overclocking utility

I bought this card in november at $289 It is much more affordable now
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
hey mujo where r the overclocking tools?

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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hey mujo where r the overclocking tools?


They're called ATI Tray Tools, they come with the Omega drivers. http://www.omegadrivers.net/ At least I thought thats where i got em from . ATI Tray Tools help you overclock and set fan Speeds per temperature. Pretty nifty.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
DaKon wrote:

It makes a huge difference. Get a 256 bit memory interface and do not get a 128 bit. 128bit are out of date and will not give you performace that you are looking for.


What he said.

Sure the newer card will be faster and can handle "newer" technologies (which you won't see in any games for awhile) I would get the one with the most memory.
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