Another AGP help post (sorry)

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Atherton213

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ok... my 9800 pro i thought broke... was gonna upgrade to pci-e and stuff... but now i just will build a whole new system end of the year... my 9800 pro works in WoW but only in windowed mode.... the shadows are all messed up too... it also works in a few other games... but artifacted and just bad... checkered pattern white boxes.... so i got the zalman cooler for it thinking it was overheating.... but that didnt really help... so now its finally at that point where i wanna play some newer games and games i have that it doesnt let me play...soo which should i get... dont want to spend alot... just something to replace... and be bit of an upgrade... i have a 3500+ 1GB of ram....

choices??
x800gto
7600gs
6800xt

i think all those are in the 130-150 range on the egg..... so if anyone knows of something better than those please tell me... and i dont want anything like "if you spend an extra $20 you can get this"... if at all possible i want it closer to the 130 range... and after rebate doesnt count....

thanks! :cool:
 
Well if you spend an extra $20 you can get... oh wait... sorry.. :p

I'd avoid the 68xt; The x8000gto versus the 76gs. Now admittedly, if you can unlock pipelines and the whole nine yards the x800gto can perform better than the stock 76gs. But the 76gs OC's as well. In the end since price seems to be driving this decision pick up the cheapest one of the x800gto or 7600gs you can fnd
 
The 7600 series also has the latest features that the X800 series do not. That may be factor in deciding.
 
I was in your exact same boat. I ended up snaggin an xfx 7600gs from newegg $130 after tax.

It is still in transit so I can't tell you how it performs but I can say I researched this for about a week and if you don't want to shell out the cash for a 7600gt (which I most likely will regret). Snag a 7600gs. Now the only thing with the on i got is that it has slower memory (not sure how i missed that). I have no idea how it will affect performance compared to other brand 7600gs's but in my case since I don't play that new of PC games it most likely won't be a big deal for me.

I think there is a leadteck 7600gs at NE for 130 (before tax) that has the normal ram speed.
 
if youre building a new system end of the year, why not just budget bust, get a crappy card to get you by, and pocket the rest for your new system?
 
0mega said:
if youre building a new system end of the year, why not just budget bust, get a crappy card to get you by, and pocket the rest for your new system?
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thats exactly what im doing...

thanks everyone for your help... im gonna check out the 7600gs's

i didnt even notice the new features on the 7600 over the x800 thanks for pointing that out :D
 
i mean excessively crappy... well, crappier than a 7600GS... like 7300 or lower...
 
0mega said:
i mean excessively crappy... well, crappier than a 7600GS... like 7300 or lower...
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nahh my computer is still pretty decent i think... would still like it to perform, to be able to play most games i throw at (doesnt have to be all high settings... even if its set to low everything)

just went to the egg and saw this....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606

it is toward the higher end of what i want to spend... but is this much better than the 7600gs?
 
atherton213 said:
nahh my computer is still pretty decent i think... would still like it to perform, to be able to play most games i throw at (doesnt have to be all high settings... even if its set to low everything)

just went to the egg and saw this....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606

it is toward the higher end of what i want to spend... but is this much better than the 7600gs?
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One of the reviews said it doesn't unlock to 16 pipes. But consider the source I guess.
 
Look on the FS/FT forum. I picked up an ATi X800XT PE for $150 shipped.:)
 
ok... well i didnt buy a card... but now im really going too haha

choices now....

7600gs
x1650
x850pro

:cool:
 
x1650 is you want the new features
x850 will likely match its framerate though
 
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