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freakyhair

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Hi, I'm currently running an ATI 9600xt, and it's a bit slow, but alright. Now, I am upgrading my system to a MB with a PCI express. I play mostly shooter games, and would like something that reasonably plays games for the next year or two (HALO 2 and beyond).

I've been out of the loop for a while, but I've been searching for a card for ~$125 (I can go higher if really worth it.) Two cards that look nice are:

SAPPHIRE 100146L Radeon X1600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 ($110 at newegg)
XFX PVT42EUDE3 6800 XTreme 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 ($100 at newegg)

Is it worth it (or should I get a MB with both AGP and PCI, and wait for awhile)? Is there something better? and is there a good site to see side-by-side benchmarks on ALL VC's?

Thanks!
(I couldn't care less if it's ATI or GeForce...just the better deal.)
 
Go to ati.com and look into their trade up program. You can get a x1600pro 512 for $100. (either agp or pcie)

MH
 
MikeHunt988 said:
Go to ati.com and look into their trade up program. You can get a x1600pro 512 for $100. (either agp or pcie)

MH
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That's a TERRIBLE deal. Didn't you BOTHER to read freakyhair's post? The x1600 Pro performs significantly worse than the 7600 GS and x1600 XT, which he can get for EXACTLY the same price.

freakyhair:

That x1600 XT for $110 is not a bad deal. You can also consider a 7600 GS for $110 ($100 after MIR):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130020

The 7600 GS owns the x1600 Pro, and it trades wins with the x1600 XT in different games. both the x1600 XT and 7600 GS will provide acceptable performance in most games, so just buy the one that performs better in the games you like to play.

See here:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_7600_gs_preview/default.asp

Review summary:

7600 GS wins:

HL2 w/HDR
Quake 4
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Pacific Fighters
F.E.A.R (tied)
Serious Sam 2

x1600 XT wins:

HL2
Battlefield 2
F.E.A.R (tied)
Call of Duty 2

I would highly recommend the 7600 GT, though, if you can spare the extra cash. Like your 9600 XT in its day, the 7600 GT is THE best-value mid-range card. It only costs $40 more than the x1600 XT but as you can see in many games it performs TWICE AS FAST!
 
First off, it doesnt perform SIGNIFICANTLY worse, but yes it is worse. Secondly, you would get the full ATI warranty, and the possibility of included software. Third, settle down, it was a suggestion, you are right, it might not have been the best suggestions, i admit i didnt look into it as much as i should have. Fourth, had i know he was willing to spend more, of course i would have recommended a 7600gt.

MH

EDIT: Alright, yea after looking at his post again i was pretty off, sorry about the bad info man :rolleyes:
 
MikeHunt988 said:
First off, it doesnt perform SIGNIFICANTLY worse, but yes it is worse. Secondly, you would get the full ATI warranty, and the possibility of included software.
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Just FYI...

ATI's standard warranty is now 1 year, and has been for the last two years. This matches Sapphire's warranty.

In fact, Sapphire BUILDS "Built by ATI" cards for ATI, and ATI rebrands them.
 
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