Good deal for 6800 GT?

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coldpower27

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Ok, I have a problem and am looking for the opinions of the members of this board, so bear with me. I am looking for a minor upgrade for my video card, Geforce 4 Ti4200 is getting long in the tooth, and was looking at a 6800 GT PCI-E for 100 CND used.

Would that be a reasonable deal, would be playing at 10x7 and 12x10 resolutions.

I did some calculations and I came up with these figures. If 7950 GT is 100% in performance, then the 7600 GT comes in at 55% with the 6800 GT coming in at 44%.

Here are my options:

6800 GT PCI-E used 100 CND
7600 GT PCI-E new 170 CND
7950 GT 256 PCI-E new 275 CND

I don't believe there are any major differences in their features sets, maybe borked PureVideo I guess on the 6800? Power consumption would be 7600 GT > 6800 GT > 7950 GT in that order. Geforce 7 obviously will rule for performance/watt. I hope I am not missing much.

I just want something to play Sims 2, X2: The Threat, Homeworld 2, FarCry, Doom 3, Age of Empires 3, and a few newer games down the road, but not in any hurry or anything.
 
I'm wondering why'd you skip the 7300 series? I just got a 7300GT for $69.99 and it seems to run fine for me.
 
Crotan said:
beyond pricing, isn't the 7300 GT a weaker card than the 6800 GT
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One of the reasons why I am not really considering the 7300 Series, the 6800 GT I am looking at beats out the 7600 GS and any Geforce 7 below that.

Most new 7300 GT's I am looking at are at least 100 CND new anyway, so it doesn't make any sense to get one anyway.
 
go for the 6800GT, the extra 70 dollars (even canadian ones ;) ) arent worth it for the unnoticable difference between a 6800GT and 7600GT
 
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