which card would you get?

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Jeeprs69

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I can get either a 7600 GS 512 MB GDDR2
or a
7800GS OC 256 MB GDDR3
THey are AGP- not switching to PCIe
They are only $20 difference. Which is the better card for the money?
I'm upgrading from a ATI X800XL
It's going into a Asus A8V, 3800 X2 , 2G ram, raptor 150g, used mainly for gaming and surfing
Gonna try and get it today so fast replies appreciated
 
Honestly, I don't like Nvidia because the not-so-good image quality and ATi also performs better than Nvidia. IMO I would find a ATi card :)
 
there is a X1900 but it's 279( 229 After rebate) and I don't/can't spend that much.
They have a x1600 or the 1650 Pro for right around the same price.
 
I say neither. Skip both and wait for the 1950 Pro AGP to come out. Of course, if it's too expensive, then go for the 7800GS AGP for just $20 more.
 
Jeeprs69 said:
I can get either a 7600 GS 512 MB GDDR2
or a
7800GS OC 256 MB GDDR3
THey are AGP- not switching to PCIe
They are only $20 difference. Which is the better card for the money?
I'm upgrading from a ATI X800XL
It's going into a Asus A8V, 3800 X2 , 2G ram, raptor 150g, used mainly for gaming and surfing
Gonna try and get it today so fast replies appreciated
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Neither are going to be a big upgrade. With the 7600gt, it will feel about the same and a 7800gs is actually just about as powerful.

You are obviously running socket 939. My question is why not upgrade your motherboard and get a REAL upgrade with your videocard. It would be an extremely easy swap and you could actually upgrade your videocard instead of just topping out (like you have now).
 
Money :( Don't really have much to spend on it. Only reason I can upgrade now- I'm selling my old card to GF"s son so he can run games better on his 939. Unless I can sell what I got at a decent price I'm runnin what I got.
 
By the way loose... The Pro's always perform worse than the regular ones... And you picked a pro comparison... Good one.
 
genocide said:
By the way loose... The Pro's always perform worse than the regular ones... And you picked a pro comparison... Good one.
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http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=49&card2=301
They do? Last I checked, the pro version of ANY ati card is an upgrade from the vanilla version lol.

vanilla<pro<xl<xt<xtpe

And to add more insult to your stupid comment, they don't make a plain x1600 or x1650 in agp. They are only available in Pro and XT.
 
Right now I can't run the newest Tom Clancy games- I have shader 2.0 and it's says it needs shader 3.0 I know it don't work- I tried and the game kept crashing. So I'm looking for something that can run newer games
 
The x800 still can perform better... Overclockability... The 110nm Process and more fill rate :p
 
Oh and on another note compare the x1950 PRO against the x1950xt and tell me I'm wrong. :)
 
Jeeprs69 said:
Right now I can't run the newest Tom Clancy games- I have shader 2.0 and it's says it needs shader 3.0 I know it don't work- I tried and the game kept crashing. So I'm looking for something that can run newer games
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If thats the case, go with a 7600gt. Be warned though. R6 Vegas is a bitch on any system. People are complaining about poor framerates with coreduo chips and 8800gtx's. I bought it and couldn't stand it not being able to support widescreen, so I sold it on ebay. I got about 20-30fps average with my system on low-medium settings.
 
lloose said:
lol.. Yea, go with a downgrade.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=52&card2=458

7600gt vs x800xl
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=52&card2=435
Again, a downgrade.

7800gs vs x800xl
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=52&card2=382
Minor.. I mean MINOR upgrade. Do you want to spend +$200 on a card that you wont even notice a difference? Go for it lol.
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I noticed the cards you picked don't have the right core clock speeds as the ones I'm looking at.
http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=234807
http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=243878
 
genocide said:
Are you fucking retarted? Do you see the 3d Mark scores there? THE XT CLEARLY BEATS THE PRO BY A LONGSHOT!
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Hey, I never said that the pro is faster than the xt.. You were bitching about how the pro is slower than the vanilla version lol.

Here, let me quote myself..
vanilla<pro<xl<xt<xtpe
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Who's retarded? K, thanks.. I'm done.
 
From the side of the box 7800 GS OC
core clock 400MHz Mem clock 1250 MHz
256 DDR3

X800 is Core 400Mhz and Mem is 490 Mhz
256 ddr3
 
Ok so would the X1950 Pro be the best option if I break the piggy bank?
I can get one for $279 with a $50 rebate.
Is this the better way to go?
 
Ok, gonna break the little piggy and go get the X1950 Pro! :D
Just have to take my lunch to work for a little while :(
 
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