I'm keeping my purchase at or below $200 and I'm just coming up short here. I currently have a 6600GT at my office and it runs the game well, but I'm actually buying another PC for my home and I need to decide what I'm going to do. For another PC here in my office, I bought the 6800xt card and it runs the game a heck of a lot better than my 6600gt, but I'm looking to go a little beyond the 6800xt. Basically, here are my choices.
7600GT - 12 pipelines, 256mb ram, 580mhz core, 1500mhz memory, 128bit memory interface,...$160 - $180 depending on rebate.
6800GS - 12 pipelines, 256mb ram, 485mhz core, 1100mhz memory, 256bit memory interface,...$200.
I'm leaning towards the 7600 b/c it's newer technology than the 6xxx series...plus it's cheaper and that really is the bottom line. If I can get away with spending $30 - $40 less, that would be best.
My only concern with the 7600 is that they made the memory interface 128bit vs 256bit...not sure why they went backwards from the 6800.
Any help would be appreciated...any experience in comparing these cards? Please don't disregard the above cards and recommend the 7800, x1900, x1800, etc...THEY ARE OUT OF MY PRICERANGE!
I'd also be interested in what ya'll thought about the x800GTO or x800pro cards vs the above 2. Thanks a lot!!
7600GT - 12 pipelines, 256mb ram, 580mhz core, 1500mhz memory, 128bit memory interface,...$160 - $180 depending on rebate.
6800GS - 12 pipelines, 256mb ram, 485mhz core, 1100mhz memory, 256bit memory interface,...$200.
I'm leaning towards the 7600 b/c it's newer technology than the 6xxx series...plus it's cheaper and that really is the bottom line. If I can get away with spending $30 - $40 less, that would be best.
My only concern with the 7600 is that they made the memory interface 128bit vs 256bit...not sure why they went backwards from the 6800.
Any help would be appreciated...any experience in comparing these cards? Please don't disregard the above cards and recommend the 7800, x1900, x1800, etc...THEY ARE OUT OF MY PRICERANGE!
I'd also be interested in what ya'll thought about the x800GTO or x800pro cards vs the above 2. Thanks a lot!!
