Best bang for my buck in 1024x768

Bradtechonline

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My system specs are below. I'm going to go PCI-Express, and play in 1024x768 on a 17" Flatscreen CRT. Would a 7600 GT "the evga" one on newegg.com for $169.99 with 30 mail in rebate be able to play games like Oblivion or FEAR with ease in 1024x768?

I'm either going to stick with my 3700+, and get an EPoX SLI mobo for socket 754, or go dual core soon once price cuts drop next week.

If it's a waste to get a 7900GT for 1024x768 then I Won't. I am not up to date on performances in 1024x768 since I vaguely see benching at that low of a resolution.

My FX5900 can play Doom3, and quake4 at a solid 60 fps with the shadows turned off completly but I want some nice eye candy enabled when I do upgrade. I'm going to get me a nice 5.1 system, and sound card. Turn off the lights, and blast away.

 

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To make full use of 10X7 in current most intensive games you need atleast a 1800XT class.

7600GT can't play the most intensive games t max settings even at 10X7.
 

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Whilst agreeing with the above poster is tantamount to foruming suicide......I would look to future games and suggest a 256bit card, having gotten the 6600GT(extreme edition)a year ago, I can foresee the 7600GT lagging behind in 12 months at that res. But if you stretched it to the high mid range, then you will game at that res happily for some time to come imo.
 

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Originally posted by: martinez
Whilst agreeing with the above poster is tantamount to foruming suicide......I would look to future games and suggest a 256bit card, having gotten the 6600GT(extreme edition)a year ago, I can foresee the 7600GT lagging behind in 12 months at that res. But if you stretched it to the high mid range, then you will game at that res happily for some time to come imo.
256bit alone is not a good judge of performance. Having had a couple of 6800GS PCIe, the XXX 7600GT I picked up is noticably faster than a single GS, with max stable OC on both.

If the OP can afford to pony up for a X1800XT or 7900GT, it is a good move value wise. But, by tweaking settings, the 7600GT should handle 10x7 gaming for most titles coming out. HDR, soft shadows, AA/AF are what beat it up, so that's the place to sacrifice when needed.
 

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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: martinez
Whilst agreeing with the above poster is tantamount to foruming suicide......I would look to future games and suggest a 256bit card, having gotten the 6600GT(extreme edition)a year ago, I can foresee the 7600GT lagging behind in 12 months at that res. But if you stretched it to the high mid range, then you will game at that res happily for some time to come imo.
256bit alone is not a good judge of performance. Having had a couple of 6800GS PCIe, the XXX 7600GT I picked up is noticably faster than a single GS, with max stable OC on both.

If the OP can afford to pony up for a X1800XT or 7900GT, it is a good move value wise. But, by tweaking settings, the 7600GT should handle 10x7 gaming for most titles coming out. HDR, soft shadows, AA/AF are what beat it up, so that's the place to sacrifice when needed.

I agree on the X1800XT/7900GT comment. The 7600GT is about equivalent to the last-generation 6800GT, maybe a bit faster. It can run most games at 1280x1024 with medium settings, so it should be able to handle 1024x768 resolutions fine, for maybe a year or two.
 

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Originally posted by: Aflac
I agree on the X1800XT/7900GT comment. The 7600GT is about equivalent to the last-generation 6800GT, maybe a bit faster. It can run most games at 1280x1024 with medium settings, so it should be able to handle 1024x768 resolutions fine, for maybe a year or two.
Actually, the XXX@590/800 is significantly/noticably faster than a 6800GT in some titles, with playable settings for both in mind. I had a BFG 6800GT OC slightly past Ultra speeds and a 6800GS was faster overclocked. IME 7600GT OC > 6800GS OC > 6800GT@Ultra.
 

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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: Aflac
I agree on the X1800XT/7900GT comment. The 7600GT is about equivalent to the last-generation 6800GT, maybe a bit faster. It can run most games at 1280x1024 with medium settings, so it should be able to handle 1024x768 resolutions fine, for maybe a year or two.
Actually, the XXX@590/800 is significantly/noticably faster than a 6800GT in some titles, with playable settings for both in mind. I had a BFG 6800GT OC slightly past Ultra speeds and a 6800GS was faster overclocked. IME 7600GT OC > 6800GS OC > 6800GT@Ultra.

That GS/GT situation doesn't make sense. The 6800GS uses the same core as the GT, so they're essentially the same card. The 6800GS is basically a crippled 6800GT that NVidia was trying to rid inventory of.
 

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My bad, should ahve specified it was the PCIe version nv42 core 110nm , not the NV40/45 130nm core.