Originally posted by: dug777
i was keen until i saw the 7600GT with AA/AF turned up against the x1800GTO

RTPE isn't showing a X1800GTO cheaper than 194 USD right no tho...
I'm res limited so i'd want to ladle on the AA/AF, and the 7600GT rly doesn't cut it imo in that department...plus no AA+HDR...
I was looking at the one with the 1.2ns RAM and the bigger cooler when i was interested tho.
The GeCube@newegg is $185 shipped after MIR, a very good deal. Look at the troll review for it, good for a laugh. "Ati is cheating with the drivers again."
Linked for laughs and nice pricing It really is a better card than the 7600GT overall, with features as added value. Avivo, performance with eye candy, particularly minimum FPS, and AA+HDR for this price are great selling points.
The
XpertVision 7600GT that has the better cooler&ram sinks, uses a different PCB than all the other reference based cards, and has 1.2ns ram, is a interesting card. Unfortunately the one VR had, didn't provide a superior memory overclock@stock voltage though.
I am using a 7600GT XXX for now, and it is faster than either of my 2 EVGA 6800GS PCIe max stable overclocked were *not SLI of course*, in some titles e.g. CoD2, noticably so. Nice not having the PCIe connectors running to vid cards for a change too. 199 shipped, GRAW DVD offer, and $30 MIR, with 590/800 OOB&double lifetime warranty was too good a deal to not justify playing around with one. I will get a different brand and F around with SLI later, and that 1 I'll overvolt and see what it can do. Don't want to trash the next owners warranty on this 1.
The 6800GT=7600GT comment in this thread is false IMO. My BFG 6800GT OC would hit past ultra speeds and it was still slightly slower than a 6800GS@440/600, and the XXX is better yet, 128bit or not.
BTW, doea anyone know if ATI enabled the dongless CF for the X1800GTO yet?