XFX 7600GT Fatal1ty review

[McArra]

Just in case someone is interested... google translated, sorry

Link to the review translated (google)

Link to original review (Spanish)

Regards

 

[Tates]

But centering to us solely in the card and leaving to a side the context in which it moves, the question is: We were before best 7600GT of the world?
And the very clear answer: If.
He is 7600GT with more OC of series and more yield. In case this outside little it offers to us in addition one even magnifies passive refrigeration and a very competitive price with the rest of cards of its range at the cost of offering less ?straw?.

:laugh:

 

[McArra]

That's astonishing LOL

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Tates

But centering to us solely in the card and leaving to a side the context in which it moves, the question is: We were before best 7600GT of the world?
And the very clear answer: If.
He is 7600GT with more OC of series and more yield. In case this outside little it offers to us in addition one even magnifies passive refrigeration and a very competitive price with the rest of cards of its range at the cost of offering less ?straw?.

:laugh:

I love that...couldn't be more clear How long until decent transaltaion software comes out?

KT

 

[TheRyuu]

Resolution on Company of Heroes review:
1360x768


Never EVER saw that res before.
Why not just look up some English review anyway. Probably be better anyway

For a predominantly English speaking forum.

 

[McArra]

I've written it. Numbers are universal and someone may know spanish

 

[olmer]

Well, that is the one i had for a while ? now it went back to the shop with a ?faulty fan? problem for a refund ? to be replaced by x1950 pro as in a thread below. Nothing bad so say about this card ? certainly the best value4money within 7600 gt range. I wonder what room temperatures they tested this card in ? mine had never topped 50C idle 70-75 under load,- out-of-the-box clock though.

 

[McArra]

23ºC. The temps looked high when I was testing it, since I had better temperatures with the 7950GT, but sensors are not the most accurate thing it seems

 

[Piuc2020]

I translated the conclusion though its not perfect.

Conclusion:

First I'll clarifiy something I've decided to keep until the end, the bundle. It is meager and its annoying a particularly gamer-centric card such as this one can't give us anything else, but this has some reasons.

Currently the competition between ATI and NVIDIA is very close, if one gets a card out at some price, the other one counters with similar performance at a lower price or higher performance at the same price. This has produced a huge demand on mid range cards and 20-30 Euros (26-40 USD) have become the barrier to go from a card with Z performance to another one with Z+2 performance.

This 7600GT has to compete not only with other 7600GTs but keep its price down and not invade 7900GS and X1950Pro territory. Considering the features it offers and the cooling system this is without a doubt superior to its competitors, the only way to maintain its price is to cut down the bundle so as to not become overpriced which would make it fail.

This is, therefore, a magnificent product that might have arrived a little late, had it been released 4-5 months ago it would have opened a big gap in the midrange market.

But focusing solely on the card and leaving aside the context in which this card moves, the question is: Is this the best 7600GT in the world?
And the answer is very clear: YES.
This is the 7600GT with the best factory overclock and performance, as if it wasn't enough it offers great passive cooling and competitive price even at the expense of offering less "paja" (sorry can't translate this, I imagine this refers to the lack of a good bundle)

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Resolution on Company of Heroes review:
1360x768


Never EVER saw that res before.

1360x768 is what most of the 26-37" LCD TV's have for a native res.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Resolution on Company of Heroes review:
1360x768


Never EVER saw that res before.

1360x768 is what most of the 26-37" LCD TV's have for a native res.

Oh.
Thanks. Don't have an LCD TV, although I guess being here as long as I have I should know that right?

Nothing against the review.

 

[McArra]

Yep, is the Sony Bravia 40" native res.
Nice translation Piuc2020, and yes, "paja" goes for the bundle

 

[Zap]

If I'm right in reading it, clocks are 650 core, 1600 memory? That would put it higher than the previous 590 core, 1600 memory XFX card. Wonder what the "Fatal1ty premium" is on this?

EDIT: Found some info...

XFX PVT73GU1D4 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Fatal1ty Professional Series Video Card
$180 + shipping @Newegg
650 core, 1600 memory

XFX PVT73GUGD3 GeForce 7600GT
$120AR + shipping @Newegg
590 core, 1600 memory

Unless someone is a Fatal1ty fan (there's got to be at least a couple of people buying stuff branded with his name) or wants a factory fanless solution, I think the cheaper/slower card is a better value because 50% more cost doesn't justify 10% more core speed IMO.

BTW I have one of these - the $120AR one (I paid a bit more, now on loan to a friend). It did everything I asked of it, and felt nearly as fast as my 7900GS I switched to (stock 450 core, 1320 memory, passively cooled).

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
How long until decent translation software comes out?

A very long time, trust me.

 

[mancunian]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
How long until decent translation software comes out?

A very long time, trust me.

Correct. Whatever a computer can do in terms of translation, a human can do better, and probably always will do. I am a translator by trade and was never afraid that software would usurp my skills.

There are two reasons. First, if the text is written by a human, a computer has a hard time translating it because if anything, a computer is too logical. A computer also is unable to create suitable source text. This brings us on to the second reason, and that is the irregularity of some languages. Putting something into good English made is all the harder because English, by its very nature, is very irregular. So Piuc2020 is your best bet here.

As for Fatal1ty, this guy is just an ass. I would not buy a product branded with his 'name'.