7600 gt vs x850xt

PieIsAwesomePieIsAwesome Ontario, CA
edited July 2006 in Hardware
I'm looking for a card for a Athlon 3500 computer I got.
Which exactly would be better? I've been behind lately in the world of PC hardware.

I plan to run at no more than 1280x1024, play the newest games, and have settings on high with AA and AF.

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  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    the 7600GT has support for HDR and a few other new techs afaik, Id go for the 7600GT.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2006
    PieIsAwesome wrote:
    I'm looking for a card for a Athlon 3500 computer I got.
    Which exactly would be better? I've been behind lately in the world of PC hardware.

    I plan to run at no more than 1280x1024, play the newest games, and have settings on high with AA and AF.
    The 7600GT should give you slightly better performance. Also the 7600GT is DX9.0c & SM3.0 whereas the X850XT is DX9.0b & SM2.0.

    TechReport 7900GTX & 7600GT Review pg7

    The X1800GTO in the article is similar in performance to the X850XT
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    Omega65 wrote:
    The 7900GT should give you slightly better performance. Also the 7900GT is DX9.0c & SM3.0 whereas the X850XT is DX9.0b & SM2.0.

    TechReport 7900GTX & 7600GT Review pg7

    The X1800GTO in the article is similar in performance to the X850XT

    except for the fact that he said 7600GT, which would probably still be better, and yes, the new gen will have SM3, HDR, Dx9c, and others.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2006
    Typo - I was referring to the 7600GT. The 7900GT is FAR above the X850XT in performance
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    Omega65 wrote:
    Typo - I was referring to the 7600GT. The 7900GT is FAR above the X850XT in performance

    I would definately hope so for how much it costs.:p
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2006
    The 7900GT is only ~$260 Not that expensive for the performance. About equal to the $600 550mhz 7800GTX that were all the rage last Dec/Jan
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