512MB BFG 7600GS are they any good ???

[flyingbartdude.]

Hi Guys
Here I am again ive seen a 512MB BFG 7600GS OC nvidia Geforce AGP PC Video Card on e-bay for about

[cheesegrater]

7600GS will be a big improvement over 9600XT. However,

[flyingbartdude.]

Thanks for the info and link cheesegrater does it matter about the one in the link being 256mb to the one on e-bay a 512mb.
cheers flyingbartdude

[cheesegrater]

More memory does not necessarily make a card faster. The 7800GS has 256 MB, and it is WAYY faster. The core, memory, clock/memory speeds, number of pipelines, etc. is what determines speed. Both of those 7600GS are almost the same in those respects. I think the extra memory is marketing more than anything else.

[flyingbartdude.]

Thanks Cheesegrater I think after christmas I could afford the 7800GS but my dilema is if Im willing to pay

[ctjoyce]

Save longer and buy bigger. These little stepping stone upgrades that I see many people doing are pointless because the newer card or processer you are putting in will only achieve so much.

Personally I would save until your summer holiday and then buy a new rig for those short months where you can waste away infront of a screen in a dark room.

Cheers
Cameron

[flyingbartdude.]

lol nice one cameron yeah i see what you mean its a nightmare i can keep upgrading on and on wasting money . I think after christmas i could possibly scrape together about

[luke]

Hey Cameron, your Sheila's whtsit is going far too fast to be read. What did you put up her pants, red peppers and she is doing half a crown sixspence?

Slow her down to read her specs.

[flyingbartdude.]

lol  ;Dlol  ;Dlol nice one luke i wondered who was going to say something about camerons wotsit

[cheesegrater]

Stepping stone upgrades can be a waste of money. For example if you buy a weak video card for $100, and then spend $200 on an upgrade 6 months later. You could have bought that $200 card to begin with and saved $100.

I like window shopping, so I checked what it would take to build a good system on a budget.

E6300 -

[DizZa]

Hey Cameron, your Sheila's whtsit is going far too fast to be read. What did you put up her pants, red peppers and she is doing half a crown sixspence?

Slow her down to read her specs.

[Whispers to Ctjoyce] I think he's coming on to you.[/whisper]

[flyingbartdude.]

NICE ONE CHEESEGRATER HAD SOME GOOD OLD MAGNERS(CIDER)TONIGHT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME MATE LOOKS LIKE I AWT 2 SAVE N BUY A NEW SYSTEM WERES THAT CAMERON WHEN YA NEED IM. ANYWAY SEEN THE NEW RADEON X1950PRO AGP ON SALE N OUR LASS SAYS I CAN AV IT 4 CRIMBO THANX GUYS 4 AOLL YOUR INPUT MERRY XMAS
FLYINGBARTDUE.

[ThatOnePerson]

Ahhh all the upper case, it burns!

[flyingbartdude.]

THHANNX SNIPRE MAN MERRY CHRISTMAS DUDE

[gypsymoth]

ctjoyce/Cameron has suggested I build a computer but as someone new to computing I don't know what to buy.    You've put a system together, cheesegrater, from a UK source, so if I ask nicely (please) will you suggest components that I might buy, for say,