7600GT or 7900GT

[VVM]

hey.  ive decided to upgrade my graphics card after only 6 months.  the reason... i have a couple of payware add-ons and i cant use them becasue my radeon x800gto will only give me 3-5 fps which really is unusable (imo).  so, down at my local pc component store, they have a 256mb 7600gt (

[Gunny04]

7600 is like a 6200 or 6600 I think, not sure, I've fallen behind the times on modern tech, but if you compare it to the 6 series you have the 6200, 6600, 6800, in the 7 series I am not sure how low they go, but I'd take the 7600 GT if its only for fs, if its more than just that, 7900GT Cheers, Gunny

[ctjoyce]

7900GT all the way. Better core, better card. Also only about $20 more. Just be warned that they do not come in AGP.

Cheers
Cameron

[VVM]

ok, so ill more than likely go for the 7900.  now, bear in mind im not too good with the hardware side of pcs.  i noticed on the nvidia web site that the memory on the 7900 is GDDR3.  now, my mother board has dual channel ddr 2 written on it.  does that mean its incompatable?

thanks, scott

[ctjoyce]

RAM on the video card is ON THE CARD. It dosn't plug into the mobo. When a card says "shared memory" thats when it steals system memory to help it along. Its comon with the X300, X1300, 7300, and FX series cards.

Cheers
Cameron

[VVM]

thanks for the help    :)

[ctjoyce]

Any time. Just don't wan't you to get the wrong hardware

Oh ya, also make sure to get a Leadtech or eVGA one. (Pref the eVGA KO series)

Cheers
Cameron