new graphics card

tom_ass19

heya, at the moment i have the nvidia 6600 256MB, i want to upgrade to this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318585 i was wondering is it worth the buy, the core clock speed is 600Mhz so thinking its good. Just need someone elses comment

DemonOfTheFall

I wouldn't say it's worth the money. Wait a couple of months or spend a bit more money, you won't see a huge performance boost.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318805 that would probably give you a decent speed boost though.

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/bfg_7600_gt_oc_sli/
The X1600XT gets annihilated by the 7600GT in this review.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318813 this would thrash them all again though...

Up to how much cash you want to drop really, but the x1600xt looks like a total piece of crap after 30 seconds on google.

DonkeyRhubarb

There not enough gain to justify getting another card. Either wait for the next generation of mid-range cards or get a high spec one now.

8T8

Yeah the X1600XT gets it's ass handed to it by NVIDIA's 6600GT and 7600GS and 7600GT not good part from ATI. Clock speed alone is not a factor to judge the power of a GPU.

If you want the next card up from ATI which is actually faster than the 7600GT its the X1800GTO they go for around €260. It's basically a cut down X1800 GPU but it's a pretty good card all the same but slightly more expensive than the 7600 cards.

If you want to hold out for something cheaper from ATI they are launching a X1700 series to compete with the 7600 GPUs but whose knows when those will show up.

Only upgrade if you really feel the need to or are unhappy with your current setup.

tom_ass19

hey guys, thank for all the info, im gonna go wit the X1800GTO 256MB. Cheers