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NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB PCI-E Review |
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Written by Mavke
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
Digit-Life shares a review on the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB PCIe graphics card. Not long ago we took a look at new products from NVIDIA, launched on March 9th. One of them was GeForce 7600 GT, intended to oppose Radeon X1600 XT. But prices for the latter have already dropped and so ATI has put the powerful Radeon X1800 GTO against the new accelerator from NVIDIA. We have some reasons to assume that there will be again no direct competition between them, as the real price for the Radeon X1800 GTO will be higher than for the GeForce 7600 GT. So in that light NVIDIA positions the GeForce 7600 GS as a competitor to the Radeon X1600 PRO.
 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB PCI-E Review
The NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS is a very good product. That's the first time when cards with 12 shader and texture units come down to the $129 sector. It's inspiring. A simple design and a fanless cooler make this card a welcome component in barebone computers. Of course, I am again going to say that it will all be up to the price, as in case with the Radeon X1800 GTO. If the Radeon X1600 XT is cheaper, perhaps you'd better buy this one. If not, the evident choice in the $120-130 segment is the GeForce 7600 GS. And don't forget that the Radeon X1600 XT operates nearly at the limit of its frequencies.
While the GeForce 7600 GS can still be overclocked to 500MHz and even higher, coming close to the GeForce 7600 GT. So, in my opinion, the competition is won by the GeForce 7600 GS, that's quite fair. Yep, the notorious incompatibility of HDR and AA can poison some souls, but you will hardly enable AA in such cards. You should be grateful if your card copes with HDR and offers decent game play. It's good news that such high-end attributes as HDR can already come down to a cheaper sector. I'll remind you one more time that GeForce 7600 GS cards from NVIDIA partners may vary.
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