Which Video Card?

[Cricket]

A friend of mine is going to build his first computer and was asking which of these two video cards to go with. Since I don't keep up with video cards I though I'd ask here. He's building a general use computer that will be doing work related stuff along with some photo and movie editing and DVD burning. He plays StarCraft and plans to get StarCraft 2 in the future.

Here are the choices:

EVGA 512-P2-N548-TX GeForce 7600GS 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130021)

EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062)

Thanks for the help.

:) Cricket

[Mr.Ferrari]

Thats a very close one. I would personally go with the 7600gt, it has less memory but has faster gddr3, and higher clocks.

[Cricket]

Thats a very close one. I would personally go with the 7600gt, it has less memory but has faster gddr3, and higher clocks.Thanks Mr.Ferrari...I noticed the GDDR3 things after I posted. I'll let my friend know.

:) Cricket

[Alfie]

You may want to consider the Nvidia 8 series,they're about the same price and have some future built in.(8500gt and 8600gt)

[perkster]

i would go for this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141062

its 8600 nvdia chipset and is dx10 compatible so more future proof and one for vista and dx10 games which will be out in a few years.

starcraft 2 may be another year away so best to be as future proof as possible, and the above card is same price as the two you posted