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06-04-2007, 07:00 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Which Video Card?
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 EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card Thanks for the help.  Cricket
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06-04-2007, 07:09 PM
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Thats a very close one. I would personally go with the 7600gt, it has less memory but has faster gddr3, and higher clocks.
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06-04-2007, 07:17 PM
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06-05-2007, 12:43 PM
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You may want to consider the Nvidia 8 series,they're about the same price and have some future built in.(8500gt and 8600gt)
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06-05-2007, 01:23 PM
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i would go for this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141062 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
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