7600gt or 7800gt

[stinger608]

I have to ask all of the members what you think? Which do you think is a better card for the money?

7600gt is around the 150 mark

7800gt recert is around the 200 mark

I personally think that for the extra 50 the 7800gt would be a lot better.
I was thinking that a 7900gt would be a killer card, but, I have heard some bad mumbo jumbo about the 7900's having a lot of rma's due to odd artifacts!

I am just wondering if everyone thinks that the 7800gt recertified card will be a better deal for the extra 50 bucks

[One4yu2c]

The 7600GT is a great card for the money and holds up surprisingly well for a 128-bit piece of silicon, but given the price of the 7800GT, that's what I'd go with.

Just be sure and put a recertified card through its paces in that 15-day window that Newegg provides to make sure it passes muster. The last time I bought an open box item from them (9800 Pro AIW), it came with the full retail box and all included accessories, some even still sealed, however the card artifacted right from the get-go. Definitely worth the gamble though, as you have ample time to test it out.

[simple_inhibition]

have you considered the X1900GT? they run about $200 now and are only slightly slower than a stock 7900GT. just throwing some ideas out there :)

[Jokerswild]

7800GT gets my vote.

[Capper]

I don't know. considering the rest of your hardware...unless you plan on a pretty good overclock, i don't think you'll see much difference between a 7600GT and a 7800GT, both are very good cards, but the 7600 is newer (G71 Core as opposed to the 7800GTs G70 Core), and the fact you are not getting someone elses discarded card....you don't know what they did, or tried to do.
I'd honestly save the $50 and invest it somewhere else

[fps justin]

i think both of the cards are good. Although i agree with rich, save the 50 bucks for something else.

[Hitman]

This should break it down party style.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by stinger608

I was thinking that a 7900gt would be a killer card, but, I have heard some bad mumbo jumbo about the 7900's having a lot of rma's due to odd artifacts!

I had those issues with the 7800GT, I stepped it up to the 7900GT and I havn't had any problems. I have been running the 7900GT for almost 4 months now.

[Capper]

of course you could always look at our review of the 7600GT, where we used the 7800GT for comparison
http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/61...006-05-17.html

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Capper

of course you could always look at our review of the 7600GT, where we used the 7800GT for comparison
http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/61...006-05-17.html

Good call!

I would recommend the 7600GT. As you can see from HardwareLogic's review, they perform very similarly; not quite worth the extra $$ for the 7800GT if you ask me. If you are willing to fork over $200 for a video card, then go with a 7900GT or X1900GT. :thumleft: