XFX GEFORCE 7600GT Video Card Review

**Capper** · May 17th, 2006

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XFX GEFORCE 7600GT Video Card Review
http://hardwarelogic.com/news/61/ART...006-05-18.html

RangerXLT8 · May 17th, 2006

That's a wild looking card. Results are impressive for a budget card, great job!

Tyreal · May 17th, 2006

It's a pretty amazing card. The 7600GT is neck and neck with the 7800GT at lower resolutions and detail levels. Probably because you are using the same CPU and it is bottlenecking. But when the details are cranked up, the bottleneck is moved to the videocard and the 7600GT can no longer keep up.

http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/Ho.../testbench.jpg
That looks like Steam up there on your second monitor. Have you been playing CS:S? I like your new room setup. Looks more professional.

**simple_inhibition** · May 17th, 2006

the 7600GT is sweet! great review capper!

**Capper** · May 17th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Tyreal

It's a pretty amazing card. The 7600GT is neck and neck with the 7800GT at lower resolutions and detail levels. Probably because you are using the same CPU and it is bottlenecking. But when the details are cranked up, the bottleneck is moved to the videocard and the 7600GT can no longer keep up.

http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/Ho.../testbench.jpg
That looks like Steam up there on your second monitor. Have you been playing CS:S? I like your new room setup. Looks more professional.

The bottleneck isn't very much at all....and even if you want to look at it that way, you should also consider that its a great reason for people not to buy "too much" video card. I actually think you are misusing "bottleneck"......in your context there is always going to be a bottleneck, which in a way will always happen.
A real bottleneck would be something like using a Sempron processor and a high end video card, or running PC2700 memory in a current PC3200 system

**simple_inhibition** · May 18th, 2006

yeah it offers great performance at mainstream prices. would i be wrong to say that this card has the possibility of being the next geforce2?

Tyreal · May 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Capper

The bottleneck isn't very much at all....and even if you want to look at it that way, you should also consider that its a great reason for people not to buy "too much" video card

Your right. There isn't very much of a bottle neck at all but there is one. Thats why the FPS are so close. The bottleneck is nothing at all though, especially at such a low resolution and detail level.

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A real bottleneck would be something like using a Sempron processor and a high end video card, or running PC2700 memory in a current PC3200 system

Limitation?

fps justin · May 18th, 2006

awesome review.

Miazga82 · May 19th, 2006

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Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

would i be wrong to say that this card has the possibility of being the next geforce2?

I would say GF4 Ti-4..00 or GF6600

**simple_inhibition** · May 19th, 2006

yeah that would be the same class. i just mentioned the GF2 cause it was the most prolific chip of its time. i mean they can still be found faithfully running in pc's today. also the GF4 MX series was just a modification to the G15 core of the GF2. pretty neat stuff :D

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Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	It's a pretty amazing card. The 7600GT is neck and neck with the 7800GT at lower resolutions and detail levels. Probably because you are using the same CPU and it is bottlenecking. But when the details are cranked up, the bottleneck is moved to the videocard and the 7600GT can no longer keep up. http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/Ho.../testbench.jpg That looks like Steam up there on your second monitor. Have you been playing CS:S? I like your new room setup. Looks more professional. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,462 Blog Entries: 1	the 7600GT is sweet! great review capper!

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simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,462 Blog Entries: 1	yeah that would be the same class. i just mentioned the GF2 cause it was the most prolific chip of its time. i mean they can still be found faithfully running in pc's today. also the GF4 MX series was just a modification to the G15 core of the GF2. pretty neat stuff :D