7600gt 246ddr2 vs 8500gt 512 ddr2

I have these two cards, both of them work well for me.
I'm using XP, not Vista, so it's DX 9 not DX10. UT3, L4D,Flatout2, are the
types of games I play.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=24750&image ID=70163399

Please check the Gpuz pix and let me know which might be bettr.

Oh, AMD 6000+, 3 gigs 'o ram

TonyK

tonyk wrote in
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I have these two cards, both of them work well for me.
I'm using XP, not Vista, so it's DX 9 not DX10. UT3, L4D,Flatout2, are
the types of games I play.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=24750&image ID=70163399

Please check the Gpuz pix and let me know which might be bettr.

Oh, AMD 6000+, 3 gigs 'o ram

TonyK


I shouldn't have used myspace, here's the shot on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3986040...10628/sizes/o/

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tonyk wrote in
. 153.21:

I have these two cards, both of them work well for me.
I'm using XP, not Vista, so it's DX 9 not DX10. UT3, L4D,Flatout2, are
the types of games I play.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=24750&image ID=70163399

Please check the Gpuz pix and let me know which might be bettr.

Oh, AMD 6000+, 3 gigs 'o ram

TonyK


I shouldn't have used myspace, here's the shot on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3986040...10628/sizes/o/

Neither are desirable for any modern 3D gaming title. Two games you have
listed are non-demanding....and L4D is forgiving when dealing with low end
3D cards at moderate resolutions. If I had to choose betwen the two evils
listed I would pick the 7600GT 256Mb card because it has DDR3 running at
1500Mhz and is a better performer. The 8500GT (which is overclocked, I note,
while the 7600GT is not) is a weak card, it's 800Mhz DDR2 is basically 1/2
the speed of the 7600GT. The 7600GT can be overclocked farther. You can get
a 9600GSO 256bit 384Mb DDR3 card for $50 on Newegg. This card has more
performance than the two you list put together. For $70 you can get a 9600GT
256bit 512Mb DDR3 card 650Mhz core / 2000Mhz memory.

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tonyk wrote in
. 153.21:

I have these two cards, both of them work well for me.
I'm using XP, not Vista, so it's DX 9 not DX10. UT3, L4D,Flatout2, are
the types of games I play.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?
fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=24750&image ID=70163399

Please check the Gpuz pix and let me know which might be bettr.

Oh, AMD 6000+, 3 gigs 'o ram

TonyK

I shouldn't have used myspace, here's the shot on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3986040...10628/sizes/o/

Neither are desirable for any modern 3D gaming title. Two games you have
listed are non-demanding....and L4D is forgiving when dealing with low end
3D cards at moderate resolutions. If I had to choose betwen the two evils
listed I would pick the 7600GT 256Mb card because it has DDR3 running at
1500Mhz and is a better performer. The 8500GT (which is overclocked, I note,
while the 7600GT is not) is a weak card, it's 800Mhz DDR2 is basically 1/2
the speed of the 7600GT. The 7600GT can be overclocked farther. You can get
a 9600GSO 256bit 384Mb DDR3 card for $50 on Newegg. This card has more
performance than the two you list put together. For $70 you can get a 9600GT
256bit 512Mb DDR3 card 650Mhz core / 2000Mhz memory.



I agree, the 7600GT will lead by quite a good margin. The 8500 is so
crippled in shader units as to be unusable. The difference between it
and an 8600GT is quite large.

However, if you were to get a new cheap card as suggested, you could use
the 8500 as a Physx/CUDA card and greatly increase your performance in
situations like UT3 w/ Phsyx pack or Sacred 2, etc. Just a thought.