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Old January 21st 10, 03:33 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default nvidia geforce 7600 gt Time to upgrade

Hello...

Just built a new comp for windows 7 and would like any recommendations
for upgrading my PCI card (nvidia geforce 7600 gt) A mid priced card,
say around £50+ or so, ($80+)

Thanks
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Old January 22nd 10, 12:30 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default nvidia geforce 7600 gt Time to upgrade

On 1/21/2010 8:33 AM, alo wrote:
Hello...

Just built a new comp for windows 7 and would like any recommendations
for upgrading my PCI card (nvidia geforce 7600 gt) A mid priced card,
say around £50+ or so, ($80+)

Thanks


I can't currently recommend an NVIDIA based card, they just don't have
the bang for the buck value in the midrange right now. A GT220 or 240
would be a complete waste considering it's featureset and price range.
Almost every model for the past 2 years has been a rehash of the 8800GT.

The HD5670 on the other hand is very good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150466

Fast for midrange card, DX11, a good and mostly quiet HSF, and no need
for extra PCIE power, it's not oversized. Should work well for low end
systems or prebuilt rigs (Dell, HP, etc).
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Old January 22nd 10, 08:05 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default nvidia geforce 7600 gt Time to upgrade

In article , Mary Hanna wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:58 -0600, deimos deimos@localhost wrote:

On 1/21/2010 8:33 AM, alo wrote:
Hello...

Just built a new comp for windows 7 and would like any recommendations
for upgrading my PCI card (nvidia geforce 7600 gt) A mid priced card,
say around £50+ or so, ($80+)

Thanks


I can't currently recommend an NVIDIA based card, they just don't have
the bang for the buck value in the midrange right now. A GT220 or 240
would be a complete waste considering it's featureset and price range.
Almost every model for the past 2 years has been a rehash of the 8800GT.

The HD5670 on the other hand is very good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150466

Fast for midrange card, DX11, a good and mostly quiet HSF, and no need
for extra PCIE power, it's not oversized. Should work well for low end
systems or prebuilt rigs (Dell, HP, etc).




I have also read that ATI drivers are totally Crap..?

Yeah, back in the mid to late 90's!!! Not anymore.
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Old January 22nd 10, 10:54 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default nvidia geforce 7600 gt Time to upgrade

On 1/21/2010 6:35 PM, Mary Hanna wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:58 -0600, deimosdeimos@localhost wrote:

On 1/21/2010 8:33 AM, alo wrote:
Hello...

Just built a new comp for windows 7 and would like any recommendations
for upgrading my PCI card (nvidia geforce 7600 gt) A mid priced card,
say around £50+ or so, ($80+)

Thanks


I can't currently recommend an NVIDIA based card, they just don't have
the bang for the buck value in the midrange right now. A GT220 or 240
would be a complete waste considering it's featureset and price range.
Almost every model for the past 2 years has been a rehash of the 8800GT.

The HD5670 on the other hand is very good:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150466

Fast for midrange card, DX11, a good and mostly quiet HSF, and no need
for extra PCIE power, it's not oversized. Should work well for low end
systems or prebuilt rigs (Dell, HP, etc).




I have also read that ATI drivers are totally Crap..?


They aren't. Performance and stability wise they're good, sometimes
they have asinine bugs that should be easily fixed, but this is the same
kind of aggravation I've gone through with NV over several generations
of hardware too.

I think they're bloated and I the control panel is a bit dumb looking,
but most things work fine.

If you switch over just be sure to run a driver cleaner first, mixed
vendor display drivers don't go well together.
 




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