NEW !!! NVIDIA Geforce 7600 GS 512MB PCI Express x16 Video Card

Teho · 08-09-06, 12:16 PM

7900GTX 512mb here, SH3 runs nice'n smoothly even around ports. If i accelerate time to 1024 it burbs for about 10 secs when close to a city/port.

corvette k225 · 08-09-06, 09:12 PM

An available hard disk drive power dongles! ok what is it, as you can tell I not good at this stuff!

butch100 · 10-07-06, 11:10 PM

I just got the 7600GT AGP version and my SH3 performance
went down from an ATI 9600XT. doesen't make any sense,
12 pipes vs 4. more mem. 128/256 and I bumped my FSB
from 133/175 then bought a Volcano extreme 12 cooler for
my XP2100 and run it @ 2.3Ghz. everything else runs faster
and my benches went way up but SH3 runs like total crap so
I guess I'll be trying different drivers from Nvidea to see if
I can correct problem. Sucks cause SH3 is THE game I did
all this for!!

Hybris · 10-08-06, 12:46 AM

I run a ATI XT850 256mb it runs SH3 well if you don't go over board with extras. I say save the money and wait until you can just get a top dog video card but thats my shopping style.

Biggles · 10-08-06, 04:20 AM

Just bought the Nvidia GF 7600GS AGP, but I don't know how it is yet, since I havn't installed it yet. The cards fits in the comp, but the box that pumps around electicity in the comp doesn't give the electricity we need, which is 350 watt.
My comp. pumps around 250 watt.....
So we bought a new box....which doesn't fit!!!!!!

Now we have to get one from Dell, which is A LOT more expensive!

Immacolata · 10-08-06, 06:00 AM

For SH3 you really want an ATI card of the X1000-family. Their filtering is markedly better than nvidias and it really shows in this game with very sharp angles to textures and huge distances. If you play lots of other games however, I'd recommend the 7600 series without hesitation. Its cheap and quite good.

CybaGirl · 10-08-06, 06:50 AM

You will find that the 7300GT actually runs a little faster than the 7600GS and is also cheaper

. Im currently using the following 7300GT myself.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/revie...70&cid=3&pg=10

I was just about to upgrade this card to a 7900GT last week but have been told that 7950 GT's by all manufactures will be availble soon. This is the 7950 single GPU BTW and not to be confused with the dual 7950's

.

I was holding off to buy a 7950 but after doing more reasearch and reading about the ATI Radeon 1900XT I am thinking I will get one of these now. As not even the 7900, or the 7950 can come anywhere near it. It even beats the 7900GTX in some games and is also alot cheaper than a 7900GTX

.

Either way you make up your own mind and compare video cards here

..

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=547&chart=198

Potoroo · 10-09-06, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Immacolata

For SH3 you really want an ATI card of the X1000-family. Their filtering is markedly better than nvidias and it really shows in this game with very sharp angles to textures and huge distances.

Can you elaborate on this? I found SH3 benefited from turning AA and AF on but that should be true regardless of the card's manufacturer, so I'm not sure what you're describing.

stabiz · 10-08-06, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butch100

I just got the 7600GT AGP version and my SH3 performance
went down from an ATI 9600XT. doesen't make any sense,
12 pipes vs 4. more mem. 128/256 and I bumped my FSB
from 133/175 then bought a Volcano extreme 12 cooler for
my XP2100 and run it @ 2.3Ghz. everything else runs faster
and my benches went way up but SH3 runs like total crap so
I guess I'll be trying different drivers from Nvidea to see if
I can correct problem. Sucks cause SH3 is THE game I did
all this for!!

Have you plugged in the power cable to the graphics card? Many forget that these cards require more power.

08-09-06, 09:12 PM	#2
corvette k225 Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 254 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	on the side of a grahics card it said this. An available hard disk drive power dongles! ok what is it, as you can tell I not good at this stuff!

10-08-06, 12:46 AM	#4
Hybris Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Periscope Depth... Posts: 237 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I run a ATI XT850 256mb it runs SH3 well if you don't go over board with extras. I say save the money and wait until you can just get a top dog video card but thats my shopping style. __________________ "His masters voice!" "FASTER! FAAAASSSTTER!" "All submariners have one universal wish regardless of nation, cause, or creed. That wish is that the boat goes up and stay up one more time then it goes down." ~Hybris 8/22/07

10-08-06, 04:20 AM	#5
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just bought the Nvidia GF 7600GS AGP, but I don't know how it is yet, since I havn't installed it yet. The cards fits in the comp, but the box that pumps around electicity in the comp doesn't give the electricity we need, which is 350 watt. My comp. pumps around 250 watt..... So we bought a new box....which doesn't fit!!!!!! Now we have to get one from Dell, which is A LOT more expensive! __________________

10-08-06, 06:00 AM	#6
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	For SH3 you really want an ATI card of the X1000-family. Their filtering is markedly better than nvidias and it really shows in this game with very sharp angles to textures and huge distances. If you play lots of other games however, I'd recommend the 7600 series without hesitation. Its cheap and quite good. __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

08-09-06, 12:16 PM	#1
Teho Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 102 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	7900GTX 512mb here, SH3 runs nice'n smoothly even around ports. If i accelerate time to 1024 it burbs for about 10 secs when close to a city/port.

10-07-06, 11:10 PM	#3
butch100 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I just got the 7600GT AGP version and my SH3 performance went down from an ATI 9600XT. doesen't make any sense, 12 pipes vs 4. more mem. 128/256 and I bumped my FSB from 133/175 then bought a Volcano extreme 12 cooler for my XP2100 and run it @ 2.3Ghz. everything else runs faster and my benches went way up but SH3 runs like total crap so I guess I'll be trying different drivers from Nvidea to see if I can correct problem. Sucks cause SH3 is THE game I did all this for!!

10-08-06, 06:50 AM	#7
CybaGirl Sailor Gal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 95 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	You will find that the 7300GT actually runs a little faster than the 7600GS and is also cheaper . Im currently using the following 7300GT myself. http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/revie...70&cid=3&pg=10 I was just about to upgrade this card to a 7900GT last week but have been told that 7950 GT's by all manufactures will be availble soon. This is the 7950 single GPU BTW and not to be confused with the dual 7950's . I was holding off to buy a 7950 but after doing more reasearch and reading about the ATI Radeon 1900XT I am thinking I will get one of these now. As not even the 7900, or the 7950 can come anywhere near it. It even beats the 7900GTX in some games and is also alot cheaper than a 7900GTX . Either way you make up your own mind and compare video cards here .. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=547&chart=198