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7600gs or 6800gt?

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As the title asks... I'm building an extra machine, and have these 2 cards lying around. Which is better/faster?

I'm leaning towards the 7600, but, I'm just not sure...
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Hmmm...I would also say 7600gs..not sure though. I believe 7600 has sm3.0 though
6800gt!
6800gt~7600gt
7600gt>7600gs
all 6 series and above have sm3

if u use the 7600 maybe id take the 6800gt off your hands for the price of shipping...
7600GS due to sm 3.0 which the 6800 lacks. sorry SG, but you are wrong :/
6800GT is a 256bit DDR vs. 7600GS is 128bit DDR2. Both are SM 3.0. Here are some numbers.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....387&card2=180#

Hm, according to those details, the 6800GT seems quite superior to the 7600GS.
The GT-versions are generally always the best all-round in the series.
As you can see here, even compared to the GS-versions of later series.
I'd go with the 6800GT and perhaps boost the core a little, if possible.


Also GDDR3 compared to GDDR2. 130nm compared 90nm though.
But most of the things are higher than the 7600GS's.
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7600GS due to sm 3.0 which the 6800 lacks. sorry SG, but you are wrong :/

uhm no im not wrong ill bet you my GTX260.
ive had 6 series cards before.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6800.html
Told ya

a 6800gt easily oc'ed to ultra speeds will do pretty well. I cant see it being too far behind a 9500gt.
6800gt is a little better than a 7600gt which is alittle worse than a 8600gt=9500gt
so it should have similar to 9500gt performance.
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Ahh didn't realize the 6 series did have SM3.0
Sorry!!!
Well if thats the case, it's harder to pick....6800gt then!!!
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uhm no im not wrong ill bet you my GTX260.
ive had 6 series cards before.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6800.html
Told ya

a 6800gt easily oc'ed to ultra speeds will do pretty well. I cant see it being too far behind a 9500gt.
6800gt is a little better than a 7600gt which is alittle worse than a 8600gt=9500gt
so it should have similar to 9500gt performance.


Your right, but you really can't compare 2 or 3 different types of GPU architecture. Benches are one thing, but how the architecture/GPU processes a game will be very different from series to series. at least in real world gaming.

+1 on your comparisons though, they are spot on.
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Your right, but you really can't compare 2 or 3 different types of GPU architecture. Benches are one thing, but how the architecture/GPU processes a game will be very different from series to series. at least in real world gaming.

+1 on your comparisons though, they are spot on.

well i imagine in games they would do similar. Not looking at any benchmarks. since actually 6800s seem to score really low in 3dmark (probably though because all the scores are so old the CPUs suck).
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well i imagine in games they would do similar. Not looking at any benchmarks. since actually 6800s seem to score really low in 3dmark (probably though because all the scores are so old the CPUs suck).

Probably not, like I said you can't compare different types of GPU architectures. The 3DMark benches could show a 6 series competing with a 7 series but 9 times out of 10 the newer designed architecture is going to perform better (maybe not by leaps and bounds, but almost always better)

EDIT: example; I thought I was upgrading a year ago to a better card when I got a 8500Gt to replace my 7600GT. Even thought the 7600GT had DDR3 and the 8500GT had DDR2 the 8500GT still performed slightly better sometimes almost the same as the 7600GT in games like Crysis.
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6800GT is faster then 7600GS but not faster then 7600GT.
6800GT

I've owned one and love it. They can OC like mad as well.
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Probably not, like I said you can't compare different types of GPU architectures. The benches could show a 6series competing with a 7 series but 9 times out of 10 the newer designed architecture is always to going to perform better (maybe not by leaps and bounds, but almost always better)

well this is really off topic but if you go look at some benchmarks from when the 8600 came out (in game fps, not synthesized) you will see that what im saying is true. the 8600 got beat by the 7900, an older architecture, in the majority of games.
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It happens to be like that sometimes. Sometimes Nvidia doesn't change the architecture much between GPU series sometimes they do. Sometimes the gain is a big one sometimes there is no gain. Check my edit above for my example.

EDIT: All I'm really saying is, that it hard to compare different architectures.
LOL wow... I lose internet for a few minutes, and come back to a major debate!

This is a machine I'm building for my friend whose mom is going through chemo. They don't have money so, these are just extras I've got about the house and a HD they bought, and their old case.

I don't anticipate *massive* 3d needs, but, if so, they'll be able to bump up the card when it's time. I'd like the card to be solid enough to run, say, FFXI. Not too huge of a request for either card, I'd think.

It won't be overclocked =p Their case isn't really the coolest running thing out there. In fact, I just downloaded coretemp, and 45c idle for a 3800+ Venice seems high...
The 6800GT is overall faster, the 7600GS and 6800GT have the same feature set
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