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vicaphit · Post by **vicaphit** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:56 pm

Hello, I'm vic, I'm a legit reviews newb.

I found the site while looking for video card reviews. I was in the market for a value card, and I landed on the XFX GeForce 7600GT.

Its a nice card, clocked at 650mhz out of the box, and a memory clock speed of 1600.

I haven't overclocked it yet because I still haven't tested it's limits, but I plan to overclock it a bit (any ideas? I usually just bump it up a tiny bit so I dont burn it out, I dont know how to stress test it.)

Anyway, here is my ho-hum rig
Dell dimension 521
AMD 64 3200+ overclocked to 2.1ghz
XFX 7600GT 256 mg
1 gig (x2 512) of ram
80 gig hdd
DVD drive

I know it's not much, but I can run stalker, fear, and company of heroes pretty well with my new video card.

I used to only use intel chips, but I think I like AMD better now. my 64 3200+ runs on par with a P4 3.00 ghz according to a comparison I read, so I think thats a leg up on the competition.

I eventually want more ram and a larger HDD

Anway, that's me.
I'm more of a casual gamer than a hardware

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:59 pm

welcome to LR the guys here are great! be sure to check out the many many reviews they've done on video cards lately, even one that reviewed quite a few ATI in one go!

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/474/1/

skier · Post by **skier** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:14 pm

were so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside

be sure check the general, amd and ati forums -very useful

TristanM · Post by **TristanM** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:34 pm

Don't know how much a welcome off me is worth since I'm a relative n00b myself, but welcome to the forums.

There was an article recently benchmarking 24 ATI Radeon PCIe graphic cards that might be of interest - http://www.legitreviews.com/article/474/1/

vicaphit · Post by **vicaphit** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:05 pm

I ended up buying the geforce because I heard they get along with vista better than ATI... I havent upgraded yet, but once the first service pack comes out, I will be getting vista.

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:28 pm

vicaphit wrote:I ended up buying the geforce because I heard they get along with vista better than ATI... I havent upgraded yet, but once the first service pack comes out, I will be getting vista.

what kind of geforce are did you get? as to my knowledge, if you go the vista route, be aware that you might not have driver support yet with the 8800 series

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:41 pm

Welcome to the forums!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:06 pm

Welcome!

vicaphit · Post by **vicaphit** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:30 pm

Im paying for college still, I went with the geforce 7600gt, I would need to in the lotto or an 8800.

I dont think I will be upgrading my current system to DX10 anytime. I would have to overhaul the whole thing at this point, and its only 4 months old

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:53 pm

Welcome!

XFX , good cards, i use the 7600 GS (fanless) here at work. Plus the double lifetime warranty is kind of cool.

ibleet · Post by **ibleet** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:56 pm

welcome!