Graphics Cards related queries here.

[akshayt]

7900GT will be around 17-18k at the lowest possible price.

rather getting antec sp350, consider getting cooler master 430 for 2700 or so

7600GT is only for PCI E as of now.

7600GT is much much better than 6600GT or for that matter even better than a 6800GT.

[samanvya_ad]

which brand of 7600GT.. as prices vary a lot... how is BIG 7600 gt n FORSA 7600GT

[akshayt]

Nobody should buy a 6600GT PCI E brand new, rather get a 7600GS for more or less the same price which kicks its ass.
7600GS is around 7k.

Forsa and BIG are the worst brands to opt for, imo.
get xfx, if not then leadtek, if not then asus, it also depends upon importer and all, xfx: best support, from rashi

[samanvya_ad]

then why is ASUS so expensive... and also... BIG n FORSA are dirt cheap... infact much much cheaper than XFX... we can definately find some 7900 series of BIG at price of 7600GT from ASUS....

[rskbug]

BIG and Forsa are Indian companies

but r they reliable ?
and also do they have overclocking potentials ?

Recently read a review of xfx 7300gt ddr2.. the memory and core overlclocked by over 20%
but the Forsa 7300gt, review by anandtech, memory didnot overclock by more than 5 %

[Ethan_Hunt]

BIG and Forsa are Indian companies

Dude Forsa isn't an Indian brand but a Hong Kong based company which also goes by the name of Geniman International Limited.They are authorised Nvidia solutions and have just recently made their entry into our market offering cards are lower prices.

[rskbug]

I thought Forsa was an Indian company...

But the that doesnot answer my question..
are BIG graphic cards as good as the other well established brands like XFX, Gigabyte etc ?

[akshayt]

BIG i think doesn't make its own cards, and its prices are not much cheaper than those of the top brands.

[samanvya_ad]

BIG i think doesn't make its own cards, and its prices are not much cheaper than those of the top brands.

Agreed that products of BIG aren't too great in performance or overclocking but then they are dirt cheap.... Dude when i bought my ASUS 6600GT nearly an 10 months ago i got it for 11900 while at that time BIG's 6600gt was 8900... and performance wise it was little lesser than Asus card.... and as of now... FORSA 7600GS is around 8000 while ASUS 7600GS is around 10000.... I called a dealer in Nehruplace for prices....

[rskbug]

latest price of the BIG 7600gs is 7000rs - Nehru place

[hard_rock]

Hi Guyz, I am a very casual gamer. Not a hard core gamer like you people.
I searched and gathered data by searching but thought to get exact graphics card according to my requirements from u experts. So here are my requirements:

1) I dont play games like Doom3,Unreal, Quake which require high FPS.

2) Want to play games like Splinter Cell,Hitman: Blood money, Half Life 2 , NFS Series and Godfather and other games which has good storyline.

3) It is sufficient if it gives even medium performance at 800x600.

4) It must be AGp 8X card (1.5V). I have AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 512MB RAM, Nforce2 ISP chipset motherboard(With onboard Geforce4MX Gfx card).

5)It must be within 6000Rs. And also please mention how much RAM it has. For eg: 6600GT 256MB RAM. If possible mention the price.

Also mention which brand to buy which is available in Bangalore (If you know) like XFX, Nvidia, Ati etc.

[samrulez]

Get a 6600GT 128MB........it would be under 6k.....the 256MB version would be better....if u can...then go for the 256MB version....

[rskbug]

Hard_rock, you should buy a 7300gt ddr2 card.

Samrulez, 6600gt costs more than 7k.

[hard_rock]

Thanx guys, do you know approx. price of 7300GT. Because I searched the forum and got a link. www.computerwarehousepricelist.com
According to it:

256 MB GF 6600 DDR2 -Rs. 5400
128 MB GF 6600 GT DDR3 - 7500
256 MB GF 6600 GT DDR3 - 9100
256 MB GF 6800 GT DDR3 - 9950

so Non GT version of 6600 is cheaper... What is the difference between GT and Non GT versions.. Is there any CONSIDERABLE difference. Can I opt for that... Or will I get 7300 at around same price.

[ashfame]

GT version has higher clock speeds (GPU & memory) which means better performance.
See this

[rskbug]

Thanx guys, do you know approx. price of 7300GT. Because I searched the forum and got a link. www.computerwarehousepricelist.com
According to it:

256 MB GF 6600 DDR2 -Rs. 5400
128 MB GF 6600 GT DDR3 - 7500
256 MB GF 6600 GT DDR3 - 9100
256 MB GF 6800 GT DDR3 - 9950

so Non GT version of 6600 is cheaper... What is the difference between GT and Non GT versions.. Is there any CONSIDERABLE difference. Can I opt for that... Or will I get 7300 at around same price.

7300gt ddr2 performance is close to that of the 6600gt's.
the thing is 7300gt ddr2 costs only 5900rs (xfx or msi- nehru place) and 6600gt costs in 7k range.

but if you can buy the ddr3 version.. the go for it.

[hard_rock]

Wow... Thanx man for that spec pic. and RSKBUG..So which one will u recommend me the BEST BUY for that money... 7300GT or 6600 Non GT 256MB. How is 6800 GS in comparision with these and how much it costs..

[rahul_becks23]

hey,get 7300GT,this is my best advice to ya.

[hard_rock]

OK... Will u please tell me the price of 7300GT?
Hey now I checked the model on nvidia website
http://www.nvidia.com/page/7300_features.html
Is it only available for PCI-E Express? Coz I have only AGP 8X, 1.5V support. Give me some details...

[rskbug]

Wow... Thanx man for that spec pic. and RSKBUG..So which one will u recommend me the BEST BUY for that money... 7300GT or 6600 Non GT 256MB. How is 6800 GS in comparision with these and how much it costs..

7300gt ddr3 .. but its not available right now in India..
only the ddr2 version is available...
if u want to max returns for ur money.. wait for the DDR3.

[akshayt]

BIG is not dirt cheap, at the moment it is priced at par with others, more or less the same.

Also who says that it has to lack in performance, it might by 2-3% and it might not, depending upon the manufacturer, similaryl you can't say whether it ocs well or not, 7600GT acc to techtree ocs and to me that much oc is not very less.

leadtek 7600gs is for 6500+tax

most/all geforce 7 cards are for pci e, very few may be for agp, one is 7800GS around 18k, not worth it imo.

Games like Hitman 4 and SC are pretty intensive and do need atleast a decent system. Even to play at 800*600 especially with an athlon 2800 class cpu you should get atleast 6600GT class graphic card if not higher, even with that many/some things might be on low. also you should get atleast 1gb ram, anything below is very little imo. Upgrade the entire thing is possible ASAP.

For your budget you won't be able to get a card which completely suits your requirement. At best a geforce 6600 non GT and there is huge performance difference between the two. You have absolutely no choice but to extent your budget to get 6600GT or higher, and preferably 6800GS/GT.

6800GS class if available may be around 10k or so.

With a 6600GS, 128mb or 256mb won't manke any/much diff, but with a 6800GS/GT it probably would. Get 6800GS/GT 256mb or 6600GT 128mb/256mb.

I am not sure whether ddr 2 7300gt equals a 6600gt or not, but a 7300GT GDDR3 may easily beat it, maybe even by avg of 20%!

[rskbug]

BIG is not dirt cheap, at the moment it is priced at par with others, more or less the same.

Also who says that it has to lack in performance, it might by 2-3% and it might not, depending upon the manufacturer, similaryl you can't say whether it ocs well or not, 7600GT acc to techtree ocs and to me that much oc is not very less.

dude, it lacks in overclocking abilities as compared to other brands specifically gigabyte or inno3d etc.

[rahul_becks23]

ok,guys,tell me....
is this the right time to get a XFX 7600GT or should i wait sometime for a better deal afterwards(maybe 7900GT below 15 grands).

[akshayt]

Now is almost as good a time as any, except the fact that whenever you buy a mainstream card you may prefer to play games which are a bit old for then you can raise all the eyecandy and still have no trouble. Once time passes and the price of 7900GT comes down even it would come down to what the 7600GT is today if not worse.

Try to buy a X1800GTO.

[hard_rock]

Is 7300GT available in AGP 8X, and 6600GT?

[deathvirus_me]

not yet .... but a 6600GT is .... and a 6600GT would be better than the 7300GT ...

[Kniwor]

ok,guys,tell me....
is this the right time to get a XFX 7600GT or should i wait sometime for a better deal afterwards(maybe 7900GT below 15 grands).

wait does not mean a thing if u are purchasing comp. periph. 7600GT is a good card and ill play all the games... but X1800GTO is a better option...

see if u can get a powercolor or HIS X1800GTO, in them, 4 extra pipelines can be unlocked to make it a monster in terms of performance.

but i doubt if that is possible, in india, it is costlier than 7600GT in US itself, so here the diff will be more, 7600GT is a great option so to say...

[samanvya_ad]

I am not sure whether ddr 2 7300gt equals a 6600gt or not, but a 7300GT GDDR3 may easily beat it, maybe even by avg of 20%!

Dont know about 7300Gt GDDR3 but DDR2 is no where near 6600GT in performance... my room partner recently bought it and in no matter what games we play 6600GT performs much better than 7300GTddr2

[rskbug]

samanvya, can you put up sum benchies of the ddr2 card.

[akshayt]

GDDR3 is however better probably.

1800GTO should be 1-3k or so more than 7600GT.