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Radeon HD2600XT vs GeForce 7900GS

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  • 12-02-2012 1:00am
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    IrishMetalhead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭


    Ok I've been working on abit of a project lately to restore an old Dell XPS 700 with some spare bits laying around.
    I've already installed a Core 2 Duo 6400, 3GB of ram and 2 old 160GB IDE HDD's, I got two old graphic cards to choose from that I already have stored away, a 2600 xt and 7900 gs both with 256mb of memory.
    I know the 7900 has more power behind it but the 2600 is DX10 and since I'm going to install Windows 7 onto the XPS and the fact that some newer games don't support DX9 anymore I'm leaning more towards the 2600 but I'm not 100% convinced yet.
    How much of a gap in performance is there between the two and which one do you think I'm better off going with?


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    Serephucus
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    This gives some idea of what to expect.

    http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/HD_2600_XT/7.html

    I can't say for certain, but if the GS is anything like the GTO (both are suffixes usually associated with striped down GT cards) then it's quite a gap.


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    Tea_Bag
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    nothing dx10+ is going to be amazing with those cards anyway. I'd take the 7900.


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    IrishMetalhead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭IrishMetalhead


    my mate just informed me that he might have a 7900 laying around and if he finds it he'll give it to me aslong as i give him something after the comp sells when i'm done, so if thats the case sli 7900's it is :D


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