Powercolor X1800 GTO and MSI 7600 GT Reviewed

Videocards/VGA Reviews by geoffrey @ 2006-07-28

How high can you turn up the resolution and detail with these mid-range VGA cards? We evaluate their performance in six different games to give you the answer. Read on to find out how much *oomph* you can get for your money. The Powercolor X1800 GTO and MSI NX7600GT-T2D256EZ (the one with passive cooling) are tested.

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Introduction

Introduction

Today’s' videogames are getting more detailed by the day, demanding more and more video card power. Since the introduction of SLI we can have huge real-time render farms. But... there is only a small amount of people who are able to buy such setups. For most gamers it's better to stick with midrange cards since they still offer a better price/performance balance. Today we have two nice midrange cards from ATI and nVidia, the Powercolor X1800GTO and the MSI 7600GT.



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Powercolor offers products in the X1800 family cards:

  • X1800XT512MB | 512MB GDDR3 | 16 pipes | 625/750
  • X1800XT256MB | 256MB GDDR3 | 16 pipes | 625/750
  • X1800XL256MB | 256MB GDDR3 | 16 pipes | 500/500
  • X1800GTO 256MB | 256MB GDDR3 | 12 pipes | 500/500

    Based on the R520 core, the X1800GTO has only 12 out of total 16 pipes activated and clock speeds are reduced to 500/500, thus making it slowest of this quartet.

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    Powercolor X1800GTO 256MB GDDR3 (256 bit)
    | GPU: 500MHz / Memory: 500MHz | Active cooling | around $230




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    MSI offers a wide range of ATI and NVIDIA based VGA chips, their NVIDIA 7x00 PCIe section alone exists out of 24 products, among them are four different 7600GT video cards.

  • NX7600GT-VT2D256E-HD | 256MB GDDR3 | 12 pipes | 580/750
  • NX7600GT-VT2D256E | 256MB GDDR3 | 12 pipes | 580/750
  • NX7600GT-T2D256EZ | 256MB GDDR3 | 12 pipes | 560/700
  • NX7600GT-T2D256E | 256MB GDDR3 | 12 pipes | 560/700

    We tested the NX7600GT-T2D256EZ. This card matches NVIDIA’s reference clocks and comes with a passive heat pipe cooling.

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    MSI NX7600GT-T2D256EZ 256MB GDDR3 (128 bit)
    | GPU: 560MHz / Memory: 700MHz | Passive cooling | around $170

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