Low to Mid-Range PCIe Video Card Roundup

jmke · 19th May 2006, 15:23

In this roundup we compare seven different video cards which don't cost you an arm and a leg. Using FRAPS and several popular games we test the performance and try to find the best value for your money. Want to play the latest games with a budget friendly graphics card? Read on to find out which one to pick.

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=432

19th May 2006, 20:35

Great review!!!

Nice to know SLi 2x 6600GT can perform as well as 7600GT.

Any plan for testing XF 2x 1600 XT

Suggestion: why not include World of Warcraft FPS comparison for the mid-range graphics cards? With around 5 million people playbase, it's definitely the mainstream game on the market. It would be extremely interesting to see what kind of FPS do these cards pull off at different resolutions/AA/AF.

Love this site. A lot of objective reviews of important topics that other sites ignores.

piotke · 20th May 2006, 11:20

All hail Jmke for writing the texts and the graphs

jmke · 20th May 2006, 11:47

welcome to the forums vitaminc, can World of Warcraft be played offline? because if not, it will be very hard to create a repeatable test scenario.

Sidney · 20th May 2006, 15:30

7600GT is the best buck per performance for the less demanding gamers. piotke, nice work

21st May 2006, 05:23

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
welcome to the forums vitaminc, can World of Warcraft be played offline? because if not, it will be very hard to create a repeatable test scenario.

Nope it can't be played offline, and I think it would require FRAPS to record and calculate the frame rate. ><

jmke · 21st May 2006, 12:30

fraps is not the issue, but the every changing gameplay world is

very hard to create a repeatable test scenario

22nd May 2006, 22:36

Nice review.

Quote:

Looking closer at the video card I discovered a missing resistor close to the PCIe connector

It's a SMD-capacitor

jmke · 24th May 2006, 13:19

thank you for the clarification, I have updated the review

Sidney · 3rd June 2006, 19:42

I picked up a Chaintech 7600GT after reading the review for $150 -

Doom3 Ultra setting 1280x1024 = ~103 FPS

19th May 2006, 15:23	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	Low to Mid-Range PCIe Video Card Roundup In this roundup we compare seven different video cards which don't cost you an arm and a leg. Using FRAPS and several popular games we test the performance and try to find the best value for your money. Want to play the latest games with a budget friendly graphics card? Read on to find out which one to pick. http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=432 __________________

20th May 2006, 11:20	#3
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	All hail Jmke for writing the texts and the graphs __________________ .

20th May 2006, 11:47	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	welcome to the forums vitaminc, can World of Warcraft be played offline? because if not, it will be very hard to create a repeatable test scenario. __________________

20th May 2006, 15:30	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	7600GT is the best buck per performance for the less demanding gamers. piotke, nice work __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st May 2006, 12:30	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	fraps is not the issue, but the every changing gameplay world is very hard to create a repeatable test scenario __________________

19th May 2006, 20:35	#2
vitaminc Posts: n/a	Great review!!! Nice to know SLi 2x 6600GT can perform as well as 7600GT. Any plan for testing XF 2x 1600 XT Suggestion: why not include World of Warcraft FPS comparison for the mid-range graphics cards? With around 5 million people playbase, it's definitely the mainstream game on the market. It would be extremely interesting to see what kind of FPS do these cards pull off at different resolutions/AA/AF. Love this site. A lot of objective reviews of important topics that other sites ignores.

24th May 2006, 13:19	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	thank you for the clarification, I have updated the review __________________

3rd June 2006, 19:42	#10
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	I picked up a Chaintech 7600GT after reading the review for $150 - Doom3 Ultra setting 1280x1024 = ~103 FPS __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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