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Title: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 06, 2007, 04:00:08 pm: Just thought I'd let you guys know... if you live in the US, Circuit City has these puppies for a decent price:

here (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/PNY-GeForce-7600-GS-AGP-Graphics-Card-VCG76512SAPB/sem/rpsm/oid/162880/catOid/-13043/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)

My brother already got his, mine's on its way. XD
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 04:03:46 pm: :wtf:

That's a terrible price for that card at this point.

[edit] Well, I guess it's not that bad for AGP, but still not great by any means.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 06, 2007, 04:10:01 pm: XD Find it cheaper, I'll mail you a dollar.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 04:13:59 pm: The problem is that a 7600GS is a bad deal at just about any price, unless you just want a 2D card. :p If you're stuck on AGP, you're much better off looking for something on ebay than paying the massively inflated prices for the few AGP cards still around in retail channels.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 06, 2007, 04:15:03 pm: Yer... but is it better than a 6200 256 MB AGP? ;) (which you can get for ~$56)
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 04:27:04 pm: It depends. It's faster, but they're both next to useless for any recent games, and if you're looking for 2D only then they will both work equally well, so the 6200 is a better deal in that case. :p

I see a couple of AGP 2600 Pros on the egg for only a little more ($90-100). Those are two to three times as fast and would actually provide passable performance on many recent games.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 06, 2007, 04:34:23 pm: :p What's the nVidia equivalent?
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 04:44:31 pm: There is none. The low end 8 series cards aren't available on AGP at all and the older gen 7900GS costs much more unless you look for used ones on ebay.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 06, 2007, 08:24:38 pm: :( But I like nVidia.... :sigh:
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 11:27:46 pm: You really don't want to have silly brand loyalty when on such a limited budget. :p

The only sub-$100 AGP cards I would look at for more than just occasional gaming are the 1650 Pro and 2600 Pro cards. They aren't great but still miles better than a 7600GS. Beyond that, ebay is the place to go.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: castor on December 07, 2007, 11:49:42 am: Quote from: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 11:27:46 pm
The only sub-$100 AGP cards I would look at for more than just occasional gaming are the 1650 Pro and 2600 Pro cards. They aren't great but still miles better than a 7600GS. Beyond that, ebay is the place to go.
I must comment, that according to the reviews I've seen the 1650 Pro is only marginally better :)

Another thing to cosider, if there's any plans on using it with Linux...
Spoiler:
ATI cards will prematurely gray your hair.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 07, 2007, 02:35:13 pm: Quote from: castor on December 07, 2007, 11:49:42 am
Quote from: CP5670 on December 06, 2007, 11:27:46 pm
The only sub-$100 AGP cards I would look at for more than just occasional gaming are the 1650 Pro and 2600 Pro cards. They aren't great but still miles better than a 7600GS. Beyond that, ebay is the place to go.
I must comment, that according to the reviews I've seen the 1650 Pro is only marginally better :)

Another thing to cosider, if there's any plans on using it with Linux...
Spoiler:
ATI cards will prematurely gray your hair.

They're similar in older games, but from what I'm seeing the gap has increased by quite a bit in titles from last few months, which are all very shader heavy. I mentioned it mainly just because of its pricepoint, as you can't really get anything else in the same league for $60; the 2600 is much better if you can spend $35 more. You're right about the Linux support though.

There actually used to be very decent AGP cards available around $100 in retail channels only a few months ago (namely the X1950GT), but those seem to have all dried up unfortunately. At this point, I think ebay is a much better option than buying anything AGP at retail. I see a bunch of 7800GSs there for around $50 right now.
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: jr2 on December 07, 2007, 02:36:56 pm: What's the diff between 7600 GS and 7800 GS, performance-wise?
Title: Re: Woot! PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP for $80 + tax, no shipping fee
Post by: CP5670 on December 07, 2007, 03:18:26 pm: It's somewhat better across the board, maybe by 30% or so. If you can get it under $50, it's worth a look.

Actually, I see one of the 580mhz 7600GTs there for a similar price, which is probably a better option.

The ideal thing would be a used X1950GT, which used to go for $70-80 last I checked (maybe a month ago), but there aren't any on there at the moment. If you're ready to wait a bit, they may show up again in a week or two.