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Is this a decent graphic card?

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Gigabyte NX7600GS, 512MB, TV-out, DVI

Any drawbacks?
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How much is it?
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well it's part of a complete PC for CHF 1'599.00 (incl.VAT)

- Thermaltake Shark, Black, 2x 21db Fan, Aluminium, 450Watt, ATX, CE / PFC, 12cm Low Noise
- Intel® Pentium® DUAL 960 (3.6GHz),Box 775P,VT, 2x2MB Cache, 65nm, Intel Fan
- 2048MB Memory 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets (2x1024MB)
- 300GB Harddisc Serial ATA-II, 7200rpm, 8MB Cache (1x 300GB) (Samsung/Western-Digital)
- Lite-On 165H6S IDE, +/-R, BOX, DVD 16/16/8/6/4CDRW48/24/48, Black
- Lite-On 16x IDE, 6x/48x, Black
- Graphiccard Gigabyte NX7600GS, 512MB, TV-out, DVI
- 2x LAN 10/100/1000 MBit/s, Broadcom BCM5789KFB (PCIe GbE) and BCM5788KFB (PCI GbE)
- Motherboard Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2, 945P, FSB1066, DDR2, SATAII, RAID, FireWire
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I'd prefer this one TBH but it's CHF 1'000.00 more expensive =/

Tower Avance Super-Tower, Terminator with LC Power 550Watt PowerSupply
Motherboard ASUS P5B, PCX, Intel P965, FSB1066, Audio, SATAII, RAID, GLAN
CPU Intel CORE 2 DUO 6700,775P, FSB1066MHz, 4MB,65nm
Memory 4096MB (4GB) DDR-2 PC-5300, 667MHz. (4x1024MB)
Graphiccard nVidia GF 7950GT, 512MB, 1500/570MHz, TV-Out, 2xDVI, DDR3
Harddisc 800GB Samsung HD401LJ, SATA-II-300, 7200/ 8.9ms/ 16MB (2x400GB)
DVD-ROM 16x IDE,Lite-On SHD16P1S, 16x/48x
DVD-Recorder 18x Samsung S182M,IDE, ±R, DVD 18/18/8/6/8, LightScribe, inkl. Software
LAN-Card Gigabit-LAN (10/100/1000), Realtek RTL8201CL
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or there's this for CHF 1'649.00 but I have no clue about current AMD CPUs

- Thermaltake Shark, Silver, 2x 21db Fan, Aluminium, 450Watt, ATX, CE / PFC, 12cm Low Noise
- MSI K9N Platinum,nForce570, Athlon64,SATAII,1394,GLAN
- AMD 64 X2 4600+, Box, (2.4GHz),2x512kb,AM2
- 2048MB Apacer/Infineon ( 4x 512MB )
- 500GB Samsung Serial ATA-II, 7200rpm/9ms/8MB Cache (2x 250GB)
- DVD Recorder Lite On 165P6S, 16x +/- DVDRW +/-, Silver
- DVD-ROM Lite On LT-16p9s 16x, Silver (2x Drive DVD-ROM + DVD Recorder)
Nero 6 Suite OEM + PowerDVD Software
- nVidia GF 7600GS, 512MB DDR2, 800/400MHz., TV-out, DVI
- Card-Reader USB 2.0, for Compact Flash / Microdrive
Memory Stick / Multimedia Card / SD Card / SmartMedia Card
- Optional (Microsoft Windows XP Home/Professional/Professional x64)

or the same at 5000+ for CHF 100 more
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Preferable to get a 79xx series card if you can and Intel Core 2 Duo's are the best CPU's on the market atm really but as you say they both bump the cost considerably.
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CHF 2.5k (£1k) here for a system with those
Can't really justify more than CHF 1.5k (£0.6k)
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Xest wrote:Preferable to get a 79xx series card if you can and Intel Core 2 Duo's are the best CPU's on the market atm really but as you say they both bump the cost considerably.
My personal view is that depends on your definition of best.

I think AMD are better value for money, but if money is no problem then Intel are better. For home use I have bought AMDs for the last 4 years or so.

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Ovi wrote:My personal view is that depends on your definition of best.

I think AMD are better value for money, but if money is no problem then Intel are better. For home use I have bought AMDs for the last 4 years or so.
I'd have agreed until about 6months ago but now the situation has changed completely, you'll get more performance per £ out of an Intel chip with the current round of processors than with AMD. AMD's dropped behind recently due to sticking to a rather more dated architecture whilst Intel has dropped NetBurst for their new Core architecture which has put them ahead recently, they've also made significant price drops. Whilst I've been a fan of AMD for around 8 - 10 years now I'd be lying to myself if I thought they were still producing the best chips this time around, whilst previously I always felt why go Intel when you can get better performance per £ from AMD chips, the situation has reversed now - I'd struggle to justify AMD when the Intel chips using the Core architecture over NetBurst are better performing, competitively priced, run far cooler and use less power.
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Entry level Core Duo is still over £10 dearer than an entry level AMD 64 X2. That's all the justification I need to go for AMD over Intel if I was on a tight budget, as I usually am. :)

I don't see the CPU as the main bottleneck on PCs these days I would rather put that £10 into better Graphics, better RAM or better Hard Disk.

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