PCI-Express Interface

01:10 - Wednesday 2 May 2007 by Don Woligroski
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: the, best, gaming, video, cards, for, the, money, uk

PCI-Express Interface

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Best PCI-E Card For Under £60 / €90

GeForce 7300 GT DDR2
Codename: G73
Process: 90 nm
Pixel Shaders: 8
Vertex Shaders: 4
Texture Units: 8
ROPs: 8
Memory Bus: 128-bit
Core Speed MHz: 400
Memory Speed MHz: 400 (800 effective)

With the price of the X1650 XT and 7600 GT touching the £60 / €90 price point, the 7600 GS is too expensive to be recommended anymore. Instead, the 7300 GT is a low-priced alternative for those who want to do as much gaming as they can for as little money as possible.

Best PCI-E Card For ~£80 / €110: Tie

Radeon X1650 XT
Codename: RV560
Process: 80nm
Pixel Shaders: 24
Vertex Shaders: 6
Texture Units: 8
ROPs: 8
Memory Bus: 128-bit
Core Speed MHz: 575
Memory Speed MHz: 675 (1350 effective)

The X1650 XT has recently come down in price and is a good competitor to the 7600 GT. Overall performance is a bit faster than that of the 7600 GT, but they trade blows depending on the game. The bottom line is that for the money you can get a really good gamer's card.

GeForce 7600 GT
Codename: G73
Process: 90nm
Pixel Shaders: 12
Vertex Shaders: 5
Texture Units: 12
ROPs: 8
Memory Bus: 128-bit
Core Speed MHz: 560
Memory Speed MHz: 700 (1400 effective)

The 7600 GT is another good card in this price range, sporting new SM 3.0 technology and very high clock speeds to deliver excellent performance. Its weakest feature is its 128-bit memory bus, but its high memory speeds offset that disadvantage and make it competitive with 256-bit cards like the X850 XT.


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