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XFX GeForce 7600GS 256MB DDR2 DUAL DVI TV Xtreme Edition Reviews

Yet another 7600GS-based card! This Xtreme Edition card comes with 256 MB of VRAM, and is XFX’s latest offering to the mid-range market. The core has been factory- tweaked—hence the “Xtreme” tag—to 500 MHz, making it identical to the faster but architecturally similar 7600GT. This is one cool looking card: the PCB has a matte black finish, and both DVI connectors are a
fluorescent green, matching XFX’s brand colours (green and black). The black heat-sink is powder coated, with nothing getting in the way of cooling. It managed a good job at cooling, and we never saw the temperature climb beyond the late 50s. The heat sink itself, however, gets much hotter than the two cards reviewed earlier. Owing to the faster core, this card was expected to perform better than the other 7600GS cards, and it didn’t disappoint: it led the other two cards by a minimum of 10 fps in our tests. The card also handled Far Cry beautifully with HDR off. At a resolution of 1600 x 1200 with 8x AF and 8x AA, the card managed a commendable 55.75 fps. At normal settings, F.E.A.R saw 62 fps—very, very playable for a mid-range card. The card comes with a decent bundle: Starship Troopers (a mediocre game), two DVI to D-Sub converters, and all the cables necessary to get you going
Specifications:
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS chipset, 256 MB DDR2 RAM, core speed 500 MHz, SM 3.0
support, NVIDIA’s Cine FX 4.0...

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