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darknight788 wrote:yes there was alos that highly overclocked 7300 but then there was that red one which was stock :wink:
i believe though that the 7300 GT being tested was DDR3, and ive heard the 7300 has better overclocking abilitites than a 6600 GT. over all id say the 7300 is a better buy because it is cheaper, has huge overclocking abilities, is less outdated than a 6 series, is based on 7600 architecture, has the ability to unlock extra shaders and pipelines for even more performance. also whichever one you buy both are obsolete in todays world so shoot for atleast a 7600 series
Actually, if you read the review, the red one is the Inno3D 7300 GT at stock speeds (500/1400) and the green bar is the same Inno3D 7300 GT overclocked from the already overclocked stock speeds (640/1600). Neither of them are at reference speeds of 350/667 and, again, that card is not available in North America and, therefore, not available at Best Buy.

Yes, the 7300 GT can be a better overclocker (since it's a low-end card, part quality can vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer), but since the 6600 GT is faster (reference vs. reference), they end up being about equal in terms of performance. If you unlock the additional quad on the 7300 GT, the 7300 GT will be faster.
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Would the GeForce 7900GS KO 256 and 512 MB RAM be good for running games like BF2, Doom3 and F.E.A.R. in high settings/ 1024? (or at least medium high)
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I can tell you that my 7600GT OC can run BF2 at 1024 on high, but I have 1GB of RAM so I really can't tell you... :?
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@ s2k i sure hope so i played doom, f2, etc with the 7300 with no real problems a 7900 should run it no problem unless of course you have like no ram, and a psu that cant handle the power requirements
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Well, i'm getting a 430W PSU and the 7900GS KO at the same time and i have 512 MB RAM atm
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S2000_Skyline12 wrote:Well, i'm getting a 430W PSU and the 7900GS KO at the same time and i have 512 MB RAM atm
Add at least another 512 MB of RAM, 512 MB is very low with today games.
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S2000_Skyline12 wrote:Would the GeForce 7900GS KO 256 and 512 MB RAM be good for running games like BF2, Doom3 and F.E.A.R. in high settings/ 1024? (or at least medium high)
You need at least 1 GB of RAM to play those games well at high settings ...
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Oh well i also was gonna buy another 512 but not at the same time, wouldn't have enough
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What happened to that stick I showed you?
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My parents won't order it for me, they just wanna go to the store, pickup and go :(
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