I see THREE amazingly priced 3850 on newegg, please help me decide.

[DeadlyNinja]

Yes, I'm fully aware of Nvidia's Open GL advantage over ATI. There aren't that many Open GL games, though. I HAD Doom 3 and I'm playing Prey perfectly with my X1650XT.

BTW, what about a 8800GS VS 9600GT? They look about the same with the 9600 having a slight edge, but people are trying to get rid of the 8800GS and dropped it to 99 bucks.

 

[ShaidarHaran]

Are you guys comparing these side by side in person? The X1650XT and 7600GT seem to trade places a lot in reviews out there. But yea, it seems to do well in Oblivion and HL2 Ep2. In these cases it's like comparing X1950 Pro to 7900 GS. ATI wins again, perhaps due to the extra shader oomph of RV560/570.

http://techreport.com/articles.x/12285/7
http://techreport.com/articles.x/12285/6

There are games where one would be better off with 7600GT though. Primarily OpenGL games. 7600GT wins in STALKER, too.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/12285/5

ahem

Other than the "traditional NV titles", the X1650 XT does NOT lose to the 7600 GT in most cases. I should know, I have one.

My statement stands.

 

[swaaye]

Well, we live in a world that is dominated by NVIDIA dev-rel optimized titles. STALKER isn't OpenGL, AFAIK.

 

[swaaye]

BTW, what about a 8800GS VS 9600GT? They look about the same with the 9600 having a slight edge, but people are trying to get rid of the 8800GS and dropped it to 99 bucks.

Based on a partially disabled G92, you end up with a 192-bit bus and 96 stream processors. Toss up between that and a 9600GT. So many options, eh.

 

[DeadlyNinja]

Based on a partially disabled G92, you end up with a 192-bit bus and 96 stream processors. Toss up between that and a 9600GT. So many options, eh.

I know. It's a pain trying to choose. I mean, those extra stream processors vs the 9600GT could give it the edge later, but then the 192-bit bus might not be enough for it to overtake the 9600GT. I'm guessing the too close for comfort similarity is why they're abandoning the 8800GS... only to rename it as the 9600GSO.