| Performance |
The only "added value" to be found in the 7600GT is its enhanced 3D performance, which just might be impressive enough to convince the masses! We compared the EVGA 7600GT CO Superclocked Edition to a wide variety of cards in the following configuration:
| Testing System Configuration | |
| Motherboard | EVGA 133-K8-NF43-AX, SLI enabled |
| Video cards | EVGA 7600GT CO Superclocked ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL EVGA 2x 6600GT in SLI EVGA 6800GT PCI Express EVGA 6600GT PCI Express Single |
| RAM | Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO |
| CPU | AMD Athlon64 3200+, 2.0GHz Venice |
| Hard Drive | Samsung SpinPoint-P 160GB SATA |
| Optical | Sony CDU4811 CD-ROM |
| Sound | Unused (default onboard drivers loaded) |
| Network | Unused (default onboard drivers loaded) |
| OS | Windows XP Service Pack 2 |
| Drivers | nForce 6.34 chipset ForceWare 83.91 Graphics ATI Catalyst 6.1 Graphics |
Lacking a similar market level ATI card to compare, the less-expensive 7600GT faces high-end cards with high-end prices, as well as the former leader 6800GT. Unfair? Our final evaluation will take price into consideration in an effort to put results into perspective.
Wow! The 7600GT takes three out of five DirectX benchmarks against the X1900 standard, four out of five against the X1800XL, and even claims one win against the 6600GT-SLI configuration. Who would have thought a midrange card as a contender against upper-budget parts?
SPECViewperf scores were all over the chart, indicating different approaches ATI and nVidia take towards OpenGL performance. Professional application users must carefully consider specific applications prior to card selection.
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