Geforce 7600GS 256MB 400 Mhz

by XFX

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HWV1K4
• Item model number: PV-T73P-UDJ3
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

The XFX GeForce 7600GS graphics card lets you experience extreme HD gaming and video on your PC. Featuring the GeForce 7 Series architecture, this graphics card delivers smooth, realistic gaming at ultra-high resolutions. Additionally, the GeForce 7600 GPU by NVIDIA brings high-definition, home-theater quality video to the PC through the acclaimed NVIDIA PureVideo technology. Factory overclocked core and memory clocks gives an extra boost in performance at no extra cost.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great card for the money, October 29, 2006

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Dr.J. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geforce 7600GS 256MB 400 Mhz (Personal Computers)

This is a very nice graphics card. I don't play a lot of games but it seems to hold its own just fine. If you are into extreme gaming you might find the GT version to be a bit more to your liking. If you are just looking for a very nice graphics card for general to mid-level game playing I think you will be very happy. It is passively cooled so it is quite. It can get a bit hot if you are playing games but the highest I got it was 71c. That may sound hot but it's a graphics card not a CPU. The default "slowdown" temp is 125c. I have a small case without great ventilation. If you have better ventilation you will probably have even lower temps. The dual DVI is great. I can also confirm this card works without any flaws in Linux (I use Ubuntu). I have XGL and beryl working just fine.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Card, April 24, 2007

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D. Rohrick (Linton, ND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geforce 7600GS 256MB 400 Mhz (Personal Computers)

I've been using this card for over a month now without any issues other than Nvidia drivers for Windows Vista still need work. This becomes apparent when playing some games, but has no effect with general uses such as web surfing, using office applications, viewing movies or photos, etc. I had no issues at all when using this card with Windows XP (SP2).

The card is very quiet because it doesn't have a fan. I've read elsewhere that some people have been experiencing issues related to overheating. This is not the fault of the card; it is an issue with case ventilation. If your computer case lacks sufficient ventilation you should consider a card with an integrated cooling fan. I have never had this card get more than warm to the touch. As an experiment, I directed an 80mm case fan (that I had lying around) to blow across the heatsink and was surprised to find that the card was actually cool to the touch (and much quieter than it would be with a video card cooling fan installed). This is something you may want to consider if you don't have sufficient case ventilation.

One caveat, however: this card isn't for hardcore gamers. If you're one of those then you will probably want to go with a minimum of a Nvidia 7950 or a similar offering from ATI. I state this even though this card is SLI capable. In my opinion you will get much greater gaming performance using a more powerful video card in a single configuration than using two of these in a SLI configuration.

While not for hardcore gamers, this card is an excellent "general-purpose" card that can still handle most games currently on the market (albeit with reduced performance). If you want a video card that is quiet--and provides excellent performance--you should definitely consider this card.

3.0 out of 5 stars Gets too hot to be considered for gaming, March 19, 2008

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D@rkFX - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geforce 7600GS 256MB 400 Mhz (Personal Computers)

I own two of these which I'm currently using in a SLI configuration (msi nvidia 750i SLI, q6600 2.4GHz, 4GB DDR2) and I can play doom3 with everything maxed out (even AA) and works incredibly smooth for a couple of minutes then the cards turn very hot and are unable to keep a constant framerate. I blame that on the lack of active cooling.

I know, these cards offer great value for their price but don't expect any miracles and don't buy them for gaming. If you do at least pick the version with active cooling. Honestly, I bought them to build a quiet PC and made the wrong assumption that buying two for SLI would help me play some games at a decent frame-rate...