PNY GeForce 7600 GS is it junk?

[ZRX1200R]

Just replaced a ATR Radion X700 Pro 256mb PCI express with a PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512mb. I thought I was upgrading but according to my 3DMark2001 the Radion is way better? 17179 for radion and 15462 for the GeForce. I just use the 3DMark to see if it's better not trying to set the world on fire with scores. System has Athlon64 3500, 1.5g Ram windows XP and I just upgraded my powersupply thinking maybe that was the problem. I uninstalled the Radion from the add/remove hardware. haven't tried a driver cleaner yet as didn't want to spend the money. Am I wrong or should the GeForce be a better card? Just bought this weekend for $129.00. Any answers would be greatly appreicated as I will return to store if it's junk? Thanks, Ron

[EdwardTobia]

shuda got the GT, thats when u notice the performance increase.

[Valk]

they arent junk, they just need love to see their true potential =D
those cards are stock clocked to 400mhz with ddr2 memory and usually come with passive coolers. you should be able to oc that card to 500 core but there is a voltmod out there that isnt too hard that will let you run retardedly high with some good cooling. the only real problem with this compared to a GT is the memory is ddr2 not ddr3. so your limited to about 1ghz with a little volt modding.
If you just want something that out of the box will beat the x700, GT would have been a better bet, but if you google 7600GS overclocking or volt modding, you will see these cards getting to over 700mhz core. for a $100 card, that slays.
also, benchmark the cards in something more recent and valid, like 2003 or 2005. these are shader cards and the difference will be more apparent then.

[ZRX1200R]

Thanks for the imput. i don't want to bother with OC at this time. would a PNY 7300GT with 256mb be any better? Or a Radion X1600 Pro? If I'm not going to see a noticable differane I will just keep the X700 for now untill some of the better cards get a little cheaper.I'm going to swap out the athlon64 3500 for a Athlon64x2 4200 soon and could use the money for that. Thanks again

[ZRX1200R]

Was reading the specs on my old x700. I guess the reason id did so well is it says it has the gddr3 meomery?

[Memphis69]

i would put my 76gs up to a x1600.. i love the crap out of mine and i am lookin to get a nother one sooooon!

[Uqdroma]

Comparing the 7600gs to the 7300gt

go with the gs --- more pipelines

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=431&card2=387

comparing the 7600gs to the ATI x1600 PRO

It's a real toss-up...the 76 has more raster operators and texture units, but the x1600 performs more shader operations per cycle.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=431&card2=387