x850xt vs. 7600gt ko

SAPPHIRE 100106SR-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express

or

eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT KO 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express

about the same price at Newegg

Get the X850. It trashes the 7600 in performance. So what if the 7600 has SM3? It doesn't have the gut to drive it. And mister #4 probably never owned a Radeon before, and likes to repeat what biased people mindlessly shout. But, as you can see, this isn't the place to ask such a thing, people here love to talk but have no real knowledge to back it up. Find some benchmarks and you can't go wrong with your choice.