New Videocard

Hey, I just got a BFG Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS OC card wih 512 megs of onboard RAM.

How good is this card? I read that this was marketed at the middle-low end of the market, but I want to know how this card stacks up.

On a related topic, immediately after I got this card installed and updated the drivers (the third update attemp worked) It could run Battlefield 2, but later on that day, it could no longer play BF2. I don't know why. I defragged my HD, and deleted some useless files, but it still didn't work.

Hmm, let's see:

BFG: +20
Nvidia: +10
GeForce: +5
7600: +7.6
GS: +5
OC: +10
512 megs: +5.12
Only one card: -10
Reaallllly old: -30

In total, 22.72, not so bad!

>>2
Reaallllly old
Oh come on, right now I'm using a laptop card that doesn't even have programmable fragment shaders (but it has programmable vertex shaders for some reason).

>>3
Why the fuck would you want to program your video card, that's what the processor is for.

>>2
That was pretty retarded. Yes, it is a middle/low card. For comparison, I have a 7900 GT, which can kick your card's ass and can manage barely playable framerates on new games at max settings at 1440x900.

>>4
Dumbass or bad troll.

>>5
7900: +7.9
GT: +5
Widescreen: +MASSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE

Not very good.

>>6
If you want to use the retarded system, it's an eVGA and I get 15 points for it being an NVidia GeForce product and 2.56 for 256MB. Also, stock OC to 500/750 (from 450/660), custom OC to 550/800. I'll take the brain damage; playing FPSs with an FOV slightly closer to the natural one is made of win. If only all developers would make the small effort required for proper widescreen support.

>>7
120^o FOV FTW.

I usually get 85. 120 would be fantastic, though you'd need a fairly tall monitor for it not to be weird.