I want to get my son a better video card than the 256MB nvidia GeForce 7300LE TurboCache that Dell included in his XPS410. It also has an E4300 1.8Gz 2MB L2 800FSB, 2GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM, and 375W PSU.
I'm leaning toward EVGA 7600GT 25MB DirectX 9 DDR3 or 8600GT 512MB DireectX 10 DDR2.
My question is which card would better balance the system without bottlenecks? Also why would the 8600 use DDR2 and the 7600 use DDR3? Seems backward to me.
http://www.newegg.com:80/Produ...p?Item=N82E16814130292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130062
Anyway. Can't really afford to lose money on a card that's wasted. Much thanks for the help.
I'm leaning toward EVGA 7600GT 25MB DirectX 9 DDR3 or 8600GT 512MB DireectX 10 DDR2.
My question is which card would better balance the system without bottlenecks? Also why would the 8600 use DDR2 and the 7600 use DDR3? Seems backward to me.
http://www.newegg.com:80/Produ...p?Item=N82E16814130292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130062
Anyway. Can't really afford to lose money on a card that's wasted. Much thanks for the help.