I suggested against buying Nvidia’s latest, best top of the range graphics card, the GeForce 7950 GX2, because next-gen 3D cards from both Nvidia and ATI were purportedly coming out before the end of the year; we were unable to explain a $600 card knowing that it’d be out of fashion in half a year. And it was too bad, because aside from the timing of its release, we actually liked the card. The rationale is actually because the $229 counseled price dropped as low as $199 at assorted outlets, so even if Nvidia does showcase a comparably priced 3D card with its next-gen tech before the end of the year, the monetary stakes are not as major.
If you purchase this card now, you will get a slim, easy-to-install 3D card that provides absolutely sufficient 3D frame refresh rates for a minimum of a year or thereabouts, we believe.
Both are single-slot designs, recommending each will take up the space of only 1 internal enlargement slot, and both come with 256MB of DDR3 memory. You must also try the 3D card roundup that he and James Yu released this month.
It dips noticeably only below sixty frames per second on the Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion, possibly the toughest 3D game on the market now. We’ve accompanied contemporary top of the range ATI and Nvidia reviews with 2 desists that still remain true for this card, but less so. We do not think this issue matters that much in a midrange card as the performance hit you’d take with the Chuck patch enabled would actually hurt your refresh rates. This is still true today, but we do not endorse splurging for 2 $200 to $225 cards at this time. That feels like a lot of money to spend before a next-gen technology looms on the near horizon–reportedly before the end of the year. As for PNY’s categorical contributions to the package, we’ve already discussed the collection of adapters you get.
There are no free games in the box, which always lets us down a bit.
