Is Nvidia 7600 (GT or GS) good enough?

[RiKToR]

If you are learning, Id say its adequate. My little brother is learning on a GMA950 Intel Extreme Graphics, he gets about 8fps on a low poly object. I use a 6800 Ultra and I can do some serious work on it and the one your after is better.

[validusername]

Thanks for your reply.

Since technology is changing so rapidly these days, an overkill is just an expensive waste IMO. I think it´s just better to buy what is sufficient today and then upgrade later according to the needs.

However I have another question and I hope someone can answer it. I discovered today that I need to buy an ATI card for another project, so I´m either going to buy both a Geforce and ATI and put them into the same PC or find a 3D program for my wife to study that supports an ATI card.

If I´m not mistaken, C4D, Blender and more support ATI cards, while Maya and others simply don´t work with them?

Cheers!

Markus

[tfortier]

I think there is a big difference between the GT and the GS... you get what you pay for!

I do 3d on a old geforce 5900 here and its working very well! not so much difference from my job quadro 1400...

for playing its another thing... youll get better fps from the GT...

[Kostadamus]

7600GT works great, it has higher GPU clock than the 7900, but not as much pipes, which don't do shit all for viewport to my knowledge. 7900GT has more vertex/pixel engines though. It's a great card for the buck.

[parallax]

Another question regarding the 7600GS/GT line: Running After Effects 7 in High Fidelity mode, would it be more interesting to buy a 7600GS running 512mb RAM, or a 7600GT with 256mb RAM with added speed?

I'm guessing the former. Any thoughts on that?

[lots]

As far as ATI hardware is concerned, many people seem to run it OK on almost every 3D app out there, however, ATI cards have pretty poor driver support, and thus you may notice glitches here and there. Not everyone experiences it, but most on this forum will tell you to stear clear of them. Nvidia's cards (while not perfect) present a better value to the users of this board on average.

[Draconic]

As far as ATI hardware is concerned, many people seem to run it OK on almost every 3D app out there, however, ATI cards have pretty poor driver support, and thus you may notice glitches here and there. Not everyone experiences it, but most on this forum will tell you to stear clear of them. Nvidia's cards (while not perfect) present a better value to the users of this board on average.
I am with Lots on this Avoid ATI, nvidia is the only card I run these days.

[validusername]

Ok, Nvidia it is!

Thank you all for your replies. Now I´m going to spread the word to all the Apple die hard fans who want to buy a Mac :)

Cheers!

Markus

[RiKToR]

If Maya is possibility for your wife to learn 3d then stay away from ATI, I have yet to find one that will not glitch in maya's viewport or during hardware rendering. NVIDIA is a better opengl card for maya. C4d youll have to ask one of there users. The only good animation prog for ATI is 3ds Max since max functions better in DirectX mode then opengl, but as lots said there is driver problems too.

Though dont miss concieve, ATI will work with any animation program but you will likely have problems. A few my friends had were ghosting isoparm selections, creating a large trail of geometry so you couldnt see where you selection was. Hardware rendering crashing while doing playblast of animations or dynamics simulations. Stuff youll have to work around. Stick with NVIDIA and what you can afford on the 7xxx series you wont go wrong.

[lots]

Actually, ATI on Apple hardware is different. Apple has direct control over the drivers that are used on OSX, and thus ATI's short comings may not be present in OSX. However, if you buy an Intel Mac, and want to run windows, you can probably expect exactly the same thing as any other windows box with ATI hardware.

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