XFX 7600 GT Fatal1ty

This is the first card to get launched after the XFX and Johnathan 'Fatal1ty'

collaboration. A mainstream card based on NVIDIA's 7600 GT GPU, it comes

overclocked, with a 650 MHz core and 1.6 GHz (effective) memory. It has two DVI

ports and comes with an S Video cable as well. Interestingly, the card uses

aluminum fins as a cooling system, instead of a fan. This makes it less noisier.

It also supports XHD (extreme High Definition), which enables a maximum

resolution up to 2560 x 1600. In our tests, the card scored 7128 in 3D Mark05,

which is very good for a mid-range card and cannot be compared with high-end

ones like ATI Radeon X1950 Crossfire or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. In 3D Mark06,

it scored 4793, slightly higher than the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (reviewed in PCQ

Feb07, p127). In F.E.A.R., without any AA (Anti-Aliasing) and AF (Anisotropic

Filtering), it scored 94 fps; again higher than ATI Radeon X1950 Pro that scored

87 fps. When we increased the setting to maximum with 4x AA and 16x AF, the

score reduced to 54 fps. For Prey, the card scored 69.7 fps at maximum setting,

which is very high in its category. In Doom 3, the card couldn't really beat ATI

Radeon X1950 Pro, which scored 117 fps at ultra-high quality compared to

Fatal1ty's 109.2 fps. The card costs 2k less than the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro.

Bottom Line: Considering the performance and negligible noise level,

it's a good bet at this price.