Albatron 7600GS AGP Graphics Card Review - Conclusion
Gripen 19 Sep 2006

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Conclusion

The 7600GS AGP is a good attempt at bringing a budget/mainstream Geforce 7 series gpu to the AGP market.
It is also a good card for a HTPC due to it's relative low power consumption & Purevideo support. With a more decent cooler, it should run pretty cool too.

As you can see from the results, the 7600GS is not really a good choice for gaming at 1280*1024 resolution or 1024*768(with AA/AF). Unless you are on a tight budget or only play at 1024*768, I would advise spending more money to get a 7600GT AGP as the perfomance increase is well worth the extra money. 

Pros

• Cheap upgrade for older computers with only an AGP slot.
• Slightly faster than a 6600GT.
• Good cables bundle.
• Good card for a HTPC.

Cons

• A better cooling solution could have been used.*
• Use of thermal pad for cooler.
• No SLI support.
• Mediocre performance at 1280*1024 or with 1024*768 with AA/AF with some modern games.

*Photos on Albatron website show a more beefy cooler which also helps cool the HSI chip, so it could be possible that we received an early card sample with a different cooler from the ones currently sold in the market.

Ratings

Here are my ratings out of 10 stars.

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