Friend with a budget

[Norcent]

My friends parents said he could get one of these graphics cards...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814142060

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143067

So wich is better?

He will only be playing counter strike source.

Thats the only game he could afford...

 

[aliasaid]

x1600pro is better


edit: i just looked at some 7300gt reviews and i'm surprised because they're pretty good, hehe... i'd say w/e's cheaper is better (although still sorta leaning towards the x1600pro)

 

[harley3344]

i would say the 7300GT nvidia has better drivers and its cheaper but eather way ull be happy.

 

[King X13]

The X1600 is the same price if you look there is a rebate and they are both 79.99 . ive always had ATI cards and theyve never done me wrong, so id deff go with that.

 

[Deathawk]

Either the x1600 or this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131007 if your friend is allowed to pick other cards =\

 

[Forchunet]

yeah i bought the same powercolor card from newegg.com for $89. its a steal considering these cards were $250+ like a year ago. I think the x800gto is better than those first two cards listed right?

 

[Norcent]

oops my bad my friend just sayed that the ati card his parents want him to get has 4 pixelpipelines.

The bfg geforce one has 8 pipelines.

Those cards are the only ones his parents will let him get.

So wich is better?

 

[Erich K]

yeah i bought the same powercolor card from newegg.com for $89. its a steal considering these cards were $250+ like a year ago. I think the x800gto is better than those first two cards listed right?

Yeah. The x800GTO is a really nice card for the price.

But if i had to pick one of those two, it would be the x1600PRO.

 

[Norcent]

what are pixelpipelines?

does it have something to deal with the picture?

 

[COD2_fanatic]

no it's how much data the GPU can transport to the CPU/RAM and so on but the more pipes the better