Buying a new video card,help please!

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#1 KingSanoM
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Alright turns out my 6600 gt agp card is having problems and im hoping to replace it with one of these cards.

-EVGA 7600GS 256MB

-XFX 7600 GT 256MB

-XFX 7900GS 256mb

I am using a pentium 4 3.0ghz processor with 1gb of ram.

My powersupply has a 12v rating of 17.0a

Now i need your expert advise,which of these cards would be best bang for the buck and would not bottleneck my computer?

thanks in advance.

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#2 KingSanoM
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bump anyone please?im leaving to buy the card in an hour.
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#3 X360NowPS3Later
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What do you want to be able to play?
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#4 KingSanoM
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Half life 2,world of warcraft and starcraft 2 down the road.
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#5 kodex1717
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I'd go with the 7900, it's just plain the best card out of the three. You should consider getting a new processor if you plan to be playing newer games. A P4 is fine for HL2 and WoW, though.
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#6 KingSanoM
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the 7900 should work fine with my current computer and powersupply?
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the 7900 should work fine with my current computer and powersupply?KingSanoM
Sorry you need a new powersupply,17A can't even power a 7600GT.
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#8 kodex1717
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[QUOTE="KingSanoM"]the 7900 should work fine with my current computer and powersupply?AARONRULZ1
Sorry you need a new powersupply,17A can't even power a 7600GT.

Might I recommend the Xcilo Stablepower 460W or 500W? They're $50 and $70 respectively for some nice PSU's. They both have dual +12v rails to boot.
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#9 Random__Guy
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Just so you know, the 7600GS is almost exactly the same as the 6600gt.