7600 Good Enough For Future Online Gaming?

I'm planning on buying a laptop that will last me awhile. There is a laptop in my price range that has mostly everything I want, but it has an Nvidia 7600. Is the 7600 good enough for online gaming? There is a marvel comics online rpg coming out for xbox 360 and windows vista. Will a 7600 work or do I need to look for a 7900?

 

A 7600 is close to the highest you'll find in a smaller laptop. The only other option is a 7700. You'll only find a 7900 in 17" and larger machines. So basically it comes down to what balance you want. The 7600 should play games pretty well for a while, if not with full effects. The 7900 will play them with more effects, but it requires that you get a larger machine. So it's basically your choice.

That being said, I have been very impressed with my 7600, and it's even slightly underclocked.

 

That depends, on how long you call the "future". With DirectX 10 coming out, I would really go for a 7900...

 

Well it will probably play the game, just not at the highest settings. The 7600 is a good card though.

the asus g1 or asus a8j or dell e1705 or hp9000t have the 512 7700 , 256 7600, 256 7900, and 512 7600 respectively. Those cards might run a bit better.

 

Well as far as the future goes, if I'm not mistaken the 7900 won't work with dx10 any more than a 7600 (that is not at all), so it really is just a matter of what you want as far as the graphics settings you can handle on non dx10 games. I don't have experience with a 7600 personally but my 6600 can handle most current games at near full settings (with my slight overclock), so a 7600 should be able to play most games at pretty much full on wxga.

 

Well, with DX10 coming out, a 7900 is useless. You need an 8xxx (or the ATI equivalent) for DX10.

 

I haven't benchmarked yet, but a Go 7600 (with 450 Mhz on the chip, and 700 Mhz on the 512mb memory), smooth going here. I probably haven't pushed it hard enough yet then though.

 

The go 7600 is a very capable card. The go 7700 has recently been released and offers a nice performance bump. I wouldn't worry too much about future gaming with either card.

DX10 cards are still being developed, and last I heard, Nvidia is aiming for next summer.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=90994

 

At this point, I would not buy a laptop.

I would wait until next year and see what it brings.

 

I'm brand new to the laptop scene. I was planning on buying a Dell 1705 this month. Has the 7900 GS been around for a while? Is there any news or timeframe when we can expect the 8xxx series? It's not critical that I buy a laptop this month, but I would like to buy one within 6 months.

 

Yeah I've been told to wait by a few people. The question that no one has told me yet is how long into next year. I'd like to get a laptop before the spring, but if new releases coming out in late spring or summer (8xxx, dx10, etc.) I'm willing to wait.

 

I've been told by a very reliable source that Nvidia is saying maybe we'll see DX10 in laptops in July '07.

Read more:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=90994

 

The fact is that if you wait until next year, then there will be something better on the horizon that everyone will say to wait for. Thats just the way it is with computers, it will never end.

Here's the thing - there are already games out there that will tax the 7600 & you won't be able to run with all settings turned to high. However, it will run all games nicely. In another 2 years, it will be somewhere near the minimum requirements for most high-end games. After 3 years, it will probably be pretty much obsolete for a serious FPS gamer. However, it should still do a decent job with most RTS and other types of games as they usually have less stringent graphics requirements.

How many games do you play that can really tax the graphics card (such as Far Cry, Oblivion, etc.) vs. other types of games? How often do you buy a new computer? Your answer to these questions will let you know what you should be buying.

For example, I purchased a laptop with a X1600 (which is comparable to the 7600). In 2-3 years, this laptop will replace my wife's current computer and I will buy something new for myself. If I planned on keeping it for my own use for much longer that that, I would have spent the money to get a computer with a better graphics card.

 

I'd be playing games such as the Marvel Universe Online RPG, the upcoming Command and Conquer 3, and will probably look into some of the new first person shooters. This will be my first laptop, and I want it to last me for a few years. I'll probably end up waiting until the summer to see what it brings, but doubt I'll wait any longer than that.

 

I couldn't wait any longer so I found a really good deal on my laptop from a friend of mine which has a 7600 in it and its the slower version, only 128mb and i think 64bit. It's still able to preform well in all games I play. But most likely will upgrade by next fall or Christmas, upgrading every 1-2 years is the best thing to do, hold on to your laptop any longer and it will become obsolete and impossible to resell.

 

It should last a few years without any problem, but gaming-wise it will be showing its age by then. Even high-end systems will be doing the same in a few years. It's the nature of the industry. If you really want to stay on top of the gaming world, a desktop is the way to go--more power + upgradeability.

With a laptop you just have to enjoy what you have for as long as it gets the job done. And only you can decide when its gaming performance is lacking because you can always lower settings.

 

eh. Id suggest waiting. dx10 cards in laptops can't be that far away.

 

That depends on how long you're willing to wait:

 

Why would you wait 7 months to buy a dx10 card? Having a laptop that's at the high end of the curve for 7 months is pretty darn good, imo. The santa rosa chipset comes out sooner, but it doesn't drastically improve gaming preformance.

The 7600 should last you a while like rockym said.

I looked at your other thread, and you could configure a dell e1705 with the 7900gs for under $1500 with coupons. Or you could buy one at the www.dell.com/outlet. Of course that's a 17 inch laptop.

 

I won't mind waiting because i currently go to community college and live at home, my computer here is good enough for most of the games at least on a low-medium graphics setting. I'll wait for a few reasons. The games I am most looking forward to aren't coming out until spring, summer, or later. I won't really need mobility until the summer and next school year for sure. So i figure I might as well be patient and wait for better. Not to mention it would be helpful if I saved up some money first

 

i'm waiting till 07 to get a new lappy for 2 reasons

1) santa rosa

2) dx10

santa rosa mobos will have built in nand flash in it allowing much faster boot up times

it will also have 800 fsb which i think will significantly improve performance

i'll wait for dx10 or rather a gpu with unified shaders because imo, i believe that unified shaders offer much better performance per watt ratio due to their efficiency. so i think that it will be worthwhile to wait for that



while it's true that there's always some better thing on the horizon, i think those 2 things will be a worthwhile wait as they're a new breed of technology that i don't think will get replaced very soon.

 

I have the 7600 and I'm playing CSS and Quake 4 on HIGH settings with no lag or faulty textures. And I'm still getting 67-78FPS.