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Last week I reviewed BFG's flag-ship video card, the GeForce 7900 GTX OC. It proved to be a monster, especially when paired up with another of its kin. Today, we're settling back and taking a look at a more realistic product from the very same company.

At a price point of about $250, BFG's GeForce 7600 GT OC is the new replacement for the venerable GeForce 6600 GT. Based on the recently-released G71/G73 series, which in turn is a member of the very speedy and efficient G70 family, the GeForce 7600 GT OC is leaps and bounds ahead of the 6600 GT on the technology front. We covered the details behind the G71 in our GeForce 7900 GTX launch article so there's no use in rehashing old information, but as a quick and effective summary, the name of the G71 game is power consumption, parallelism, and shader performance.

The BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC is quite obviously a member of BFG's "OC" series of video cards, which has made a name for the company. This series appeals to the enthusiast gamer crowd because the cards are all noticeably overclocked out of the box -- all while retaining BFG's lifetime warranty. They are also priced very aggressively, in line with the stock-clocked products of other manufacturers, leading to an overall better bang-for-the-buck. Just what kind of specifications can you expect from BFG's GeForce 7600 GT OC? Let's take a look at a chart.

Looking at the table, it's clear that the 6600 GT is no match at all for the 7600 GT. On the ATI side of things, the 7600 GT appears to sit between the X1600 XT and X1800 XT, but leaning lot closer to the X1600 XT side. Its price point is also between that of those two cards. The showdown will be interesting indeed.

With the raw specifications now out of the way, let's go sneak a look at what BFG actually offers us, shall we?