It will cost $199, get 42 FPS on Doom 3 at 1600x1200, and outperform a Radeon 9900 XT. The non GT version will cost $149. It'll also support PCI Express and SLI so you can have dual graphics cards
It will cost $199, get 42 FPS on Doom 3 at 1600x1200, and outperform a Radeon 9900 XT. The non GT version will cost $149. It'll also support PCI Express and SLI so you can have dual graphics cards
Of course, this pales to the power of my Geforce FX 5200...right? That's what the salesman told me...
Yep, the mighty FX 5200. Sucktacular. Too bad at the time I bought my new comp I didnt have enough money to buy a better one, but I plan on upgrading soon.
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How the hell does it manage to do that for the price?
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I hope things stay like this. Next gen of cards, ATI will take the crown back... and the nVidia will take it back... then ATI, then nVidia, wow! Capitalism in action!
This can only mean wonderful things for the consumer.
The best part? The 6600 has nVidia's hardware support for numerous 2D and video editing applications. Sweet-ass, faster render times in Premiere...
EmperorMing wrote:I'm gonna wait for review specs before I drop my cash for another card.
Also this does sound good, but then again I want 256 mb on my next vidcard.
Eh. Tom's hardware did a series of benchmarks using old cars with newer games, and there wasn't that much difference between 64 and 128 MB, so I don't think 256 is worth the extra jink.
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Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Eh. Tom's hardware did a series of benchmarks using old cars with newer games, and there wasn't that much difference between 64 and 128 MB, so I don't think 256 is worth the extra jink.
Unless you want to play D3 with High texture quality enabled
SPOOFE wrote:The best part? The 6600 has nVidia's hardware support for numerous 2D and video editing applications. Sweet-ass, faster render times in Premiere...
With PCIe, I assume? The ability of it to send data back the other way efficiently is quite a boon now.
I buy a Geforce 6600 GT. In a couple years, it's not *quite* fast enough for most games, so I buy a second one, OR a 6800, or a newer card, and slap it in NEXT to it. Bam, dual graphics cards, way faster. And the old chip doesn' tgo to waste.
Praxis wrote:I buy a Geforce 6600 GT. In a couple years, it's not *quite* fast enough for most games, so I buy a second one, OR a 6800, or a newer card, and slap it in NEXT to it. Bam, dual graphics cards, way faster. And the old chip doesn' tgo to waste.
Scalable Link Interface requires that the cards are matched and that you have PCIe x16 and x8 slots.
Also, as pointed out elsewhere, if you are going to spend money on PCIe, you might as well buy a 6800.
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EmperorMing wrote:I'm gonna wait for review specs before I drop my cash for another card.
Also this does sound good, but then again I want 256 mb on my next vidcard.
Eh. Tom's hardware did a series of benchmarks using old cars with newer games, and there wasn't that much difference between 64 and 128 MB, so I don't think 256 is worth the extra jink.
I missed that article. Thanks for pointing it out.
Praxis wrote:I buy a Geforce 6600 GT. In a couple years, it's not *quite* fast enough for most games, so I buy a second one, OR a 6800, or a newer card, and slap it in NEXT to it. Bam, dual graphics cards, way faster. And the old chip doesn' tgo to waste.
Scalable Link Interface requires that the cards are matched and that you have PCIe x16 and x8 slots.
Ah. It's still cool, though.
You can get a 6600 GT, and in a couple years when all your friends have X1000's and Geforce 7200's, buy a second 6600 GT.
