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Thread ID: 64564 2005-12-19 20:20:00 Graphics cards: 6600 == 6800 ??? hamstar (4) PC World Chat
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413963 2005-12-19 20:20:00 Looking for a new graphics card guys,

Should I get a 6800GT or is it more economical to get a 6600GT?

Any recomendations? Wat's equal in terms of XT and GT... i.e. 6600GT equal to a 6800XT?
hamstar (4)
413964 2005-12-19 21:44:00 radeon 6800XT is old as the hills. Is that what you currently have? Greven (91)
413965 2005-12-19 21:58:00 6800XT is an nVidia card not an ATI Radeon. Hamstar should research some of the review sites. PaulD (232)
413966 2005-12-20 00:05:00 Man thats confusing. Nvidia have never made an "XT" card before - that has always been the mark of the best ATI cards. Greven (91)
413967 2005-12-20 01:19:00 What are you are you after. A PCI Express card or a AGP card. Supply of AGP cards are drying up as everything is going PCI Express.

Trevor :)
Trev (427)
413968 2005-12-20 01:28:00 Looking for a new graphics card guys,

Should I get a 6800GT or is it more economical to get a 6600GT?

Minimum 6800GT.
Or X800Pro or higher.
pctek (84)
413969 2005-12-20 01:35:00 AGP card... searched around but don't think I can afford a 6800GT so yeah...

XT is nvidia's lowest card, in a cheeky commercial something, towards radeon having XT as their highest card...
hamstar (4)
413970 2005-12-20 02:07:00 The 6600GT is supposed to be 'good bang for your buck' (note I didn't say best bang!), you can spend money endlessly on video cards and unless you're a hard core gamer it ain't gonna make much difference. The AGP cards are more expensive than PCI-e, but then you're looking at adding in the cost of a new motherboard if you don't already have PCI-e capable one. Shortcircuit (1666)
413971 2005-12-20 05:38:00 AGP card... searched around but don't think I can afford a 6800GT so yeah...

XT is nvidia's lowest card, in a cheeky commercial something, towards radeon having XT as their highest card...

As I said above you had better hurry up and buy your AGP card as they are becoming scarce. I was looking for a AGP FX 6600 GT 256mb card the other day for a friend and only found one in NZ. Found about 6 128mb ones. Friend ended up buying the 128mb one.

Trevor :)
Trev (427)
413972 2005-12-20 18:43:00 I would second the 6800GT/GS minimum, the 6600GT is not keeping up with games like F.E.A.R now at decent resolutions little own future games.

If you are building a new machine I would suggest Nvidia 7800GT as they are reasonably priced (overseas) so consider bringing it in yourself. Prices are dropping here in NZ a bit but it is slow I have recently noticed.
Battleneter (60)
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