New Video card

[Deadpoetic]

Ok, im seriously thinking about buying a new vid card, but I dont know which one to choose. The 6600GT or the X700? Both are about the same price. Playing BF2 at 800x600 with everything turned off and on low..and even that, its slow..kinda sucks. stupid 5600XT

But what I find weird, is that the 6600 GT cost a little bit more (like 10$) but it says it is 128 Mb, while the X700 is 256...???

[DrunkenPirate]

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Moved to Hardware.

[NoSoup4You]

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Memory doesn't determine how good a card is. What you need to compare is the core speeds.

[Sir. MatDef]

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I'm pretty sure the 6600gt is better, go with that one.

[Eddy01741]

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The 6600GT is better, way better clock speeds.

[Blak_Phoenix]

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Yea, and ive heard that alot of people with the x700's are complaining that its not up to the 6600. So id got with Nvidia on this one.

[Sir. abjam77]

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ya, although i have a 6800, which is supposed to be better than the 6600Gt, but can't even play on medium. I think my main bottleneck is the video ram, but if u have more than 1gig, i hear that its alright. just my opinion, but i have heard nothing but good things about the 6600GT

[Deadpoetic]

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ok thx, I found a nice XFX GeForce 6600 GT AGP 128Mb for 198 bucks ($CA)... Tomorow morning guys!! Woohooo!! AT least!! Ill be able to play Fear and BF2 with decent graphics and a good frame rate! REJOICE! :) Ill be able to play with NV goggle on without have a fps of like 10! :)

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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ya, although i have a 6800, which is supposed to be better than the 6600Gt, but can't even play on medium. I think my main bottleneck is the video ram, but if u have more than 1gig, i hear that its alright. just my opinion, but i have heard nothing but good things about the 6600GT

lol wut? i play on med settins (texture low) with the 6600GT... i got 512 ram n my procesor is a 2500+ athlon... u should b able to play at least med on urs...
this is the one i got http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150089

[Deadpoetic]

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I have 1024 ram and an athlon 2.7, How much FPS are you getting and in what rez are you playing?? I plan to try 800x600 with High/med res

[Eddy01741]

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If you can spare the 50-70 extra bucks, go for the 6800GS, performs as well as X800XL/6800GT at stock speeds, but can overclock WAY higher (425/1000 to 525/1300 with Stock cooling). It only has 12 pipelines, but benchmarks have proved how good it is. GOes for about 200 on newegg.com

[Sir. MatDef]

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If you can spare the 50-70 extra bucks, go for the 6800GS, performs as well as X800XL/6800GT at stock speeds, but can overclock WAY higher (425/1000 to 525/1300 with Stock cooling). It only has 12 pipelines, but benchmarks have proved how good it is. GOes for about 200 on newegg.com

He already got the new card, and the 6800gs is pcie only (right now).

[Eddy01741]

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He already got the new card, and the 6800gs is pcie only (right now).

Oh, thanks for correcting me, as i forgot he only had AGP. I also was too unfocused to read that he got the new card.

[Sir. MatDef]

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Oh, thanks for correcting me, as i forgot he only had AGP. I also was too unfocused to read that he got the new card.

No problem, everyone makes mistakes, that just proves we're human.

[Eddy01741]

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No problem, everyone makes mistakes, that just proves we're human.

Yep, i just hate the people who do this when i make a mistake: "OMG, DID YOU NOT READ THE LAST POST, HE SAID HE ALREADY BOUGHT A VIDEO CARD. AND ARE YOU STUPID, THE 6800GS IS ONLY FOR PCI-E. WOW YOU DON"T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HARDWARE" Or something along the lines of that.