Video Card Recommendation?

rukKus · 13-December-05, 04:15 PM

Hell everyone, Currently, i am looking for a mid-range AGP video card, prefferebly 256mb, that will be priced around $150-$250. An example would be the Nvidia 6600 GT. Could anyone give some recommendations?

GrandpaNoob72 · 13-December-05, 04:47 PM

Your search parameters, over at NEWEGG
(starting on page 3 of 4)

Hope that helps

rukKus · 13-December-05, 10:45 PM

k cool. welp i think i decided on a 6600 GT but which would you guys say is better. the BFG 128mb 6600 gt or the XFX 256mb 6600 GT

turbopsi · 13-December-05, 10:58 PM

256mb on a 6600GT isn't worth it. It doesn't have the power to run the high resolutions to benefit from 256mb.

128mb will be fine. BFG is a better buy as well.

GrandpaNoob72 · 13-December-05, 11:02 PM

If you're talking about these:

I would lean towards the BFG based on the clock speeds + lower price. It does have some negative reviews, but more positives than negatives. I don't see it as a "roll of the dice", as to whether whatever part you buy will be defective from the start, if you think about the statistics involved...

Good luck with your purchase, and let us know how it goes...

rukKus · 14-December-05, 12:28 AM

thank you guys for helping.

are the clock speeds more important than the memory? and what do the clock speed and memory actually do concerning performance?

turbopsi · 14-December-05, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rukKus


	thank you guys for helping. are the clock speeds more important than the memory? and what do the clock speed and memory actually do concerning performance?

At lower resolutions 128mb of faster clocked memory would beat 256mb at a slower clock rate.

If the game or benchmark program was using less than 128mb ram since it was only running 1024x768, then it will not need more than that, and it would run completely smooth, since all vram is, is a buffer for the image.

If you run higher resolutions, with 128mb ram, and the textures and image use up more than 128mb ram, it then becomes choppy.

rukKus · 14-December-05, 12:41 AM

if i was running 1280x1024 and had the settings cranked up, could the 128mb handle the pressure?

Ator · 14-December-05, 02:04 AM

The 128MB wouldn't be the limit at that point...the GPU would be.

This card is right at your limit, but damn it's so much better than a 6600: http://www.pricewatch.com/prc.aspx?i=37&a=262615

ATI Radeon X850 Pro 256MB AGP. I know the PCI Express versions can unlock to the XT, but i'm not sure the AGP ones will. It uses an R480 core, so it'll overclock REALLY high.

konai_konai666 · 14-December-05, 10:40 AM

I'd definately get a Sapphire x800GT0 256MB AGP over any 6600. To boot, it's GPU has (4) more pipelines than 6600's (8), and an additional 4 that are usually unlocked very easily, as the core is most definately the same one used in x800XT (R423)-x850XT (R480/481) cards..

nev_payne · 14-December-05, 11:51 AM

Just how big is this HP case? Dont forget some proprietary cases can only accept LP cards...

rukKus · 14-December-05, 09:12 PM

sadly its not that big. i think its a mid tower? im not sure. is the x800gto huge?

rukKus · 14-December-05, 09:43 PM

isnt the x800gto running at 400mhz? and the 6600 gt 500mhz?

turbopsi · 14-December-05, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rukKus


	isnt the x800gto running at 400mhz? and the 6600 gt 500mhz?

The clock frequency doesn't matter when the X800GTO has more pipelines, and processes a hell of a lot more data.

konai_konai666 · 15-December-05, 10:18 AM

Not to mention, most of them (atleast most all R480+) you will find easily run at 500MHz+, some even having broke the 600MHz barrier and/ or being able to actually outclock real x850XT PE's.

rukKus · 15-December-05, 04:26 PM

so the ideal card for me would be the x800 GTO sapphire?

i hope everything is compatible wiht my ghetto HP set up

13-December-05, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	Video Card Recommendation? Hell everyone, Currently, i am looking for a mid-range AGP video card, prefferebly 256mb, that will be priced around $150-$250. An example would be the Nvidia 6600 GT. Could anyone give some recommendations? __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

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GrandpaNoob72 Eleven-Bravo Sitrep Writer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Fort Riley, KS (Back home where I BELONG!) Posts: 3,367	Your search parameters, over at NEWEGG (starting on page 3 of 4) Hope that helps __________________ A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life". That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country, who no longer understand that...

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rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	k cool. welp i think i decided on a 6600 GT but which would you guys say is better. the BFG 128mb 6600 gt or the XFX 256mb 6600 GT __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

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turbopsi Supe-Hoe-Charged Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 1,737	256mb on a 6600GT isn't worth it. It doesn't have the power to run the high resolutions to benefit from 256mb. 128mb will be fine. BFG is a better buy as well. __________________

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GrandpaNoob72 Eleven-Bravo Sitrep Writer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Fort Riley, KS (Back home where I BELONG!) Posts: 3,367	If you're talking about these: I would lean towards the BFG based on the clock speeds + lower price. It does have some negative reviews, but more positives than negatives. I don't see it as a "roll of the dice", as to whether whatever part you buy will be defective from the start, if you think about the statistics involved... Good luck with your purchase, and let us know how it goes... __________________ A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life". That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country, who no longer understand that...

14-December-05, 12:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	thank you guys for helping. are the clock speeds more important than the memory? and what do the clock speed and memory actually do concerning performance? __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

14-December-05, 12:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	if i was running 1280x1024 and had the settings cranked up, could the 128mb handle the pressure? __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

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Ator At-Whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The ends of the earth Posts: 2,057	The 128MB wouldn't be the limit at that point...the GPU would be. This card is right at your limit, but damn it's so much better than a 6600: http://www.pricewatch.com/prc.aspx?i=37&a=262615 ATI Radeon X850 Pro 256MB AGP. I know the PCI Express versions can unlock to the XT, but i'm not sure the AGP ones will. It uses an R480 core, so it'll overclock REALLY high. __________________ AMD Opteron 146 CAB2E 0540 FPMW @ 3216Mhz 321.6x10 (max OC benchable, 300x10 daily)\| Radeon X1800XT @ 766/900 (stock cooler, 700/800 daily) \|SuperPI 1M: 26.109\| 3DMark05: 11454 \| 3DMark03: 21355 \| 3DMark01: 40456 \| Join Team Ator's F@H FORCE! Click HERE for info! NOW RECRUITING!

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konai_konai666 DuckWarrior's Personal Quack-Hoe Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Port Townsend, WA (US [of] A).. "America - F--- YEAH!!" Posts: 1,512	I'd definately get a Sapphire x800GT0 256MB AGP over any 6600. To boot, it's GPU has (4) more pipelines than 6600's (8), and an additional 4 that are usually unlocked very easily, as the core is most definately the same one used in x800XT (R423)-x850XT (R480/481) cards.. __________________ NORTH WEST HYPHY MOVEMENT -3DMark06: 5850 - Super PI 1.4: 1M = 28s Last edited by konai_konai666; 14-December-05 at 10:48 AM.

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rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	sadly its not that big. i think its a mid tower? im not sure. is the x800gto huge? __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

14-December-05, 09:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	isnt the x800gto running at 400mhz? and the 6600 gt 500mhz? __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

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konai_konai666 DuckWarrior's Personal Quack-Hoe Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Port Townsend, WA (US [of] A).. "America - F--- YEAH!!" Posts: 1,512	Not to mention, most of them (atleast most all R480+) you will find easily run at 500MHz+, some even having broke the 600MHz barrier and/ or being able to actually outclock real x850XT PE's. __________________ NORTH WEST HYPHY MOVEMENT -3DMark06: 5850 - Super PI 1.4: 1M = 28s

15-December-05, 04:26 PM	#16 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	so the ideal card for me would be the x800 GTO sapphire? i hope everything is compatible wiht my ghetto HP set up __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

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