Nvidia 6600GT any good?

[djstevie]

Hey guys question time again.
Im going up to buy a new graphics card tomorrow for my mate. He's given me £150 to spend on one. I know it aint mega money but i should be able to get a decent card for that.
Currently he's running a Geforce 4 4200 which has just about had its day. I seen an Nvidia 6600GT Asus brand 128mb for £140 and wonder if this card is any good? He's made it clear he doesnt want Radeon so as far as i can see the aformentioned card seems a safe bet.
Will he notice much difference between the card he has now (i mean much) or are there any other cards you would recommend for the money? Or would i be wasting his money buying this?
The cards gotta be AGP as well as his mobo doesnt support PCI-Express...Comments and suggestions appreciated

[Graham M]

My mate's just bought one of these and its an excellent card. Erm dunno what more to say, maybe someone else can take it from there. Its well worth the dosh tho

[bmxbandit]

if its agp, thats about as good as you're gonna get!

there will be a massive difference between the cards

In that price range and saying he will not have ati then your choice is a 6600gt or a 6600gt
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...GP_Series.html
some have core speeds of 500 mhz and ram speeds of 1000mhz so not bad for the cash

[djstevie]

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

if its agp, thats about as good as you're gonna get!

there will be a massive difference between the cards

Thats what i was wanting to hear

[bmxbandit]

hmm, im tempted to buy one myself! *pets poor wheezing GTS*

after exams are over, theres summat to look forward to

[Stuart]

I recently replaced my ageing Radion 9800Pro with a 6600GT. Excellent card. Much faster than the 9800Pro (in normal use).

[jtwn]

6600GT is a great card, i wasn't aware it was exceptionally good over the 9800p, whilst better with combined aa/af turned on, from what i have seen, without it is not actually faster.

[djstevie]

I got the card and what an improvement it was.My mate is well chuffed. Got myself a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb as well but i am FAR from impressed with that. I thought most games would have high settings as default on them but when i turn the settings up high they stutter like hell almost to the point the games become unplayable...Downloaded the latest drivers as well so god knows whats wrong with it.

what make card is it?

[Gareth]

Running 9800 Pro here too, and not had any problems at all with it.

What results d'you get from any of the benchmarking tools?
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Oh, and I know someone that could be interested in buying it from you if you ain't happy with it

[djstevie]

The make is Sapphire or something. Aint ran any benchmarking tools. Tomorrow when i have time im gonna deep clean my system to make sure no fragments of nvidia drivers are left from my old card which was an FX 5700...Also gonna try upgrade my bios on my Asus A7n8x board to see if that makes any difference. I mean from the reviews i've read on it, it should be a good card but it plays worse than my old nvidia card. I knew i should have stuck with Nvidia

[djstevie]

Hasnt made any difference....Looks like im going to have to have an "accident" with it and take it back and say it doesnt work

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

if its agp, thats about as good as you're gonna get!

Apart from an X800, X800 Pro, X800XT, X800 XT PE, X800XL, X850, 6800, 6800, 6800GT, 6800U ..

Pretty much far from the best I'd say.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Apart from an X800, X800 Pro, X800XT, X800 XT PE, X800XL, X850, 6800, 6800, 6800GT, 6800U ..

Pretty much far from the best I'd say.

In fairness, those cards are considerably more expensive than the 6600GT..