graphics cards 6600GT or 6600 (or lower)

alsyed · 04-11-2006, 09:54 AM

at the moment, i have these parts for my upgrade:

dfi-lanparty ultra -d
athlon64 3200+ venice core
enermax 420Watt psu
2 x 512MB ddr400 geil value ram
1 x 160GB seagate sata
1 x 120Gb seagate pata
philips 190x5 19'' lcd
optical drives

the case i will be putting these in
saturn cetus case (in nz dollars)

now i'm predominantly into doing some video editing, and putting dvd's together, internet and visual studio programming. my current system is based on athlon xp2100+ with a geforce4 420mx, so i'm very limited for games. However, i want to get a an okay video card so that i can play some of the newer first person shooters on reasonable graphics settings.( by newer, i mean over the last 2 years or so), my budget will stretch to around $NZ240 so the top graphics card i could get would be 6600GT. What i want to know, is that what sort of games could i play reasonably well with this card, and well also, with the 6600 and below. Just want an indication of the range of games i could play, as i have not played many games at all.

One of my pet hates is very hot components, and at same time very noisy fans = so passive cooling that works effectlively would be great.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Nitestick · 04-11-2006, 10:06 AM

6600gt is considered minimum for most games these days but in my opinion any 6*** series card can play pretty much all games. if the choice is between the 6600 vanilla and the gt even with the price difference you are better off getting the GT.

hmammen · 04-11-2006, 10:34 AM

i would definatley go with the GT but if you can try and find a 6800 vanilla, either way both card will be fine to play good games.

alsyed · 04-11-2006, 10:56 AM

what is meant by vanilla? is that just the base 6600 model?

for example this
asus 6600

i like this cuz it doesn't have a fan.

what are some good first person shooters that i could play with that graphics card? h

Dante_Caligari · 04-11-2006, 11:04 AM

That card is 180$?? I bought my 6600 for 100$.

I can play Doom 3 just fine. Even with 2x AA.

alsyed · 04-11-2006, 11:05 AM

Dante_Caligari · 04-11-2006, 11:06 AM

Huh?

alsyed · 04-11-2006, 11:07 AM

i am living in NZ so those are nz prices. NZ$1 = US$0.66 approximately

Nitestick · 04-11-2006, 11:30 AM

yeah vanilla is the base model.

jeff34 · 04-11-2006, 06:53 PM

i have the 6600 gt 256 mb and i can play all games pretty good im happy with it. iv had it for bout 5 month with no problems.

04-11-2006, 09:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
alsyed Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 54	graphics cards 6600GT or 6600 (or lower) at the moment, i have these parts for my upgrade: dfi-lanparty ultra -d athlon64 3200+ venice core enermax 420Watt psu 2 x 512MB ddr400 geil value ram 1 x 160GB seagate sata 1 x 120Gb seagate pata philips 190x5 19'' lcd optical drives the case i will be putting these in saturn cetus case (in nz dollars) now i'm predominantly into doing some video editing, and putting dvd's together, internet and visual studio programming. my current system is based on athlon xp2100+ with a geforce4 420mx, so i'm very limited for games. However, i want to get a an okay video card so that i can play some of the newer first person shooters on reasonable graphics settings.( by newer, i mean over the last 2 years or so), my budget will stretch to around $NZ240 so the top graphics card i could get would be 6600GT. What i want to know, is that what sort of games could i play reasonably well with this card, and well also, with the 6600 and below. Just want an indication of the range of games i could play, as i have not played many games at all. One of my pet hates is very hot components, and at same time very noisy fans = so passive cooling that works effectlively would be great. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks __________________ AthlonXp 2100+ ECS L7VTA mobo Enermax EG425P-VE 2 x 512MB DDR400 Geil Value Ram (w/blue hs) NVidia GeForce4 MX 420 Seagate Barracuda 120GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (pata), Seagate Barracuda 160GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (sata-ncq) BTC1108IM dvd writer (8X) Aopen 1648 dvd-rom sunbeam fanbus controller Philips 190X5 19\'\' LCD monitor 12ms

04-11-2006, 10:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
hmammen Self Proclaimed Immortal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton, TX (UNT) Posts: 2,488	i would definatley go with the GT but if you can try and find a 6800 vanilla, either way both card will be fine to play good games. __________________ -For now- MacBook Pro with 8600GT

04-11-2006, 10:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
alsyed Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 54	what is meant by vanilla? is that just the base 6600 model? for example this asus 6600 i like this cuz it doesn't have a fan. what are some good first person shooters that i could play with that graphics card? h __________________ AthlonXp 2100+ ECS L7VTA mobo Enermax EG425P-VE 2 x 512MB DDR400 Geil Value Ram (w/blue hs) NVidia GeForce4 MX 420 Seagate Barracuda 120GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (pata), Seagate Barracuda 160GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (sata-ncq) BTC1108IM dvd writer (8X) Aopen 1648 dvd-rom sunbeam fanbus controller Philips 190X5 19\'\' LCD monitor 12ms

04-11-2006, 11:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dante_Caligari Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 444	That card is 180$?? I bought my 6600 for 100$. I can play Doom 3 just fine. Even with 2x AA. __________________ Knowledge is power.

04-11-2006, 11:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
alsyed Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 54	$NZ __________________ AthlonXp 2100+ ECS L7VTA mobo Enermax EG425P-VE 2 x 512MB DDR400 Geil Value Ram (w/blue hs) NVidia GeForce4 MX 420 Seagate Barracuda 120GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (pata), Seagate Barracuda 160GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (sata-ncq) BTC1108IM dvd writer (8X) Aopen 1648 dvd-rom sunbeam fanbus controller Philips 190X5 19\'\' LCD monitor 12ms

04-11-2006, 11:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dante_Caligari Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 444	Huh? __________________ Knowledge is power.

04-11-2006, 11:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
alsyed Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 54	i am living in NZ so those are nz prices. NZ$1 = US$0.66 approximately __________________ AthlonXp 2100+ ECS L7VTA mobo Enermax EG425P-VE 2 x 512MB DDR400 Geil Value Ram (w/blue hs) NVidia GeForce4 MX 420 Seagate Barracuda 120GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (pata), Seagate Barracuda 160GB, 7200Rpm, 8MB buffer (sata-ncq) BTC1108IM dvd writer (8X) Aopen 1648 dvd-rom sunbeam fanbus controller Philips 190X5 19\'\' LCD monitor 12ms

04-11-2006, 06:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
jeff34 Junior Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 66	i have the 6600 gt 256 mb and i can play all games pretty good im happy with it. iv had it for bout 5 month with no problems.

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