NVIDIA's GeForce 6600GT AGP: The Little Bridge that Could
by Anand Lal Shimpi on November 16, 2004 12:15 PM EST- Posted in
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Wolfenstein: ET Performance
Wolfenstein ET offers the 6600GT a suprise visit from the 5900 Ultra. All the cards are packed in tight on this one, much like the Unreal Tournament test. Also like UT2K4, this test is less about programmability and more about fixed function processing, and the previous gen cards get another chance to shine.
The x800 Pro and 6800 GT aren't even stressed and could probably handle 2048x1536 just fine. The rest of the cards all started to drop at about the same rate after 1024x768.
This time, falling in under the 5900 Ultra and 5900XT, the 6600GT and 9800 Pro take a back seat to NVIDIA's previous generation high end cards in the 4x AA resolution scaling test. The x800 Pro and 6800GT of course lead the pack.
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Slaimus - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
What is missing is an AGP versus PCIE comparison, so the impact of the bridging can be seen.bob661 - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Newegg has one for $235.http://tinyurl.com/6cjej
pio!pio! - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
#8: What do you mean unlock the stuff? Can you flash the 6800GT BIOS onto the 6800 regular or something?Da3dalus - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
NVidia rocks again 8DStaples - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Hell yeah.I was hoping this card would hit before Christmas. My brother wants a 9800P for Christmas but after seeing the PCI-E vesion as a comprable price, it would pain me to buy a 9800P for the same price.
Staples - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Bonesdad - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Will the retail price here match the street price we see in the real world? Often the MSRP is appreciably higher than street price. Have to wait to see...if it is $175-$200 street price, then the message is clearFinalFantasy - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Awesome card...I might pick one up for my dad's rig.CU - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
Anand you must be the only one in the world that can find 6800GT/U and x800Pro/XT, and now a 6600GT AGP the day it is out, but don't have a 6800nu to test with. I wish I had that problem.P.S. I don't mean this in a bad way or anything. I just thought it was funny.
mldeveloper - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - link
will we see a pci express 6600gt vs. agp 6600gt to confirm if the bridge chip actually affects performance