9600xt 256 vs 6600gt 128

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towly

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which card would be better for playing bf2?

the 9600xt has 256mb of vram but it only has 600mhz of memory speed.

the 6600gt has only 128mb of vram but it has a memory speed of 1000mhz, both the 9600xt and the 6600gt have the same core clock speed.

so whats more important the amount of ram, or the speed of the memory?
 
6600GT. Its newer, so it will have more processing power. The memory will make little difference.

And speed is more important than amount (well unless you only have 32 mb lol). But also piplines, bandwidth, and fill rate make a big difference.
 
doesnt the 6600 gt have gddr3 ram? its ram will go alot faster than the 9600 xt's regular ddr ram, so the 128 to 256 is nullified. get the 6600 gt
 
the 6600gt's memory runs at 1000Mhz, vs the 9600xt's 600mhz. I have the 9600xt, and i runs bf2 at medium settings with no lag, never tried high settings but i'll let you know what happens.

But just a note, my pc (specs below) got a higher 3dmark03 score then my friend who had a P4 3.2Ghz and a 6600GT.
 
no, the 6600 gt is a better choice, there can be alot of other factors that caused him to get a better score. the 6600 gt will perform better MOST times.
 
the 6600 gt will perform better MOST times.
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Heh was that a guarded reply? ;) (either that or, what reasonable counter examples did you have in mind?)


9600XT
Codename = RV360
Clock = 525/325
Pipe = 4/2
Memory Addressing Size = 128bit
Bandwidth = 10.4GB/s
Process = 0.13

6600GT AGP
Codename = NV43
Clock = 500/450
Pipe = 8/3
Memory Addressing Size =128bit
Bandwidth = 14.4GB/s
Process = 0.11
 
Quite so. Do note that you will need a nice solid PSU to run it (not that you wont for the 9600XT either but more so for the 6600gt)
PSU 101.
 
there is beyond a doubt that the 6600 gt is better. theres twice as many parallel pixel pipelines, twice as many transistors, and processes 125M more vertices/second.
 
the case i ordered comes with a 450w supply unit.
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yes but wattage means crap all. have a look at PSU 101 to see why.

twice as many transistors
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Transistor count doesnt gurantee performance ... look at the X2-4200 aka Toledo and the X2-4200 Manchester ... the "toledo" edition has the same transistor count as the X2-4400 but the X2-4400 actually has the extra 512K/core of cache enabled :)
 
or the extra 512k is operating, since the x2-4200 could just be a x2-4400 that didn;t make the cut??
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It was an example and we're getting off topic but the extra 512K is non active and as far as i know, non-enable-able .. so essentially its just a bunch of transistors sitting there doing nothing (this was only an issue for the first batch of 4200/4600) ... current Manchesters have the appropriate transistor count for their L2 amount. Regardless the point of the [counter]example was that transistor count, while im most cases means more peformance .. doesnt always mean that :)
 
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