geforce 6800 LE VS geforce 6600 GT

[mgoldb2]

am curious which ones of these are better since they are close to the same price (around $50 seperating them). I would guess the 6800 LE only because it is 256bit instead of 128 bit.

 

[crypter]

Most GT's have 256. From what iv learned only the brand new high graphic games on highest settings actually take advantage of the extra ram on the card..

Iv been told 256 is better if your worried about the future, But like i said you can get the GT in 256.

( i am not a videocard expert )

 

[mgoldb2]

256bit

When I say 256 bit am not talking about the ram. I let some one else explain what I mean better because I cant think right now. It half to do with bandwith capabilty of the video card.

 

[crypter]

ohh bit, i read it wrong somehow. I dont have any idea what's with the bit thing, but i just went up on newegg and every GT i found was 256 and every LE i found ( only 2) were 128 bit but more than $100 cheeper.. Probally doesnt give you any usefull information though but theres my 2 cents..

 

[Cromewell]

128/256bit is the memory bus width and it effects the memory transfer speed. So a 256bit can transfer more information between ram and processor than a 128bit. I assume your looking for an AGP card, so take a look at the benchmarks here http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/geforce-6600gt-agp-01.html the 6800LE isn't listed in the benchmarks but think of it as a slower 6800

 

[Praetor]

I would guess the 6800 LE only because it is 256bit instead of 128 bit.

In general (and ive yet to see an exception nor should there ever be), all 68xx class GPUS (that is, the NV40 series) feature 256bit memory interlinks. The 66xx class GPUS (the NV43s) feature 128bit links. Now within ght NV40s there are cards featuring 128MB and 256MB. The official breakdown (or at least as nVidia said it should be) is as follows

NV40
6800LE -- 8x5, 300/350, 256Bit, 128MB (G)DDR
6800NU -- 12x5, 325/350, 256Bit, 128MB (G)DDR
6800GT -- 16x6, 350/500, 256Bit, 256MB GDDR3
6800U -- 16x6, 400/550, 256Bit, 256MB GDDR3

NV43
6600 -- 8x3, 300/550, 128Bit, 128MB (G)DDR
6600GT -- 8x3, 500/500, 128Bit, 128MB GDDR3

It half to do with bandwith capabilty of the video card.

When I say 256 bit am not talking about the ram.

Yes you are talking about the RAM.

 

[mgoldb2]

Yes you are talking about the RAM.

What I ment to say is am not talking about the amount of ram.

 

[Praetor]

What I ment to say is am not talking about the amount of ram.

Obviously, ram quantity is measured in MB not bit-size

 

[mgoldb2]

I was replying to crypter who thought I was talking about amount of ram.

 

[Praetor]

I was replying to crypter who thought I was talking about amount of ram.

Except you quoted me (even if you were talking about cryptor's response, he is correct in noting that most 68GTs have 256MB because there are 68GTs that only have 128MB)