I thought agp was better

[mgoldb2]

oh ok I did not know that. when I researched video cards for my new computer I mostly studied the higer end stuff. Last time I looked at the lower end stuff was like 2 years ago.

 

[Jackson_T]

Ok I am going t o get the 6600gt. Just want to make sure that it will work in my 4x agp slot.

Also what 6600gt do you think I should get?

 

[Cromewell]

I have yet to see any 6600GTs that really strays from the reference design from Nvidia (well there was one Gigabyte model with dual GPUs). BFG seems to be most peoples company of choice for Nvidia cards. Not going in for that branding crap myself, I'd say find the cheapest one, you wont get much of a bundle but the card itself should perform well.

 

[Praetor]

I have yet to see any 6600GTs that really strays from the reference design from Nvidia

I could be confusing the AGP/PCIe models but the PCIe 6600GT by BFG uses a different HSF ... i think the MSI one does as well.


Regarding the BFG 66GTs, it seems like the PCIe cooler would be more effective although ive not used either of them. I did have a chance to play with the BFG6800GT which was a superb card ... about $30 more than other models ...prolly not worth that premium but still a solid card.

Also note that you should be looking for the 6600GT in AGP flavor (it will be the more expensive of the 6600GTs)

 

[Cromewell]

are you trying to tell me a different cooler is a big variation from the reference?

 

[Praetor]

LOL yes yes indeed i am trying to tell you that (the importance of the different cooler is that the circle-coolers seem to be less prone to the wobble that the reference coolers have as they were designed more so for 2plug attaching)

 

[Cromewell]

it may affect cooling performance but it is a minor variation. it isn't likely to affect the performance of the card itself

 

[Jackson_T]

I think that I am going to go with: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-150-080&depa=1 any objections let me know please.

 

[SlothX311]

lol PCIE owns all

 

[Jackson_T]

lol PCIE owns all

Did you read the post at all that would not help me. Thanks

 

[Cromewell]

that link doesn't work for me, but I assume it is some GF6600GT AGP8x model? All 6600GT AGP models are supposed to be backwards compatible with AGP4x

 

[Jackson_T]

sorry here is the link that I was talking about:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-150-080&depa=1

but I want with the:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-220&depa=1

 

[Cromewell]

I haven't used an EVGA before but one of my friends has and he said that it was a great card

 

[Praetor]

The 6600GT-AGPs are 4X compatable providedt he mobo supports it. As for XFX/eVga ,... it should be readily apparanet that theres not very much difference ... go for the cheaper!