Geforce 6600 GT or 6800?

[nukeemaway]

I have found both for around the same price. My primary purpose is gaming. Both are AGP 8x 128 mb. Which should I get? (I know that the 6800 is a later model, but I remember something about it not being as good as the 6600 GT.) Thanks.

 

[Exfoliate]

Nope, the 6800 is a good mark better than the 6600GT in almost every test (for some reason city of heros was better on the GT but that could be some random issue). I have the 6800 and I like it for the most part. It has 4 more pixel pipelines and it's 256 bit while the GT is 128 bit. So go with the 6800:good: You can also use Riva Tuner to unlock 4 extra pipelines on the 6800 (like I did) for a total of 16 like the 6800GT;)

 

[nukeemaway]

No, the one that I found is 128 mb

 

[Anti-Trend]

...You can also use Riva Tuner to unlock 4 extra pipelines on the 6800 (like I did) for a total of 16 like the 6800GT;)

...Assuming of course that you've got an AGP version of the 6800. The PCIE version is actually modified in hardware, so it can't be soft-modded to a 6800GT.

 

[zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG]

if its gonna be Agp then id go with the 6800 since you can mod it into a 6800GT and unlock pipe lines and a vertex shader unit

 

[Exfoliate]

No, the one that I found is 128 mb

I meant 256-bit memory interface, not Mb's, all AGP 8x models have 128Mb's or vram but 256-bit memory interfaces, more data tranfer:good:

if its gonna be Agp then id go with the 6800 since you can mod it into a 6800GT and unlock pipe lines and a vertex shader unit

Yeah, with Riva Tuner...:)

 

[Exfoliate]

Interesting point AT, oh well I wouldn't go for the PCIe version anyway, the memory clock is pretty bland, 600MHz, even the AGP version is 700Mhz, though it has 256Mb's of vram, go figure.