Please help - Geforce 6600 recommendation

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nukeemaway

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I have numerous games that do not work (I have a garbage TNT 2 card), so I decided to buy a new card. Unfortunately, I am not so hardware-savvy, and the person who was supposed to find me my new card has not gotten back to me in three weeks and I am sick of waiting. So if you could please take some time and look at the cards in this link:
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...popup3[]=18:371/popup1[]=20:387/sortby=priceA
I am looking for a 6600 up until $150. My games are not Doom 3 caliber, so although I would like a GT, the 256 MB are too expensive and unnecessary. I'm leaning toward the gigabyte because its GT got great reviews (nobody reviews the non-GT), but the AGP is more expensive than the PCI one, which got me a bit confused. Basically I'd like the best card for this price range. Whoever can assist would be a great help. I'd like to order my card before the weekend. Again, thanks.
 
The PCI should say PCIe, for PCI express, which you likely do not have and will require a new motherboard. The AGP is a little more expensive because PCIe design has higher available bandwith and more flexibility than AGP.

I'm running an eVGA GeForce 6600GT 128MB card in my main box, and if you can find one of those in AGP format, that'd probably be one of the cheapest brands out there.

ZipZoomFly has an AGP GF6600GT 128MB AGP 8x card for $184 with a $30 mail-in rebate over here.
 
I meant PCI-express, I was in a rush to go to sleep. Anyway, would there be a way for me to find out whether I'm PCI express-compatible or would I have to contact my manufacturer? Finally, I wanted a 6600 non-GT because I want 256 mb, not 128 mb, but is a GT 128 mb better? So if anyone could, would you look at that link I put up and see which card is the best (even if I don't end up getting it because my motherboard can't take it). An ordered ranking of those cards below $150 would be fantastic if anyone has the time.
 
Also, I'm not looking for the cheapest card, just the best one available for my price range. That's why even though there are cheaper cards on that link, I'm considering any of them up until $150. Thanks.
 
If you haven't upgraded your motherboard in the past year, I'd say you don't have PCIe. It's not a completely hard and fast rule, but if you have an AGP slot, you don't have PCIe either.

The clock speeds of the 6600GT are enough that they can compensate for the lack of RAM in most cases. Now, if you know you'll be running extremely intensive titles at high-resolution and detail, the extra RAM may be a bigger asset.
 
Go with any 6600GT, it's easily a better card than the 6600 256MB, not that the 6600 is something to sneeze at, it's around the performance league as the 9800Pro. The clock speed like Big B said and the memory type DDR3 compaired to the DDR1 that the 6600 uses will help you out. Even in titles like Doom 3 the 6600GT with half the ram will out perform the 6600 so try to find the cheapest possible 6600GT and you'll be happy.
eVGA
 
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