6600 gt over 9800 pro?

[topslop1]

I currently have a 9800 pro running in my system. I was wondering if it would be worth it to move over to a 6600 gt. How much better is a 6600 gt than a 9800 pro? I've heard something about the 6600 gt being able to flash over to i dont know what but something better. My reasoning behind this is that I could sell my 9800 pro to a friend and then pick up a 6600 gt refurbished from newegg for a very low price.

Let me know some details here people. Thanks.

 

[gobucks]

if you can sell the 9800 pro and get a 6600GT for near the same price, then go for it. Otherwise, it's not worth it. A 6600GT is roughly equivalent to a 9800XT, which is basically a 9800 Pro overclocked. The 6600GT is a bit faster in newer games, due to the newer architecture, although sometimes the 9800XT wins in eye candy modes due to its 256-bit memory interface (although neither card can comfortably run the newest games at 1600x1200 with AA/AF, anyways, so it's kinda a moot point.). Anyways, I wouldn't recommend spending more than $20 on the upgrade. If you can't get it in this range, then I recommend waiting till X800XLs and 6800GTs work their way down to the $200 price point (some X800XLs have actaully been spotted at $275), or for the R520/G70 mainstream part (X750XT/GF 7600GT????), which will likely feature a 16-pipe solution, and maybe even a 256-bit memory interface.

Oh, and the 6600GT cannot be flashed into anything else. It is a native NV43 core, not a cut-down NV40 core, so there are no extra pipelines to unlock like with the 6800. The only thing you can do is overclock, which can actually be quite successful. 10-15% overclocks are pretty common, and 20% isn't out of the question (and a 6600GT at 600/1200 would be pretty damn powerful, with memory bandwidth quite close to that of a 6800NU)

 

[topslop1]

Got another question. How is the regular 6600 with 256mb ram? It's a bit cheaper and I was wondering how that would perform. - also considering that in a quick glance i do not have a pci express motherboard - woops my bad - no 6600 gt here then.

 

[Smeagol]

Well the vanilla flavored 6600 are clocked about 200Mhz slower than the GT's, however most sources indicate radical overclocking performance into the 6600GT range.

 

[Brian48]

The 9800Pro still has a lot muscle. I personally don't think anything anything lower than a 6800GT is worth the expense and effort of an upgrade.

 

[Fenuxx]

The only thing that I would say that you would have to worry about is if you play at high resolutions with AA and AF on. Otherwise, the 6600GT will perform better than the 9800P. Also, you don't have to have a PCI-E mobo to use the 6600GT. They do have AGP versions, you know .