6600 Vs. 6600GT

[python023]

What is the difference between a regular 6600 and a 6600GT?
Is it easy to overclock/flash the regular 6600 to a 6600GT?
Any benchmarks on the differences? i couldnt find any..
thanks
python

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: python023
What is the difference between a regular 6600 and a 6600GT?
Is it easy to overclock/flash the regular 6600 to a 6600GT?
Any benchmarks on the differences? i couldnt find any..
thanks
python

Benches can be had at Anandtech, FiringSquad, and Xbit Labs.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2238

The difference is mainly in the RAM. The GT had 1Ghz GDDR3 running at 1Ghz, on a 128bit memory bus. The non GT had DDR1 memory at much slower clock speeds. The non GT also has a slower core clock, but its essentially the same core. I don't remember if the non GT had any vertex lines disabled or not. I also believe they both have 8 pipelines functional.

You probably could mod the nonGT into a GT, but it'd be so crippled by its memory it probably would not be worth the effort. Not to mention you still would not have SLI support.

 

[kamranziadar]

Yeah you cannot flash regular 6800 into GT, but you can some what overclock it if you want.

 

[bradyapba]

I agree with Bateluer.

The Cards are based on the same reference card the NV 43, with 8 pipes and 3 vertexs, both work on a 128 bit bus.

heres a link to the different arcitecture designs of most cards

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The difference is the Core speeds and the Mem difference. The core on the 6600 is 300. The core on the GT is 500.

The mem DDR1 is only 500mhz on the non-gt. On the gt they have the much faster DDR3 at 1000 mhz.

Thats a huge speed difference and will make a huge difference when trying to scale games up, and turn on all the pretty details.

Not sure this is any thing to "mod" from a 6600 to a GT, your not going to be able to change the mem, or increase the core from 300-500. So i would say NO on the modding.. it just doesn't make any since.

The other 2 points are this.

The NON-GT is PCI Express only. Do you have a newer PCI-e motherboard? If not the 6600GT is your only choice, becuase it comes in an AGP.

Also, if you do have a PCI-E motherboard, you should be picking the 6600GT hands down. The 6600 NON-GT is not SLI. The 6600GT is. So down the road you will be able to hook up 2 6600GT's together.

So i guess im saying.. you should pick the GT hands down. If you do have a pci-e mobo, you should be picking the GT, and if you dont, then the GT is your only choice anyways.

As for benchies... from what I have seen, the GT offers a 25%-40% upgrade becuase of the DDR3 ram, and the faster clock.

Hope this helps!

Chris

 

[python023]

thanks a lot
gt it is.. =)