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6600GT 128MB vs. 6600GT 256MB

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plaidfro

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I ask you guys, cause you all know more than me.

I am looking in the price range of $150-$200 for a good video card. Is it going to be worth it to get a 256MB card like the XFX PVT43GUDF3 Geforce 6600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card? Or is the performance not going to be that much better than my original choice of the 128MB eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card?

This should be my last question and my system should be ready to buy.
System so far:
MoBo = EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX
CPU = AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939
Case = Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano ATX Mid Tower 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0
Video Card = ???
HD = Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive or Seagate 80GB
RAM = CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400l
 
If you like to run high resolution textures without pauses from swapping, then yeah a 256mb card is a good idea. Although, best I can tell the 6600gt with 256mb sells for more than a 6800 with 256mb, so the 6800 would be the better deal.
 
Originally posted by: TheSnowman
If you like to run high resolution textures without pauses from swapping, then yeah a 256mb card is a good idea. Although, best I can tell the 6600gt with 256mb sells for more than a 6800 with 256mb, so the 6800 would be the better deal.
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yeah, that's true about the texture thing. Some games (ex: painkiller) needs 256 mb of vga to get all the "eye" candy.

 
If you play a modern game at settings which require 256mb ram, it will run like crap on a 6600gt. I'd get either a x800 or a 6800, even with 128mb those are better than a 6600gt.
 
Does any one have any info on BFG???

Cause there was a write up done on the BFG's 6600gt oc and alot of people complaned that its heatsink was not drawing heat away from the chip. And some other problems, Has anyone else had problems like this with BFG's cards???
 
Originally posted by: munky
If you play a modern game at settings which require 256mb ram, it will run like crap on a 6600gt. I'd get either a x800 or a 6800, even with 128mb those are better than a 6600gt.
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You get just about anything to run well on a 6600gt if you turn some options down, but if you want textures on high in many games you simply need more than 128mb of ram.

Originally posted by: necro007
Does any one have any info on BFG???
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My 6800gt-oc with the BFG heatsink design doesn't have any cooling problems at all.
 
whats the point of 256mb of ram unless its coupled with 256 bit memory interface, everything else is a marketing gimic
 
The 6600gts come with fast enough memory that they have more bandwidth than many 256bit cards, and even on cards with slower memory like the 6600 there are plenty of games that will run great on them but still need more than 128mb of ram for high quality textures.
 
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