6600GT vs 9800pro

[poopa]

Having trouble deciding.
which is a better choice?
I read a review in THG but I couldnt answer my dilema.
Any ideas?
Should I wait a bit longer ? (not much since hl2 is around the corner...)

 

[CraigRT]

from what I read in the prelimary benches, the 6600GT will pummel the 9800 Pro

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: poopa
Having trouble deciding.
which is a better choice?
I read a review in THG but I couldnt answer my dilema.
Any ideas?
Should I wait a bit longer ? (not much since hl2 is around the corner...)

HL2 will allegedly be going gold next week around this time. The 6600GT AGP allegedly won't be out till Nov at the earliest. So, unless you have a PCI-Ex board already, that's not a viable option for at least a couple months.

 

[poopa]

so what ur saying is that at 200$ u cant beat it right?
what about the x600? if it will be in the same price range, would it be worth waiting ?

 

[Rage187]

no, the x600 is nothing but a 9600 on a PCI-express bus.

Wait on the 6600gt, end of Oct for AGP flavors.

 

[Corporate Thug]

dont even bother the x600

the 6600 GT will be faster than a 9800 pro and will spank a x600

 

[poopa]

November ? man !!
its tough ...
u think i can play hl2 with gf4ti4400 till then?

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: poopa
November ? man !!
its tough ...
u think i can play hl2 with gf4ti4400 till then?

yes

 

[poopa]

thats a releif
looks like im going for the 6600 gt
looks like nvidia has the upper hand now

 

[Rage187]

the 4400 will be more than adequate for HL2.

 

[poopa]

I wonder how the x700 woule be like
im sure the guys at ATI reads the same reviews ... ;-)

 

[Rage187]

Ati needs to pull something out of their ass to go up against the 6600gt.

 

[poopa]

http://www.systranbox.com/syst...p;systran_f=1094659974

 

[iversonyin]

i wonder how would 6600GT 128-bit memory bandwidth go against 9800 PRO 256-bit

my friend gf3 ti 128mb seem to out dual my ti4200 64mb in doom 3

6600gt look good so far in term of benchmark it releases, but the agp veersion wont be out for a while, i guess everyone should wait

 

[jpeyton]

If you're going PCI-Express, go Nvidia. That way you'll always have the option of SLI.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Rage187
Ati needs to pull something out of their ass to go up against the 6600gt.

x700 GT

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: Rage187
Ati needs to pull something out of their ass to go up against the 6600gt.

x700 GT

lol, unfortunately for ATI, $250 dollars is more than $200 last time I checked I wonder what card I would get...

 

[Rage187]

Thought they were working on a x700 pro not a GT?

 

[stardust]

rage lost his sense of humor

 

[Rage187]

Yeah, it will be back tomorrow.

 

[HelliKoid]

...and what about a 6800 Nu ?

is it worst than a 6600 gt?how is it against 9800 pro n x600?
i think its a money affordable card now.

 

[Cawchy87]

from the looks of those benchmarks, my 9700pro is about on par with the x700pro (at least in doom 3) And i am sure they are using a killer system.

 

[VeZ]

i too would like to know bout the 128 bit vs 256 bit

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: poopa
Having trouble deciding.
which is a better choice?
I read a review in THG but I couldnt answer my dilema.
Any ideas?
Should I wait a bit longer ? (not much since hl2 is around the corner...)

i believe you have to wait . . . the 6600 won't be out in AGP until ~ November.

Your ti4400 will "run" the game but will lack the 'eye candy' the DX9 cards can give . . . probably not as "bad" as Doom III, however . . .

At ~$180, the 9800p is the current "best" card. . . .

The 6800Standard is gonna cost ~$250 . . . now

if it were me - now - i'd wait a bit and see exactly how my ti4400 handles HL2 . . . then make the decision.

edit: The x600 is NOT worth waiting for . . . the 9800p will beat it easily; the x700 is reportedly too expensive compared to the 6600GT. . . waiting won't "hurt" if you are fixed in the $200 range.