6800gs for agp (350mhz core) - worthwhile?

[Defenestrator]

I was going to get the 6600gt 128mb from newegg today for $119. But a friend suggested that I look at the 6800gs 256mb for $219 instead. He says that I'll need at least the 6800gs to not choke on games for the next two years and that Vista will need a 256mb card. He says that the 6800gs will perform MUCH better than the gt. But the benchmarks that I see are for the pci-e version which runs at 425mhz core, while the agp runs at 350mhz. So is the performance difference still that much with the agp version?

 

[LandRover]

The 6800GS is about the best you're going to do when it comes to a readily available AGP card from Nvidia. The 6800GT and Ultra are now quite rare and pricey. And just so you know, the 6800GT has a 350MHz GPU as well. The primary difference is that the GT has 16 pipelines, whereas the GS has 12.

A friend of mine just bought a 6800GS and has been very happy with it. The performance is basically identical to my 6800GT in most games.

It's a nice card.

 

[RossCorp]

I just installed my AGP BFG 6800 GS and successfully unlocked to 16/6!!! Been benchmarking and playing games like mad and have yet to see any artifacts. Unbelieveable value, if it unlocks, great value if it doesn't

3DMark03: 10720 (11912 with 16/6)
3DMark05: 4511 (5132 with 16/6)

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: RossCorp
I just installed my AGP BFG 6800 GS and successfully unlocked to 16/6!!! Been benchmarking and playing games like mad and have yet to see any artifacts. Unbelieveable value, if it unlocks, great value if it doesn't

3DMark03: 10720 (11912 with 16/6)
3DMark05: 4511 (5132 with 16/6)

Nice :beer: Price went up almost $35 shipped since that deal newegg had on it the other day though, and it is OOS.

 

[iamchriscampbell]

i just got my bfg 6800gs in yesterday, got it unlocked to 16/6 and overclocked to 400/1100...no artifacts...everything looks perfect so far...

 

[iamchriscampbell]

i guess i should also add that ive used a 6800gt for a few days in the past few months....and i think this card unlocked looks better than the 6800gt did. awesome awesome card for roughly 200 bucks

 

[fishbits]

i just got my bfg 6800gs in yesterday, got it unlocked to 16/6

OK, I get that the "16" means 16 pipes instead of 12, but what does the "6" mean?

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

Originally posted by: fishbits

i just got my bfg 6800gs in yesterday, got it unlocked to 16/6

OK, I get that the "16" means 16 pipes instead of 12, but what does the "6" mean?

Vertex shader units