6800LE or 6600GT

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Which is the better performer? (AGP)

 

[Ramsez]

6800NU.

 

[coomar]

Originally posted by: Ramsez
6800NU.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

6800gt > all

 

[fstime]

Crossfire > SLI

R520 > 7800GTX

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[OS]

Didn't he say 6800LE in the title?

Last I read, it was an 8 pipe part with additional 8 disabled. Stock for stock, a 12 pipe 6800NU is a little bit faster than a 6600GT so a stock 6800LE is probably slower. Last I read, 12 pipe unlocks were fairly common on LEs, 16 pipe unlocks are rare. And of course, some people get nothing usable to unlock.

IMO, at this point, assuming similar prices which seems to be the case on newegg, I'd just get a 6600GT. The payoff from the most common 12 pipe unlock isn't a big enough payoff to risk getting stuck with a sucky 8 pipe part.

 

[Fardringle]

I love it when people make comments like this.

OF COURSE the 6800NU and 6800GT are better than the two cards mentioned, but that wasn't the question. The question was: "6800LE or 6600GT. Which is the better performer? (AGP)". I'm making an assumption, but these two specific cards were probably listed because they are in the right price range, where a 6800NU or GT are not.

If a 6800NU or GT are in the budget, then definitely go for one of those as they will outperform either of the two original options by a significant margin. If not, they aren't an option and really aren't helpful recommendations.


At stock speeds, the 6800LE is a bit slower than the 6600GT since the LE is a significantly crippled 6800NU. However, MANY people have reported being able to unlock most if not all of the disabled pipes and shaders on the LE and then overclock to near 6800GT speeds. Of course, the 6600GT's also overclock pretty well, but won't come near the potential of a fully unlocked and overclocked 6800...

Out of the two options you mentioned, if your friend has no interest in trying to unlock and overclock the card at all, I would go with the 6600GT. If you feel adventurous and are willing to take a risk that it will not unlock fully (even if you can only get 4 of the 8 locked pipes unlocked and 1 of the 2 pixel shaders unlocked to get it to 6800NU specs, it will still probably match or beat the 6600GT in most applications) then I would go with the 6800LE.

 

[chrome0011]

Thanks for the input! I think I'll tell him to go with the 6600gt. (And thanks to the guys who recommended cards that were out of the question.) :roll:

 

[Gamingphreek]

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Lol. Im just waiting to see someone respond to that.

It used to be the 6800LE merely an undeclocked 6800GT. It also had a much higher chance of unlocking pipes than the 6800NU did. Now however, i would get the 6600GT over it.

Obviously the 6800GT and others would be better...

-Kevin