9800 256-bit vs. 6600gt 128-bit

[joshmroest]

I'm thinking of upgrading my video card. I like the 6600GT but the one thing that concerns me is that fact that is only 128-bit while the 9800 Pro is 256-bit. I've seen a big difference between the bandwidth with previous cards. It seems like the 6600GT is the way to go. Please advise...

 

[Kovie]

Somewhat dated review, but still informative for this situation.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277&p=3

 

[dug777]

6600GT is the way to go out of those two. The higher mem speed of the 6600GT makes up for the bandwidth loss, at high res/AA/AF you might see it swinging back towards the 9800 pro, but at a framerate far too slow to be playable.

 

[blckgrffn]

What dug says I agree with. If you really want the memory bandwidth, get a 6800, check out this link:

PNY - $159

So my vote is 6800

 

[Colonel C]

The benchmarks speak for themselves.

6600GT

 

[RussianSensation]

There are only 2 answers in this thread:

$90 9800Pro
and
$156 PNY 6800NU

6600GT doesn't fit anywhere.

Now it's up to you to decide how much you are willing to spend. Here's a review to help you - LINKy

 

[joshmroest]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
There are only 2 answers in this thread:

$90 9800Pro
and
$156 PNY 6800NU

6600GT doesn't fit anywhere.

Now it's up to you to decide how much you are willing to spend. Here's a review to help you - LINKy

What does the NU stand for?

 

[Colonel C]

Originally posted by: joshmroest

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
There are only 2 answers in this thread:

$90 9800Pro
and
$156 PNY 6800NU

6600GT doesn't fit anywhere.

Now it's up to you to decide how much you are willing to spend. Here's a review to help you - LINKy

What does the NU stand for?

Thats a very good question... I'm just going to take a wild guess and say, new ultra?

 

[Budarow]

You're 1/2 correct...NU denotes "non-ultra" (i.e., less than ultra).

 

[joshmroest]

Originally posted by: Budarow
You're 1/2 correct...NU denotes "non-ultra" (i.e., less than ultra).

So it's better than the vanilla, but not as good as the Ultra...am I understanding this correctly?

 

[blckgrffn]

It IS the vanilla, but we feel the need to denote that here... 6800 usually denotes the 6800 series and the nu is supposed to make it less confusing...

Nat

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: joshmroest

Originally posted by: Budarow
You're 1/2 correct...NU denotes "non-ultra" (i.e., less than ultra).

So it's better than the vanilla, but not as good as the Ultra...am I understanding this correctly?

Just look at the LINKy I provided where you'll see the benchmarks between 9800pro, 6600GT and 6800nu.

 

[blckgrffn]

too bad, they are gone anyway.. (PNY 6800 is OOS)

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation

Originally posted by: joshmroest

Originally posted by: Budarow
You're 1/2 correct...NU denotes "non-ultra" (i.e., less than ultra).

So it's better than the vanilla, but not as good as the Ultra...am I understanding this correctly?

Just look at the LINKy I provided where you'll see the benchmarks between 9800pro, 6600GT and 6800nu.

6800 = 6800NU = 6800 vanilla = 6800 non ultra

same exact card, people just refer to it in differant ways