Has Anyone Gone from a 9700 Pro to a 6600 GT?

[OVERKILL]

Was there a big difference in the graphics in games at all?
Especially, HL2 and Far Cry.
All information helpful.

 

[VIAN]

Yes, it was me. I did it.
COD has this weird translucent banding on the walls. Other than that, nothing different, really.
I suggest you read this.

 

[SrGuapo]

I went from my mom's PC (P4 2.4, 512 MB, 9700 Pro) to my PC (sig) and it was a pretty big difference. Much of it may be from the CPU/RAM as well, but I can definately max out more settings in HL2.

 

[Appledrop]

not worth it, unless its like $20 +your 9700pro for a 6600gt... Maybe there would be about 15% performance increase, i would hold off until a) there are games out that are worth upgrading for, and b) you can about double your graphics horsepower!

 

[Keysplayr]

Here, See for yourself.

 

[Noid]

AM3 = 48.90fps
The article in the link above only says 39.2fps
( ... and they are running a A64 at 2.6)

My r9700pro is volt modded and oc'd.

If your wanting more horsepower ... mod it.

BTW,,, this is my everyday use OC. No artifacts.

And I just ran the benchmark before posting ...
(I haven't run it in awhile)

 

[apoppin]

it's not a "real" upgrade unless you get the 6600gt for really cheap and sell your 9700p for top dollar 😉
(maybe ~ +15% more performance)

i'd suggest waiting till you can afford a 6800gt . . .

what resolution do you game at?
at 10x7 the 9700p will handle ALL modern games at mostly mid-hi details with mostly everything on and max . . . . the 6600gt will perhaps give you everything hi at 11x8 and it is too anemic to display SM 3.0 pathways in current games . . ..
by the time the 9700p needs upgrading, the 6600gt will be getting "slow" also . . . you can look forward to price drops this Summer as the new ATI (and probably nVidia cores) are released.