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Looking for input on this video card.

S

Syck

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I?m building a new system for my college age son and would appreciate hearing your thoughts on this video card and or recommendations of other cards. Our budget is $850 and I?m trying to build a system that can be upgraded in the future.

eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
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SpecificationsModel
Brand eVGA
Model 128-P2-N368-TX
GPU Geforce 6600GT
Core clock 500MHz
PixelPipelines 8
Memory Clock 1000MHz
Memory Size 128MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR3
DirectX DirectX 9
OpenGL OpenGL 2.0
Interface
Interface PCI Express x16
RAMDAC 400 MHz
Max Resolution 2048x1536@85Hz
SLI Supported Yes
Cooler Heatsink and Fan
Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000/XP

The other main components of the system will be,

ABIT AN8 SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
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AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
Processor Link

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Memory Link

Thank you!
 
You might want to check out the X800GTO as well... plus you might be able to save a bit by going to another motherboard. Doesn't sound like you need SLI, and you could easily save $60 and bump up to a better video card in the $200 range.
 
BTW, for comparison, the system you see in my signature was about 850.

AMD Athlon X2 3800+ $322
2x512 Corsair VS RAM $76
GeForce 6800GS graphics card $209
Biostar TForce 6100 motherboard $76
QPack case $80
Western Digital 160GB SATA hard drive $80
LiteOn 16x DVD burner $45

Very upgradeable, and you can save quite a bit of money by going with the Athlon 64 3700+ processor you have listed.
 
6600GT, very good card, although it's getting quite obsolete as time comes. 6800GS is the mid-range king (6600GT was about a year ago) now.

Everything else looks nice though.

Norm
 
Much thanks for the input and suggestions! I went with a non SLI motherboard as suggested. Appreciate your help!
 
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