Looking for input on this video card.

[Syck]

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
Video Card Link

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
Motherboard Link

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!

 

[Munky]

It's a decent card for around $120.

 

[ashwaterfire]

DECENT card

 

[jonnythan]

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.

 

[jonnythan]

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.

 

[Eureka]

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

 

[Syck]

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