Moving to 6600GT

[keymaker78]

Hi guys,

Im planning to buy a 6600 GT (256 MB PCI-E). I currently have a 5700LE (256 MB AGP) card. Will there be cosiderable improvement?

 

[Kogan]

Yes:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-07.html

 

[VIAN]

but don't buy 256MB just buy the regular 128MB. The car isn't able to use the other 128MB because of it's crappy bandwidth at that pricerange. It's only a marketing gimmick that works extremely well.

 

[martinez]

Yes, big improvement
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/index.html

But some of the 256mb 6600gt aren't terribly fast and are still 128bit. You may want to look at the 128mb ones. Just a suggestion.

Edit:^^That will teach me to post while watching the golf on TV.

 

[Crescent13]

Buy the one I have! It overclocks to 570, 1250 perfectly stable!

Oh yeah and you do know that you can't just get rid of your AGP card and stick a PCI-E card in it's place, you need a new MoBo.

 

[MADMAX23]

The best PCI-EX 6600GT you can buy is the Gigabyte 128 Mb GDDR3!!
Huge Overclockability!!