my 6600GT is awesome!

[secretanchitman]

here is what this card can do in certain games. i can try out battlefield 2, quake 4, splinter cell 2/3, prince of persia warrior within (splinter cell and prince of persia came with my card), ghost recon advanced warfighter, and others if you all would like.

i can run CoD2 at 1280x1024 with extra settings, 2xAA, and directx7 mode (directx9 kills my card).

mgs2 substance i run everything maxed out! though if i raise the model detail to high, the whole game graphics turn black. so i just leave it on low-medium. everything else is on their highest settings.

nfs most wanted i can run 1280x1024 with medium settings, 2xAA, half texture filtering, and everything else on, but shadows and overbright are off.

nfs underground 2 i run 1280x1024, everything maxed except i turned off light trails (kills fps on every single comp ive tried it on - no joke) and overbright. texture filtering is max and i have 2xAA enabled.

fear...blah. i run 1280x960, with maximum cpu and medium video card. i get 0% under 25-30 frames (i ran the ingame benchmark) and 75% for above 30, and 25% for above 60. i will run some more tests later today...i found a bit more headroom on the card. i was at 542/1.03, and now im at 582/1.05! i forget the exact benchmarks though. ill take screenshots later.

halo runs perfectly smooth at 1280x1024, everything enabled/max, 2xAA via the nvidia drivers - i dont know if it takes effect in the game or not cause i dont know if halo supports AA.

warcraft 3 runs smooth at 1280x1024 everything enabled/max. with 12 people playing, the game slows down a bit, but with 8 or less people the game runs fine.

prince of persia - the sands of time runs awesome at 1280x960, all max settings. only slowdown is when there is smoke, but that is only for less than 5 seconds.


now time to look for a new monitor...preferably a 2405/2407. im not going to game on 1920x1200 or anything higher than 1280x1024. going to watch the 1080p videos natively...and the fact that my dad wants the monitor too, haha!

(rig is in my sig)


cliffs:

-the 6600GT is definitely a capable card at 1280x1024 in some of todays games.
-plays 2004-2005 year games at medium-high settings and older games at high settings at 1280x1024 with 2xAA.
-best purchase ive made along with 2GBs of ram.
-one of the best cards for the value for AGP, hands down.

thanks for reading and i hope this helps someone...!

 

[Malladine]

Good news

 

[A554SS1N]

I found COD2 ran alright at 1280x1024 with settings on high with DX9, but no AA, but I have a lower comfort threshold than most

 

[Modular]

What drivers are you using?

I have found that the new 84.21 drivers helped my Leadtek 6600gt AGP card alot. This card has been a solid performer for me for just over a year now. I play FarCry (constantly), BF2, Prince of Persia, Area 51 etc usually on 1024 x 768 with most settings maxed out. It's really a great card. Enjoy!



There is only one downside to a 6600gt: heat.
Pick up the VF700 AlCu and slap it on there.
Don't get the all copper one as it weighs too much for the AGP card and it won't cool all that much better.

Not only will you be extending the life of your card (and your system, no joke my 6600gt core was reaching 91C!) but you will get much better overclocks.

With the fan on the high setting I ran Coolbits and it clocked my card to 592 core and 1080 memory (Stock for the AGP flavor is 500/900). I played on those settings and recorded my temps via Rivatuner and the card never broke 61C on the core and 42C ambient temps.

Edited to add stock speeds for better comprehension of the amazing OC these cards are capable of.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Modular
What drivers are you using?

I have found that the new 84.21 drivers helped my Leadtek 6600gt AGP card alot. This card has been a solid performer for me for just over a year now. I play FarCry (constantly), BF2, Prince of Persia, Area 51 etc usually on 1024 x 768 with most settings maxed out. It's really a great card. Enjoy!



There is only one downside to a 6600gt: heat.
Pick up the VF700 AlCu and slap it on there.
Don't get the all copper one as it weighs too much for the AGP card and it won't cool all that much better.

Not only will you be extending the life of your card (and your system, no joke my 6600gt core was reaching 91C!) but you will get much better overclocks.

With the fan on the high setting I ran Coolbits and it clocked my card to 592 core and 1080 memory (Stock for the AGP flavor is 500/900). I played on those settings and recorded my temps via Rivatuner and the card never broke 61C on the core and 42C ambient temps.

Edited to add stock speeds for better comprehension of the amazing OC these cards are capable of.

thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

 

[Modular]

Right on. No need to Alt+Tab.

Just download RivaTuner 15.8 from guru3d.com

Start it up and click the first customize button, then on the chip with the magnifying glass (See pic)

http://userweb.suscom.net/~msl/Launching%20hardware%20monitoring.JPG

This will show you the temps. The window will scroll as time passes. I believe that it records the past 2-3 minutes of temps or so. Run that in the background as you are playing games. It takes almost 0 cpu and memory to run it so there will be no affect on game performance. This way you have an idea of what temps you are getting. With the OC you have, I guarantee they are mid 80's at least.


Edited b/c I just found out you can't post images here...

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Modular
Right on. No need to Alt+Tab.

Just download RivaTuner 15.8 from guru3d.com

Start it up and click the first customize button, then on the chip with the magnifying glass (See pic)

http://userweb.suscom.net/~msl/Launching%20hardware%20monitoring.JPG

This will show you the temps. The window will scroll as time passes. I believe that it records the past 2-3 minutes of temps or so. Run that in the background as you are playing games. It takes almost 0 cpu and memory to run it so there will be no affect on game performance. This way you have an idea of what temps you are getting. With the OC you have, I guarantee they are mid 80's at least.


Edited b/c I just found out you can't post images here...

RivaTuner RC 16 is out. not much of a difference, but i thought you'd like to know.

anyway, it's surprising how well last-generation cards run today's games. I have a 6800NU myself and it runs excellently in the games i play (HoMM5, CSSource, Halo PC, and some more i can't think of).

 

[BassBomb]

good ol 6600GT

run COD2 in dx9 but lower other settings.. it should llook much nicer that way rather than dx7

 

[xtreme26]

wow secretanchitman i almost have the same system as you, with a few differences here an there and my p4 is at 2.4 since my garbage p4p800-vm isnt oc friendly. i have a fx5200 right now and was planning to get a 6600gt, good to hear how it performs

 

[Keysplayr]

Good card! I sold off my 7800GTX a while back and am waiting to build a nice new rig. Right now I am using a vanilla 6600 in my studio PC and can only play CoD2 at 1024x768 in DX7 mode to get it playable enough to frag comfortably. When the smoke grenades go off though, whoa!! single digits.

 

[TheRyuu]

If you like COD, the 84.37's are very good.

The newer 91.31's are also very good in most games and IQ is great. The XTreme-G drivers can also increase IQ and Performance a little. (and I'll take any boost that I can get )

Might be worth checking out to get some better FPS's?

 

[SolMiester]

Hi guys, good to hear the older cards still impressing people. Like the idea of the 3rd party cooling, I can only get 550/1000 stable on my card.
FYI I play COD2 DX9 12x10 no AA fine

 

[secretanchitman]

just got my card stable to 600/1.06!

hopefully i wont artifact...>.< my voltage for the card is now at 1.7 from 1.6. that should give it a bit more juice.

will install BF2 and quake 4 tonight and will tell you the results later.

and solmiester, keysplayr2003, bassbomb, and whomever else i missed, i will be sure and put CoD2 in directx9 mode and see how it runs.

thanks for the responses everyone! keep em' coming!

 

[secretanchitman]

just installed BF2. i can run 1280x1024 all medium settings. didnt try if i can go any higher, but damn. this game needs AA BADLY.

will 2xAA hurt my performance? i hate how this game "optimizes the shaders" or whatever everytime you switch a video setting around. i think thats inconvenient, but oh well.

 

[the cobbler]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
just installed BF2. i can run 1280x1024 all medium settings. didnt try if i can go any higher, but damn. this game needs AA BADLY.

will 2xAA hurt my performance? i hate how this game "optimizes the shaders" or whatever everytime you switch a video setting around. i think thats inconvenient, but oh well.

your RAM alone will allow you to turn Textures to "high"...regardless of your GPU settings (AA/AF etc.)...

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: the cobbler

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
just installed BF2. i can run 1280x1024 all medium settings. didnt try if i can go any higher, but damn. this game needs AA BADLY.

will 2xAA hurt my performance? i hate how this game "optimizes the shaders" or whatever everytime you switch a video setting around. i think thats inconvenient, but oh well.

your RAM alone will allow you to turn Textures to "high"...regardless of your GPU settings (AA/AF etc.)...

not exactly, but it might

for the 2xAA you can definatley have that on... i can with my rig and everything is set to high (except the textures) 4x AA is a stretch for 1280x1024 but works fine on 1024x768

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
.............
thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

lol
I'm glad you like the 6600gt but its definitely not on par with the 6800gt.

With the exception of BF2 and COD2 at very low settings, you are playing mostly old games instead of Oblivion/FEAR which would totally wreck the 6600gt.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
.............
thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

lol
I'm glad you like the 6600gt but its definitely not on par with the 6800gt.

With the exception of BF2 and COD2 at very low settings, you are playing mostly old games instead of Oblivion/FEAR which would totally wreck the 6600gt.

lol im about to install splinter cell chaos theory and oblivion today...my glory will be short lived hahahaha...

im hoping for fps in the double digits!!

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
.............
thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

lol
I'm glad you like the 6600gt but its definitely not on par with the 6800gt.

With the exception of BF2 and COD2 at very low settings, you are playing mostly old games instead of Oblivion/FEAR which would totally wreck the 6600gt.

lol im about to install splinter cell chaos theory and oblivion today...my glory will be short lived hahahaha...

im hoping for fps in the double digits!!

oblivion will rock your system. i tried it and it ran at about 7 fps at medium settings and 10x7. though, i am running it on a P4 1.8

happy oblivioning!

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
just got my card stable to 600/1.06!

hopefully i wont artifact...>.< my voltage for the card is now at 1.7 from 1.6. that should give it a bit more juice.

So you did the voltmod eh? heh. Better get Riva and check temps now for sure! I bet you are at 90C on the core.

BF2...well, ha. I hate the game, but when I play it I play with most settings on medium @ 1024x768 with 2x AA. It looks terribad without AA.

Also, I played through the FEAR demo several times with my 6600gt and had no problems with it.

 

[Cabages]

MGS 2: Substance? They have that for PC? I wouldnt mind replaying through that...

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
just got my card stable to 600/1.06!

hopefully i wont artifact...>.< my voltage for the card is now at 1.7 from 1.6. that should give it a bit more juice.

So you did the voltmod eh? heh. Better get Riva and check temps now for sure! I bet you are at 90C on the core.

BF2...well, ha. I hate the game, but when I play it I play with most settings on medium @ 1024x768 with 2x AA. It looks terribad without AA.

Also, I played through the FEAR demo several times with my 6600gt and had no problems with it.

didnt install rivatuner yet. it says in the nvidia drivers that my ambient temperature is 34C, gpu core temp is 44C, and when i play games, it kicks up to the 60's and the ambient is around 43-44C.

like a real voltmod, like penciling in on the card itself or using ink? all i did was increase the vagp in the bios from 1.6 to 1.7. 1.5 is stock though on my mobo and 1.8 is the highest it will go.

i will retest fear later today and also tell you my benchmarks of quake 4...i just remembered that splinter cell chaos theory comes bundled with everyones favorite starforce...UGH. so i wont install it.

i also tried BF2 on 1280x1024 all high settings except for textures and 2xAA. it was smooth but it always seemed to load an area all the time so i backed it down to all medium settings and 2xAA. i will tell you all how it goes later.

thanks again for the replies!

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Cabages
MGS 2: Substance? They have that for PC? I wouldnt mind replaying through that...

haha yep. they even have mgs1 w/ VR missions (old ps1 version not the twin snakes remake for gamecube) for pc as well.

 

[Fardringle]

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
.............
thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

lol
I'm glad you like the 6600gt but its definitely not on par with the 6800gt.

With the exception of BF2 and COD2 at very low settings, you are playing mostly old games instead of Oblivion/FEAR which would totally wreck the 6600gt.

I play Oblivion on my 6600GT at 1024x768 with 2xAA (although I don't think the game really needs it much), Large textures, everything at high except shadows, tree and grass distance at about half, and bloom instead of HDR (mostly because I don't like the way HDR looks in the game). I don't have any problems at all except when I'm fighting multiple mobs casting spells at the same time.

My system is a socket 764 Sempron running at 2.2 GHz (275FSB) with 1 GB of Corsair Value RAM running at 220MHz CAS 2.5 (Memory won't go any higher than that even at CAS3).

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Fardringle

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
.............
thanks! im using the 84.21 whql's...straight from nvidia, along with coolbits 2.0. my temps are 43 idle, but i dont know what my load temps are (i dont really alt tab out of games to see my temps )

i really really love this card. its performing on par with my friends 6800GT, as he has and AMD processor but his game settings are similar to mine.

lol
I'm glad you like the 6600gt but its definitely not on par with the 6800gt.

With the exception of BF2 and COD2 at very low settings, you are playing mostly old games instead of Oblivion/FEAR which would totally wreck the 6600gt.

I play Oblivion on my 6600GT at 1024x768 with 2xAA (although I don't think the game really needs it much), Large textures, everything at high except shadows, tree and grass distance at about half, and bloom instead of HDR (mostly because I don't like the way HDR looks in the game). I don't have any problems at all except when I'm fighting multiple mobs casting spells at the same time.

My system is a socket 764 Sempron running at 2.2 GHz (275FSB) with 1 GB of Corsair Value RAM running at 220MHz CAS 2.5 (Memory won't go any higher than that even at CAS3).

i just installed oblivion (patched it up too) and it defaulted to 640x480, bloom, fullscreen, v sync (i dont know what that does - i see it in halo, nfsu2, nfsmw as well), no AA, distant landscape and buildings, but no distant trees. the textures were set to medium. and the rest of the sliders in game were on 50%. i think they were draw-distance, but im not sure.

i get smooth performance in the dungeon (i just started the game). i dont know what it will be like outside/roaming around.

and my bf2 settings are back to all medium, 2xAA, 1280x1024. game runs smooth again.

time for quake 4!