nvidia 6600GT or 6800NU?

[imhungry]

Okay, guess I'll go with the 6600GT then.

 

[zagood]

If you're really stuck on buying at a local store, that's definitely the best price you're going to find for a video card of that quality. Hell, CC usually sells the 9250 for $125. Just hope they've got them in stock and it's not a price mistake.

You just missed the online sales/rebates of 6800NU's, newegg, tigerdirect and ZZF all had them for $149.99.

If you can wait for another week or two the prices will probably go back down when they get more back in stock, if not go with the 6600GT.

-z

 

[imhungry]

Well, I'll just head over to CC hoping that the 6800 is on sale too. Maybe for $200, and I'll just returning them till I get one that unlocks. . //

 

[imhungry]

Would it be all right to take of the side of the case and use a regular fan to push air out to the back?
If not, what would be a good solution, as a dell only has 2 weak fans and I want decent cooling...

And I've decided to get the 6600GT, because I'm impatient and I don't want to have the possibility of having to get a new PSU for unlocking / overclocking the 6800NU.

 

[Piuc2020]

NV42 is only used on PCI-E 6800s which have the 4th pixel pipeline quad laser cut and thus impossible to unlock, 6800s AGP still come with the NV40 core and still have the 4th quad disabled meaning you can try to unlock in any 6800 AGP but not in a 6800 PCI-E.

And I would just get a 6600GT from the store, I mean after all, that is just your backup gaming rig, the 6800 offers variable 1fps (hl2) to 5-10-15fps (most games) to 30fps (ut2004) advantage over the 6600GT but if its more comfortable to just walk to the store and buy it, then by all means do it, once games in that rig start to become unplayable, chances are they would still be unplayable with a 6800 (say you get 10fps on the 6600GT and 15fps on the 6800, thats unplayable for both cards) and you have your main rig anyways.

Summary: Get the 6600GT.