NVIDIA 6600GT still preferable mid-range card?

[BrownEye]

A couple of months ago I was looking at mid-range video cards ($150-$200), and at that time the best choice was clearly the 6600GT.

I am finally ready to buy. Is the 6600GT still the way to go or does ATI currently have something comperable/better on a price/performance ratio (but better than the 9800, which I already have in another computer).

Thanks!

 

[DaveSimmons]

Still the best, and the AGP model is finally a bit cheaper. Be sure to check Hot Deals as well as newegg in case a drunken leprechaun is offering cards for less than a pot o' gold.

 

[nick1985]

yeah, the 6600GT is awesome at that price

 

[JBT]

Def still a good buy. Actually its a better buy with the price drops.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: nick1985
yeah, the 6600GT is awesome at that price

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: BrownEye
A couple of months ago I was looking at mid-range video cards ($150-$200), and at that time the best choice was clearly the 6600GT.

I am finally ready to buy. Is the 6600GT still the way to go or does ATI currently have something comperable/better on a price/performance ratio (but better than the 9800, which I already have in another computer).

Thanks!

The plain Vanilla 6800 (non-ultra or non-gt) is abot the same price as the 6600gt and has better performance.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: nick1985
yeah, the 6600GT is awesome at that price

:thumbsup:

 

[Googer]

$229
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322717

 

[mooncancook]

for $200 nothing beats it right now.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Googer
$229
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322717

Wow thats not bad at all especially if its unlockable.

 

[Rike]

I am very happy with mine. Good price and overclocks well too. I have a 19-20% overclock from both the core and ram with a little extra cooling. Very stable.

 

[Arcanedeath]

Under $200 nothing can really touch the 6600GT, around $200, the plain old Vanallia 6800 is a better buy as it has a chance to be unlockable and performs a bit better @ stock, In reality it's prolly worth it to spend up to the $300 for something like an X800XL, it's prolly got the most performance for the buck at the moment.

 

[leedog2007]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: BrownEye
A couple of months ago I was looking at mid-range video cards ($150-$200), and at that time the best choice was clearly the 6600GT.

I am finally ready to buy. Is the 6600GT still the way to go or does ATI currently have something comperable/better on a price/performance ratio (but better than the 9800, which I already have in another computer).

Thanks!

The plain Vanilla 6800 (non-ultra or non-gt) is abot the same price as the 6600gt and has better performance.

Where did/can you get a vanilla 6800 (PCI-E)? They start at $300 on newegg, or did you mean the agp version?

 

[Rike]

I would stay away from the vanilla-6800. At stock, the vanilla-6800 is with in about +/- 3% of a 6600GT. The 6600GT gives you the same for $100 less and the X800XL offers a good bit more guaranteed for the same money. I think the choices at the price points are clear.

 

[dev0lution]

Affirmative. I was considering the 6600GT but decided to go a bit higher with the ATI X800 XL for $100 or so more. But if I had less than $225 to spend I definitely would have gone with a 6600GT. Great features/performance for the $$$