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Official GeForce 6600 Thread

SneakyStuff

SneakyStuff

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I THINK IM IN LOVE OFFICIAL REVIEW


GeForce 6600 Series

-Official Tech Specs From nVidia

-nV News Review, With Pics

-INQUIRER

Well, it would appear that nVidia is releasing a very solid mid-range performer, perhaps the most interesting thing I noticed, was the lack of a molex connector on either card, and the SLI option on the 6800 GT. If anyone has anymore links in reference to this product, please post them. 🙂

UPDATE

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8/25 Reviews (Also see Anthrax's thread in general hardware for more info.)
 
man, this is trouble for ati....their x600 is nothing more than a slightly faster 9600xt on pci-x....the 6600's suppose to be able to play doom 3 at 1600resolution!!!
 
Makes me want to buy some nvidia stock. If I can play Doom III at 1280x1024 above 30 fps I'd be very happy 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Tabb
Makes me want to buy some nvidia stock. If I can play Doom III at 1280x1024 above 30 fps I'd be very happy 🙂
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And I would be very pissed. That means I spent more money that I had to on a video card to get decent D3 performance!
 
Darnit, something just occured to me. It looks like these 6600s are all going to be PCI-X at first. I was hoping to get a 6600GT to go in my current system (see sig). 🙁 I hate waiting, I wanted one ASAP.
 
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Nice looking card. If it overclocks OK, it just might be the next Ti4200 in terms of price/performance ratio.
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my thoughts exactly, and if you like the first one, buy another and hook it up SLI style! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Darnit, something just occured to me. It looks like these 6600s are all going to be PCI-X at first. I was hoping to get a 6600GT to go in my current system (see sig). 🙁 I hate waiting, I wanted one ASAP.
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PCI-E not PCI-X.
 
Hmm. Exactly when is this video card coming out? Can't seem to find it on the articles (skimmed through it quickly, no clear release date). I'm going to need a new video card so I can play HL2, and just as I was doing some research, TADA! 6600! This seems really promising. Hurry up! T_T and I have to wait longer for the AGP version... sigh

EDIT: Late September at earliest... =P sowwy
 
Originally posted by: ku
Hmm. Exactly when is this video card coming out? Can't seem to find it on the articles (skimmed through it quickly, no clear release date). I'm going to need a new video card so I can play HL2, and just as I was doing some research, TADA! 6600! This seems really promising. Hurry up! T_T and I have to wait longer for the AGP version... sigh

EDIT: Late September at earliest... =P sowwy
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Good things come to those who wait 😉
 
Originally posted by: MDE
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Darnit, something just occured to me. It looks like these 6600s are all going to be PCI-X at first. I was hoping to get a 6600GT to go in my current system (see sig). 🙁 I hate waiting, I wanted one ASAP.
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PCI-E not PCI-X.
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Thanks, it seems that I can't be bothered with memorizing all the abbreviations these days. 😛
 
And for tonights feature presentation:
From Guru 3D straight to your thread:
Transistors 222 million 222 million 222 million
For 6600, 6600GT and 6800 series.
All seem to feature the same core 🙂
Die shrunk 6800 core with no real changes? Very odd.


Originally posted by: Megatomic
Originally posted by: MDE
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Darnit, something just occured to me. It looks like these 6600s are all going to be PCI-X at first. I was hoping to get a 6600GT to go in my current system (see sig). 🙁 I hate waiting, I wanted one ASAP.
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PCI-E not PCI-X.
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Thanks, it seems that I can't be bothered with memorizing all the abbreviations these days. 😛
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Making sure you get the difference between those two is important 😛
PCI-Express is the next generation of slots for PC's. It includes the PCI x16 slot for graphics cards.
PCI-X is basically a server thing for high bandwidth add-in cards (like SCSI cards), and usually operates at 66MHz vs 33MHz for PCI, and is 64-bit, not 32-bit like PCI.
 
Architecturally I know the difference, acronymically (is that even a word?) I mess 'em up. Perhaps I confuse the two as I use the PCI-X parts here at work. 😱
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
And for tonights feature presentation:
From Guru 3D straight to your thread:
Transistors 222 million 222 million 222 million
For 6600, 6600GT and 6800 series.
All seem to feature the same core 🙂
Die shrunk 6800 core with no real changes? Very odd.
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I thought I read somewhere that the 6600 series has 146 million transistors??
 
I'm REALLY tempted to get a 6600 GT when I move to PCI-E, it seems like a perceft balance of performance and cost. Those 8 pipelines remind me of the Radeon 9500 Pro. Which because of them, is still an amazing card.
 
Radeon 9500 Pro. Which because of them, is still an amazing card.
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wow a 2 year old card is still one of the soght after cards even now, that things a great card...and speaking of soon-to-be great cards imma snag me myself one of those 6600GT's and a nice PCI-E mobo's, looks like a great card after readin the reviews.
 
I suspect the 6800 to be an excellent overclocker, atleast on the core. Also, I wonder how the 9800p will look after these cards are released. It may just go down a bit in price to fit in better. Or maybe the 256bit memory bus will help it hold it's price better.
 
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