The Buyer's Guide: 6600GT - GTX280 / HD4870X2

[Robor]

Originally posted by: guezz
18 February 07: Added: 8800 GTS 320MB, X1950 GT and provided more information about G80 performance. Update: video decoding (e.g. added G8X).

*GREAT* job! :thumbsup:

 

[guezz]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: guezz
18 February 07: Added: 8800 GTS 320MB, X1950 GT and provided more information about G80 performance. Update: video decoding (e.g. added G8X).

*GREAT* job! :thumbsup:

Thanks!

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

thanks. very informative

 

[nyker96]

Just wanna say LOVE THIS GUIDE!! thanks much for the hardwork!

 

[guezz]

19 April 07: Added: 8500 GT, 8600 GT, 8600 GTS, 7950 GT AGP and X1950 XT AGP. Corrected: small performance adjustments for 8800 GTS and GTX.
4 May 07: Added: 8800 Ultra, 8500 GT performance, X1950 GT AGP and G84/G86 in the Media section. Updated: bang for buck cards
14 May 07: Added: HD 2900 XT + technology and media.

 

[guezz]

8 July 07: Added: X2400 XT, X2600 Pro and X2600 XT GDDR3/GDDR4. Improvements: Linux and HDCP sections.

 

[Ruroni]

Great Job guezz!
Quick note:The link to the x1900gt for $115 leads to a x1600xt for 72.99.

Originally posted by: guezz

<$140 = X1900 GT 256MB ($115)

Awesome deal!

On a slightly related note:
I'm deciding between an x1650xt and a 7600gt. The 7600gt can be had for 99.99. The x1650xt can be had for 104.99. (in PCIeX16)
My concerns are, besides performance, heat/noise & windows Vista compatibility.

Any thought sharing is greatly appreciated.

 

[guezz]

24 July 07: Updated: 8800 GTS 320MB performance + decoding section.
15 September 07: More correctly specified performance of 8800 GTS 320MB and R5X0s which are ALU heavy (e.g. X1900 XT). Added: ?Shader heavy games? section under R5X0 and some games which require SM3.0 under NV4X?s SM3.0 section. Updated: ?Bang for Buck? cards.
29 October 07: Added: X2900 Pro and 8800 GT. Updated: ?Bang for Buck? cards.

 

[guezz]

10 November 07: Added: HD 2900 GT.
03 December 07: Added: HD 3850, HD 3870, 8800 GTS SSC and 8800 GTS 512MB. Updated: performance of 8800 GTS and 8800 GTX to better reflect the influence of newer games when compared to previous generation and adjusted a bit upwards for HD 2900 GT. Updated: ?Bang for Buck? cards. Corrected: 8800 GT supports DL-HDCP.
08 December 07: Added: 8800 GT 256MB and to whom the "Bang for Buck" cards might be suitable for.
29 January 08: Added: HD 3870 X2. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.
21 February: Added: 8800 GS, 9600 GT and HD 3650. Corrected: HD 3870 X2 performance. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.

 

[mwmorph]

Interesting guide, but have you thought of looking up power consumption to add to your video card list or maybe add a link to
here?
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354

 

[guezz]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Interesting guide, but have you thought of looking up power consumption to add to your video card list or maybe add a link to
here?
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354

It's already listed under the Power section.

 

[guezz]

23 March 08: Added: 9800 GX2, CrossFire X and Hybrid CrossFire. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.
1 April 08: Added: 9800 GTX.
22 June 08: Added: 9800 GTX+, GTX 260, GTX 280 and HD 4850. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?. New: 7.1 LPCM and CUDA sections.
25 June 08: Added: HD 4870. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.
17 August 08: Added: 9500 GT, 9800 GT, 9600 GSO, HD 4870 X2 and HybridPower. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.
13 September 08 Added: HD 4670. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.
23 September 08 Added: GTX 260 216. Updated: ?Bang for Buck?.