What is the fastest nvidia PCI card (yes, I said P-C-I)

[SunnyD]

What flavor was the last fastest NVIDIA PCI video card. I know there's the 5700, but I'd prefer to stay away from the 5-series. I vaguely remember seeing a 6200 at one time, but is there by chance a PCI 6600?

I'm wanting to stay away from ATI at the moment because Vista doesn't play nice with spanning multiple monitors across different drivers.

 

[daveybrat]

Fastest i've seen is a 6200 PCI. Rare to find though! 🙂


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That's the one i was thinking of!

 

[bigsnyder]

It looks like the 6200 is your best bet. I didn't see any 6600s, probably not worth the price premium if
you did find one.

C Snyder

 

[tvdang7]

x1300 pci? check hard ocp's review on it.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: tvdang7
x1300 pci? check hard ocp's review on it.

Last I knew an X1300 wasn't a NVIDIA card...

 

[RussianSensation]

Asking for the fastest PCI card is like asking what the fastest Fiat is. The fastest PCI card is hardly adequate for *gaming.* What are the rest of your system specs? Maybe you should save to upgrade instead of dumping extra $50 into nothing. And if you just want to run dual monitors, speed will not affect 2d performance, at least not without benchmarking 🙂

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
Asking for the fastest PCI card is like asking what the fastest Fiat is. The fastest PCI card is hardly adequate for *gaming.* What are the rest of your system specs? Maybe you should save to upgrade instead of dumping extra $50 into nothing. And if you just want to run dual monitors, speed will not affect 2d performance, at least not without benchmarking 🙂

Actually, it's for a quad-monitor setup, thanks for asking. 🙂

And no, it's not for gaming. However as I said, for various reasons, including heat, I would prefer to avoid the 5-series NVIDIA cards.

 

[Auric]

6200 is the best Nvidia but it pales compared to ATI offerings.

........MT/s GB/s
5500 1080 6.40
6200 1200 8.83
9100 2000 8.00
8500 2200 8.80 (9100 reclocked)
1300 1800 8.00 (450 core)
1300 2400 8.00 (Pro 600 core)
1550 2200 12.80

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
Asking for the fastest PCI card is like asking what the fastest Fiat is. The fastest PCI card is hardly adequate for *gaming.* What are the rest of your system specs? Maybe you should save to upgrade instead of dumping extra $50 into nothing. And if you just want to run dual monitors, speed will not affect 2d performance, at least not without benchmarking 🙂

Actually, it's for a quad-monitor setup, thanks for asking. 🙂

And no, it's not for gaming. However as I said, for various reasons, including heat, I would prefer to avoid the 5-series NVIDIA cards.

Then just get the cheapest Geforce 6 card you can find.