Witch one to get!?!?!

[420LoBoB]

hey guys im hopin you guys can give me an idea on what kind of card i should get, im looking for a AGP 8x and a price range at around 300$ cnd

my specs are
winnie 3500+
neo2 plat
gig of DDR333
120 gig hd
400 watt psu

 

[RibSpreader]

6600GT is going for around $200 US - that's what I'd be getting if I hadn't just dropped $400 on a monitor. Have to wait till the wife forgets about that before I bring up a new vid card.

 

[420LoBoB]

haha no kidding eh!

do u think the 6600 is better than the Ti4600? that was my old card. im just wondering if i will get better porformance for a 200$ card than my 400 3 years ago!

 

[420LoBoB]

um do u think u could hook me up with a link to a good 6600 brand and price? im gonna start saving!

 

[Cawchy87]

6600GT's are 349 at the cheapest. And those are crappy XFX cards. A decent brand 6600GT will run you 360-375 depending on if it's on sale or not. I would get a used 6800nu from the fs/ft fourms.

 

[RibSpreader]

6600gt agp versions
Hope this works for you - pretty sure your mobo is AGP. I'd get the Leadtek or MSI cards.

 

[RibSpreader]

That link won't work. Try Leadtek or MSI or cheapest on NewEgg right now

 

[420LoBoB]

ooooo thouse are nice so do you think they will be better than my old Ti4600? i prolly scored around 10,000 with it in my old system XP 2000 asus a7v333.. what do you think i would score with that card in my new system??

 

[JBT]

If you need another site www.zipzoomfly.com ships to Canada.

 

[RibSpreader]

LoBob,
Check out all the user reviews on those cards. Lots of folks talk about what they upgraded from and what kind of results they got. I was running a ti4200 till I bought a 9600pro about a year ago and that was a huge boost. The 6600GT is supposed to be better than a 9800pro in most areas so I'd think you'd get a smile on your face.

 

[RobotOfHatred]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
6600GT's are 349 at the cheapest. And those are crappy XFX cards. A decent brand 6600GT will run you 360-375 depending on if it's on sale or not. I would get a used 6800nu from the fs/ft fourms.

I have no idea where your shopping

www.canadacomputers.com

Average there is around $255 or so (cdn)

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: 420LoBoB
ooooo thouse are nice so do you think they will be better than my old Ti4600? i prolly scored around 10,000 with it in my old system XP 2000 asus a7v333.. what do you think i would score with that card in my new system??

The 6600GT is about 30% faster than a 9800Pro, which itself is 50-100% faster than a Ti4600. So yes, it would be a significant step up in performance.

I don't know what benchmark you used to score "10,000" (3DMark01, maybe?) with a Ti4600, but you'd be looking at a 100-150% performance increase across the board, although you might start to be CPU-limited at lower graphical settings (for instance, in 3DMark01 at 1024x768 without AA/AF). Plus you get DX9 effects in games that support them (such as HL2 and FarCry). Doom3 will also probably look a bit better.

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
6600GT's are 349 at the cheapest. And those are crappy XFX cards. A decent brand 6600GT will run you 360-375 depending on if it's on sale or not. I would get a used 6800nu from the fs/ft fourms.

I'd like to know where your buying from with great prices like that.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: Tarrant64

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
6600GT's are 349 at the cheapest. And those are crappy XFX cards. A decent brand 6600GT will run you 360-375 depending on if it's on sale or not. I would get a used 6800nu from the fs/ft fourms.

I'd like to know where your buying from with great prices like that.

Those are Canadian dollars, bud.

 

[RobotOfHatred]

Look at my post. Rarely have I seen 6600GTs for over $300 (At leas not like that, Mostly something like $302, $306). Which, translated into US dollars, is something around $240 US.

Loook at the link I psted:

www.canadacomputers.com

In the Vid cards section, the 6600GTs are pretty cheap.

 

[Machine350]

For 300, I would go for a 6800nu. Here's a good one.

 

[Machine350]

Oh crap, sorry, I just noticed your talking about Canadian dollars. In that case I'd go with a 6600GT.

 

[420LoBoB]

haha thx guys! that realy helped out im gonna have a special spot in my room and im gonna start savin up for one! yes it was 3Dmark 2001 if the 6600GT is that much better than my old Ti4600 i think im gonna be realy realy happy with it then! plus it was only 4x AGP at the time also! i cant wait to get it and show some benchmarks!