XFX GEFORCE 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 AGP

[ComatoseDelirium]

Im planning to get this card, but I was wondering, what real difference does manufacturers make? is XFX a reputable company? from my understanding GT means higher end card, OC being the highest?, 6600 being standard?, and LE being the celeron of video cards?

 

[VigilanteCS]

XFX makes good stuff, GT is the highest of the 6600s, OC just means it's overclocked. LE = celeron too =). Hows that for summation?

 

[icejunkie]

Well, basically they all have to follow a reference from nVidia / ATi and they use their chips, so I don't see why it wouldn't be a good choice? Other than cooling and memory, but I'm pretty sure no one company would sell anything worse than the others for a lot less... ?

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

Oh yeah, is their anything I should be worried about, my psu is a MAX POWER LA 350, I have 512 MB Dual Channelled kingston, i have a AMD 2700 XP with a heat sink, I know it will be a tad bottle necked, my current Video card is an MSI MX4000, which im trading in for 30 bucks, I have 2 case fans, and a heat sink fan on my processor, I think I can get a 60 mm cooling fan for my mobo, their seems to be a heat sink in the center, mobo at 37 degrees cpu at 42, usually when gaming around 50 - 52 on the cpu, is the stock cooling for this card fine? or should I go get one of those Zalman Video card coolers? if so, wanna give me the exact model number i should get? can't buy off new egg, NCIX.com is the best canadian seller I know of, pricematch is a good site too, not all places sell to canada though. heres the link to the card http://www.ncix.com/products/i...ure=XFX%20Technologies

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

Great Summation Vig, and thanks for the Opinion Ice.

 

[nick1985]

you might want to get a better power supply, the one you have sounds cheap

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

I think it is indeed Nick, is their any way to tell after I load in the card and turn on the computer if the drain is too large? oh yeah the price im paying for that card is 280 CAD.

 

[nick1985]

the power supply is the most important part in a computer. do yourself a favor and get a decent one.

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

im not looking to spend more than about 80 - 100 dollars on a new PSU, what do you recommend Nick? Everyone else?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: ComatoseDelirium
im not looking to spend more than about 80 - 100 dollars on a new PSU, what do you recommend Nick? Everyone else?

this will be MORE than enough for you

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

oo excellent... excellent, thanks nick. and everyone else.

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

no further assistence needed in this post.

 

[Rhin0]

Basically the same question, read it: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...5581&enterthread=y

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

thanks rhin