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Nvidia 6600 Series Examined

Posted by michael on from the arm-and-a-leg dept.

DrunkenTerror writes "Yesterday at QuakeCon, Nvidia debuted their new affordable GPU mentioned a few days ago on Slashdot. Dubbed the GeForce 6600 and 6600 GT, they differ from their higher-end brethren by having only 8 pixel pipes (unlike the 12 & 16 of the 6800 line), and appear to be limited to 128MB of RAM. Both GPUs support Shader Model 3.0. The 6600 GT sports fast GDDR3 RAM, while the 6600 appears to use plain-jane DDR. The GT also supports the oft-recently-discussed SLI, which could 'enable millions of users to experience the power of two GPUs in their system.' The best part, however, may be the price/performance. With a suggested street price of US$199, the 6600 GT runs at a steady 42 FPS in Doom 3, at high-quality 1600*1200." Reader aceh0 adds a few links: "Nvidia is announcing their NV4x Sub $200 Level graphics hardware today with the GeForce 6600 Series. The 6600 Series is feature complete with the 6800s and the differences come in the number of pipelines and memory configuration. SLI has trickled down to the 6600GT as well. Coverage is available at Neoseeker, Tech Report and PC Perspective as well as other sites."

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  1. TCO? by FerretFrottage · · Score: 5, Funny

    2x6600 card: $400
    New Pci express motherboard: $150
    New case (cause you know your old pc will just be termed a "server"): $100
    New faster 1GB ram: $200
    New cpu because you're buying the other stuff anyway: $250
    Bigger sata 300 GB HD because bittorents are all about sharing: $200
    Wife cutting off your broadband connection: priceless

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  2. Re:SLI hype? by Mateito · · Score: 3, Funny
    Ahh, but how well will it play Half-Life 2?

    How well will it play Duke Nukem Forever?

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  3. Re:Now all they need is good developer relations! by gotgenes · · Score: 2, Funny
    Every time I've had to deal with ATI's developer relations communication has been top notch. For my bug reports I've always had a reply within 2-3 days and a followup when it's fixed. Having to write an app that demos the bug can be a little bit convenient, but it really speeds up their fixing the bug. And they certainly are speedy fixing those bugs, it's rather impressive :)
    Then I guess I need to file a bug report with them if they're so responsive.
    To: support@ati.com From: gotgenes@slashdot.org Subject: Bug Report - Linux Support Subpar Dear ATI, Please do a better job with Linux drivers.

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