Nvidia 6600 Series Examined

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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Re:$199?

[dealsites]

Check out these links for quick pricing from the popular deal sites:

Nvidia
GeForce
Geforce 6800

You can usually find them cheaper for limited time when they go on sale, have rebates, etc... These sites know how to find the best prices.

Bah.

[SatanicPuppy]

It's freaking PCI. As soon as I saw that I just started laughing. What the hell is the point of a high end PCI graphics card? I would think a comperably priced AGP would blow it the hell out of the water, no problem at all. If you're going to drop 200 bucks, might as well get an older card with a fatter pipe.