which 3d Card ..?

**nakul86** · April 16th, 2005, 03:23 PM

hello to 1 n al'...
i just bought a comp AMD 3200+ (939) -MSI-RS480 -PC2700 512MB - Now my motherboard doesnt have any AGP slots .. and it has only 1 PCI-x 16 Express slot...now i've been wonderin' for bout two weeks..which card shud i go in for .. now i have my budget restrictions .. i can spend a max of 130$ only..plz suggest me a good PCI Express Card worth my money .. people initially suggested me GeForce 6600 128MB but this has a core speed = 300MHz and Mem Effective speed = 550MHz .... well atleast most of them ..now is this really enuf ?..really need help out here ...and a thnx in adnvance..
Naks

**mateo leet-o** · April 16th, 2005, 03:47 PM

well it all depends on wat your gonna do...if heavy gaming(doom 3,hl2 farcry etc)
try and save up for 6600gt( its a WHOLE lot better) they have a chaintech pci express 6600gt for $170 on newegg

, if it's just for sum minor gaming you could get a 6600 but try and get the 256mb if you play at high resolutions

**GiPilot12** · April 16th, 2005, 04:09 PM

IMO you would get a pretty good gaming rig if you could get either a 6600 or a 6600GT. Its just a bit over 150 USD so I think you should go for it.

**GiPilot12** · April 16th, 2005, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by nakul86

. people initially suggested me GeForce 6600 128MB but this has a core speed = 300MHz and Mem Effective speed = 550MHz .... well atleast most of them ..now is this really enuf ?..really need help out here ...and a thnx in adnvance..
Naks

Its not only clock speeds. Its the pipelines. I have a 9600Xt who's clock speeds blow my friend's vidio card out of the water. But he gets better frame rates because i hve 4 pipelines and he has 12.

**DanielMsi** · April 16th, 2005, 06:12 PM

i say save up your money a tad more and go for a 6600gt. Best cad for value. Can beat 9800 pro and xt.But if not just go with something like a radeon 9600xt or geforce 6600.

**nakul86** · April 16th, 2005, 10:46 PM

well thnx again for the replies ..now the problem is that i dont live in the US..i'm from India and back here things are'nt that freely available and are just a little costly.. so my dreams of getting a 6600GT are still gonna remain dreams .. and plus i'm not a heavy gamer i jus wanna make sure that just the basic games work well all my EA sports , NFS versions etc.. not much into DOOM3 n Farcry n CS..etc

Originally Posted by DanielMsi

i say save up your money a tad more and go for a 6600gt. Best cad for value. Can beat 9800 pro and xt.But if not just go with something like a radeon 9600xt or geforce 6600.

well i just checked out the Radeon 9600XT and it doesnt belong to the PCI xpress interface ...so that's completely ruled out .. now i have only 6600 left .. now among the varities in them ..please help me choose a good one ..

Also how do i check for the number of pipelines what should be the other specifcitions i shud look out for ..considering that i will buying only an 6600.. so among the 6600's which shud i go in for .. how do i knw if the choice i'm makin' is right ...
thnx again ..
Naks

p.s. In newegg .. it display's all 6600's 256MB cards.. which one do i choose seeing the specs mentioned there..??

**mateo leet-o** · April 17th, 2005, 04:45 PM

ya, pipelines do play a big role...i think normal 6600s have 4 pipelines(not sure though) and all of the 6600s should be the same no matter wat manufacturer they come from( except for software bundled and warranty) i would go with a bfg
6600...lifetime warranty and oc'd a little bit by them( if they make it

)
but in general, when looking for a video card look for # of pixel pipelines,# of vertex pipelines( not as important), amount of memory, type of memory(ddr or gddr3

) and clock speed

**BggBoSs** · April 17th, 2005, 05:07 PM

Hy People,
What u can say about this card, ATI RADEON 8800 Fire GL AGP 4x interface , 128 MB , 256-bit, i have athlon xp 1700+, 1 G DDR, and AGP 4x on my motherboard, i need a good vga card to work in autocad, archicad and 3d Studio max, this video card is ok ? or i can find some much better ?
Thanks

**RamAirTA98** · April 17th, 2005, 05:22 PM

All 6600's, GT or not, have 8 pipes. The only difference is the GPU and memory speeds. Significantly slower on the non-GT model, well about half the speed on the memory... I believe that is due to the GT model having GDDR3 RAM.

If you have the money, they best card to get is the Rosewill 6600GT from newegg. Only $180. Not a lot of people have heard of that brand, but the board and chips are the exact same as those on the Albatron model and that is a top performer in the 6600 line. The base 6600, even 256MB version, won't hold up in today's and the rest of the year's games. And for only $40 more than the 6600, get the GT for nearly, if not always, double the performance in higher resolutions.

**RamAirTA98** · April 17th, 2005, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by BggBoSs

Hy People,
What u can say about this card, ATI RADEON 8800 Fire GL AGP 4x interface , 128 MB , 256-bit, i have athlon xp 1700+, 1 G DDR, and AGP 4x on my motherboard, i need a good vga card to work in autocad, archicad and 3d Studio max, this video card is ok ? or i can find some much better ?
Thanks

For the money, it's not too bad. But you can find a lot better. You gonna be creating games or what? What's your price range?

**mateo leet-o** · April 17th, 2005, 10:36 PM

guess i was wrong about the pipelines

and they got a chaintech 6600gt $170 on newegg

**mike_sanfil** · April 17th, 2005, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by RamAirTA98

All 6600's, GT or not, have 8 pipes. The only difference is the GPU and memory speeds. Significantly slower on the non-GT model, well about half the speed on the memory... I believe that is due to the GT model having GDDR3 RAM.

If you have the money, they best card to get is the Rosewill 6600GT from newegg. Only $180. Not a lot of people have heard of that brand, but the board and chips are the exact same as those on the Albatron model and that is a top performer in the 6600 line. The base 6600, even 256MB version, won't hold up in today's and the rest of the year's games. And for only $40 more than the 6600, get the GT for nearly, if not always, double the performance in higher resolutions.

I think he already stated that there was no way he could spend that much, but whatever.

**RamAirTA98** · April 17th, 2005, 11:35 PM

A Geforce 6600 256MB will be the best you can get for under $120... Check pricewatch.

**NightRise420** · April 18th, 2005, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by mateo leet-o

guess i was wrong about the pipelines

and they got a chaintech 6600gt $170 on newegg

Ur not compeltely wrong. Pipeline is to benefit the GPU core bandwidth. The more the marrier. But if there are too much, it causes fragilty. Thats y its so dangerous to open up pipes using tweak mods. People get dead cards and corruptions permenant sometimes.