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6600gt and 9800pro question.
Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro
does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. yes it does. im not sure if it needs 1 or 2 power supply connectors (i have a 6800NU which is one, so my GUESS is it only needs one) Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. yes it will run better than the 9800pro, it's a much quicker card. if you're comparing an ATI card to the 6600GT, you should be looking at the X600 series, not the older 9x00 generation of cards. Of course there is the problem that the X series aren't available in AGP, so that really leaves you with one option. Actually the other option is the 6800 base model card (referred to as the NU around here) which outperforms the 6600GT for not much more $$$. |
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In article , John Smith
says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. |
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Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks,
but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message . .. In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. |
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The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw
enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message . .. In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. |
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I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept my
9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't verify. "Dan" wrote in message ... The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message . .. In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. |
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Lester Piglet wrote:
I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept my 9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't verify. "Dan" wrote in message ... The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message om... In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. the 6600 is the faster card but the 9800 pro is fine too, matter of personal preference it sounds like |
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I agree, I had a 9800 pro and I got about 5500 points in 3dmark 03. Then I
bought a 6600gt for my son a month before X-mas so I used it to make sure it was ok before the 30 day warranty ran out Anyway, I got 7k to 8k in 3dmark 03 with it. Just last week I bought a Gigabyte 6800gt to replace my 9800pro and I need all the help I can get playing Counter Strike haha and it gets 10k to 11,700 in 3dmark 03 so far.. (don't want to kill my $400 v-card overclocking it too much) I ran the cards all at 1024x768 on my 17in CRT in games. Only now i can run all my settings on high in CS with AA and AF cranked up and still get a descent framerate. With the 9800 pro (default clocking) I couldn't run any AA or AF in multiplayer without my frames dropping below 30fps. Pete Sys Specs AMD 3200+ @2250mhz SI-97 heatsink 2X 512megs Corsair ram PC3200 Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 mobo Gigabyte 6800gt "farmuse" wrote in message ... Lester Piglet wrote: I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept my 9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't verify. "Dan" wrote in message ... The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message . com... In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. the 6600 is the faster card but the 9800 pro is fine too, matter of personal preference it sounds like |
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No need to upgrade your 9800 Pro. Unless you upgrade it to a 6800 GT ? On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:15:35 -0600, "Kent" wrote: I agree, I had a 9800 pro and I got about 5500 points in 3dmark 03. Then I bought a 6600gt for my son a month before X-mas so I used it to make sure it was ok before the 30 day warranty ran out Anyway, I got 7k to 8k in 3dmark 03 with it. Just last week I bought a Gigabyte 6800gt to replace my 9800pro and I need all the help I can get playing Counter Strike haha and it gets 10k to 11,700 in 3dmark 03 so far.. (don't want to kill my $400 v-card overclocking it too much) I ran the cards all at 1024x768 on my 17in CRT in games. Only now i can run all my settings on high in CS with AA and AF cranked up and still get a descent framerate. With the 9800 pro (default clocking) I couldn't run any AA or AF in multiplayer without my frames dropping below 30fps. Pete Sys Specs AMD 3200+ @2250mhz SI-97 heatsink 2X 512megs Corsair ram PC3200 Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 mobo Gigabyte 6800gt "farmuse" wrote in message ... Lester Piglet wrote: I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept my 9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't verify. "Dan" wrote in message ... The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message .com... In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. the 6600 is the faster card but the 9800 pro is fine too, matter of personal preference it sounds like |
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That is what I did and I am very happy with it.
John "Paul M" wrote in message ... No need to upgrade your 9800 Pro. Unless you upgrade it to a 6800 GT ? On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:15:35 -0600, "Kent" wrote: I agree, I had a 9800 pro and I got about 5500 points in 3dmark 03. Then I bought a 6600gt for my son a month before X-mas so I used it to make sure it was ok before the 30 day warranty ran out Anyway, I got 7k to 8k in 3dmark 03 with it. Just last week I bought a Gigabyte 6800gt to replace my 9800pro and I need all the help I can get playing Counter Strike haha and it gets 10k to 11,700 in 3dmark 03 so far.. (don't want to kill my $400 v-card overclocking it too much) I ran the cards all at 1024x768 on my 17in CRT in games. Only now i can run all my settings on high in CS with AA and AF cranked up and still get a descent framerate. With the 9800 pro (default clocking) I couldn't run any AA or AF in multiplayer without my frames dropping below 30fps. Pete Sys Specs AMD 3200+ @2250mhz SI-97 heatsink 2X 512megs Corsair ram PC3200 Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 mobo Gigabyte 6800gt "farmuse" wrote in message ... Lester Piglet wrote: I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept my 9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't verify. "Dan" wrote in message ... The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can draw enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one additional power connector. The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's comparable to the X700 series. I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the X700pro AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a whole new rig with PCI-E. Dan "Rob" wrote in message news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04... Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks, but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...119/index.html "Conor" wrote in message s.com... In article , John Smith says... Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the 9800pro does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance comparativley? TIA. Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than the 9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade. It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the 9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's. -- Conor Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo shoot first. It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo shot first. the 6600 is the faster card but the 9800 pro is fine too, matter of personal preference it sounds like |
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