Nvidia 6600 GT

Is this card bridged for PCI-E or natural PCI-E like ATI. I remember
the first cards of Nvidia for PCI-E were bridged to work with the slot
but wasn't sure if all cards are still. thanks

SurLyN wrote:
Is this card bridged for PCI-E or natural PCI-E like ATI.

AFAIK The latter is right: The 6600 is Native PCI Express, the AGP version has
a bridge translating PCI-E into AGP

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It's natural PCIe. In fact, if you look at the AGP variants, almost all of
them have heat sinks tilted 45 deg to accomodate the bridge chip.

The bridge chip carries no real-world performance penalties. It's the board
mfrs who are fussy because the chip adds $5 to the production cost.

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"SurLyN" wrote in message
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Is this card bridged for PCI-E or natural PCI-E like ATI. I remember
the first cards of Nvidia for PCI-E were bridged to work with the slot
but wasn't sure if all cards are still. thanks

It's the board
mfrs who are fussy because the chip adds $5 to the production cost.

Yeah and they pass that $5 along as $50 extra for the AGP version.

Yes, and ATi doesn't have a bridge chip yet, so its PCIe-only cards are not
available on AGP. Yay for no competition...

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"PRIVATE1964" wrote in message
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It's the board
mfrs who are fussy because the chip adds $5 to the production cost.

Yeah and they pass that $5 along as $50 extra for the AGP version.

First of One wrote:
Yes, and ATi doesn't have a bridge chip yet, so its PCIe-only cards are not
available on AGP. Yay for no competition...

ATI's Rialto will be ready next month ;-)

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Then hopefully we will see some usable X800XL cards.

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First of One wrote:
Yes, and ATi doesn't have a bridge chip yet, so its PCIe-only cards are
not
available on AGP. Yay for no competition...

ATI's Rialto will be ready next month ;-)

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I was on a pre-order list for an ATI X800 XL. The company emailed me
and informed me that this product has been discontinued. I guess ATI
has stopped its production


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:58:37 -0500, "First of One"
wrote:

Then hopefully we will see some usable X800XL cards.

That's quite interesting, since X800XL cards were just in reviewers' hands.

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"SurLyN" wrote in message
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I was on a pre-order list for an ATI X800 XL. The company emailed me
and informed me that this product has been discontinued. I guess ATI
has stopped its production


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:58:37 -0500, "First of One"
wrote:

Then hopefully we will see some usable X800XL cards.

SurLyN wrote:
I was on a pre-order list for an ATI X800 XL. The company emailed me
and informed me that this product has been discontinued. I guess ATI
has stopped its production

I think You're referring to X800XT, not X800XL

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