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Aurelie Starseeker
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Join date: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 550
03-09-2005 10:17
My sis is trying to choose a graphics card and i have no idea about them lol..

She is currently looking to buy

XFX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP w/ TV-Out, Dual DVI

is this good....bad....ick....?

thanks in advance! :) :rolleyes:
Torley Linden
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
03-09-2005 13:23
Aurelie! :) I've heard this is a pretty good card for the money -- good price/performance ratio -- although it would help to state the price your sister is looking at... and I'm not sure of the specific XFX variant. 6600GTs in general have got sweet reviews.

Here's a general overview:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/index.html

And here's a couple of more specific ones:

http://www.hwhell.com/news/xfx_6600gt_review/
http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/xfx6600gtagp/index.shtml

Someone like Catherine Omega and Adam Zaius would surely know. I'm hoping they'll post here with more details. ;)
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03-09-2005 18:09
I just bought a 6600GT with similar features. Pretty good card, much better than the 5700 Ultra it replaced. Not as pricy as a 6800, but it isn't exactly cheap either. Also, if your sister is running with less than a 350 watt power supply, she will have to upgrade that too. 6600GTs are power hungry cards. A decent power supply might run you another 80 bucks minimum.
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Alby Yellowknife
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03-09-2005 18:10
From: Aurelie Starseeker
My sis is trying to choose a graphics card and i have no idea about them lol..

She is currently looking to buy

XFX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP w/ TV-Out, Dual DVI

is this good....bad....ick....?

thanks in advance! :) :rolleyes:




As long as it has an Nvidia chip, you can't go wrong. Don't give ATI any money.
Aurelie Starseeker
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Join date: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 550
03-09-2005 20:53
thankyou!!!!