Worth buying?

Harry · December 24th, 2004, 06:12 AM

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...649&GroupID=27

Is that worth buying if I want to speed up games on either a computer with:
1. 512mb DDR ram,
athlon xp 2000+
or 2. 768mb pc300 ram(kind of crap)
athlon xp 2200+

Does this card sound good? it has quite a bit of info on the page, but I don't know of its a con or not.

Looney · December 24th, 2004, 07:38 AM

I don't know much about the New ones but, I had an old one that really did a nice job, 3DFX Mosnter card. IMHO It would be worth buying if I could return it if it did do what it clames.

The Undertaker · December 25th, 2004, 09:51 AM

Yeah but one problem, the 6600 non GT is PCIe only.

Nephil · January 11th, 2005, 04:35 AM

The 6600 series is, what the MX and the lower FX series was for the GF4 and 5. It's neither the fastest, nor the slowest card, and provides a good price/performance relation.

What I'd like to know: Which graphic cards are you using right now in your pcs?

Harry · January 11th, 2005, 05:09 AM

In the computer with 768 mb ram I have a Geforce FX5200 ultra (128mb)
and in the one with 512mb ram I have a Geforce 4 MX440 (64mb)

Nephil · January 11th, 2005, 05:16 AM

Then I'd replace the FX5200 with a 6600 and the MX440 with the FX5200.

Tyberious · January 20th, 2005, 09:54 PM

well the 6600 is pci-E, I recommend getting a FX 5900 or a radeon 9700 Pro from newegg, tigerdirect or that site you were looking at. It will do you just as good, if you play older games that are more or less filrate limited then get the FX series but if you play games that emply pixil and vertex shaders then get the radeon 9700 pro or 9800 Pro (get the one with 256Bit memory interface or you'll be sorry)

Either that or you can wait till the 6200 series cards come out inAGP (which are faster thent he FX series, especially in DX9 games). First off tell us how much you have to spend. Also search for AGP cards not pci (legacy) or Pci-E.

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Harry Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,393	Worth buying? http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...649&GroupID=27 Is that worth buying if I want to speed up games on either a computer with: 1. 512mb DDR ram, athlon xp 2000+ or 2. 768mb pc300 ram(kind of crap) athlon xp 2200+ Does this card sound good? it has quite a bit of info on the page, but I don't know of its a con or not. __________________

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December 25th, 2004, 09:51 AM	#3
The Undertaker Commander Keen Join Date: May 2001 Location: To your left Posts: 1,999	Yeah but one problem, the 6600 non GT is PCIe only.

January 11th, 2005, 04:35 AM	#4
Nephil Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,549	The 6600 series is, what the MX and the lower FX series was for the GF4 and 5. It's neither the fastest, nor the slowest card, and provides a good price/performance relation. What I'd like to know: Which graphic cards are you using right now in your pcs?

January 11th, 2005, 05:16 AM	#6
Nephil Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,549	Then I'd replace the FX5200 with a 6600 and the MX440 with the FX5200.

January 20th, 2005, 09:54 PM	#7
Tyberious Commander Keen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,613	well the 6600 is pci-E, I recommend getting a FX 5900 or a radeon 9700 Pro from newegg, tigerdirect or that site you were looking at. It will do you just as good, if you play older games that are more or less filrate limited then get the FX series but if you play games that emply pixil and vertex shaders then get the radeon 9700 pro or 9800 Pro (get the one with 256Bit memory interface or you'll be sorry) Either that or you can wait till the 6200 series cards come out inAGP (which are faster thent he FX series, especially in DX9 games). First off tell us how much you have to spend. Also search for AGP cards not pci (legacy) or Pci-E.

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