6600GT vs 9800 Pro

[Jonny M]

The time has come to retire my trusty old GeForce4 Ti4200, and I want to replace it with something not costing the earth. My budget is around the £150 mark, I just can't justify spending more than this on a graphics card.

Looking towards some kind of future proofing, which is why I was looking at the 6600GT, being a new core etc, whereas the 9800 Pro is pretty old now, and I imagine the 6600GT will start to pull away from the 9800 Pro as newer more demanding games are released?

Current specs are:

AMD Athlon XP1700 @ 2200Mhz
1GB TwinMOS @ 190Mhz FSB (2x 512)
Abit NF7-S v2.0

Of course, don't limit your choices to those two cards, just I think they are the best two for my needs.

Thanks

[alterion]

6600gt baby... it's a new card and will benifit a lot from future drivers... if you can strech the extra 20-30 quid for a 6800nu then that will walk all over these two but then again it is not in your budget and i know i would get annoyed if asking for advice only to be told to get something more expensive

[Marcos]

If i could really get a 9800pro for £90 then i would get it, but they still for £130 on ebay and at that price, may aswell go for the 6600GT or preferably the 6800nu from LOW

[Jonny M]

Anyone else got input on this?

[skuzgib]

6800le and unlock the pipes?

[JimmyBoy]

if i were u, id have a look at sum gaming benchmarks and make a decision going by which card comes out on top

[alterion]

actually i forgot about that.. 6800le sounds good.. especially as you are on AGP. you have a v.good chance of unlocking 4 pipes and a slim chance of getting all 8 unlocked using rivatuner.

[Jonny M]

Hmm it's still a bit of a gamble though isn't it?

[Marcos]

The 6800nu at £182-£185 is a good buy, if you have that much cash. Its good standard but has also been reported to clock good.

[Ravens Nest]

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...119/index.html
Going by this review the 6600GT is just behind in speed from the 6800
And in most of the benchmarks it's 5-20fps faster than a 9800pro.
I know what i'd buy if i didnt have a 9800 pro already.

I've also found it real hard to get a 9800 pro unless i pay over £150 and there just not worth that much now.

[Pete]

6600gt defo
in about a month im gonna be getting one with a asus a8v and a 3000+ a64

to play hl2

[skuzgib]

Hmm it's still a bit of a gamble though isn't it?

You can get them from order247 for ~£145 I think, and if it doesn't unlock, send it back under the distance selling act. Thats what I did, and they even refunded the postage (only from them to me though, I dropped it in when I returned it)

[Jonny M]

I take it they perform better than a 6600GT then? What about stock performance, are they still better than the 6600GT?

Cheers

[Marcos]

The 6800 is better stock than the 6600GT, not sure on the clocking but ive been told the 6800 at least clocks well, especially as it has a rather good cooler on it

[Ravens Nest]

You can get them from order247 for ~£145 I think, and if it doesn't unlock, send it back under the distance selling act. Thats what I did, and they even refunded the postage (only from them to me though, I dropped it in when I returned it)

Sorry skuzgib, whats the difference between the 6800LE and the 6800?

[skuzgib]

the 6800 has 12 pipes and 5 vertex shaders, the LE has 8 pipes and 4 vertex shaders. Thats it.