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Raven
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:53 am |
Does anyone have an aincient GeForce 4 in their computer still? probably a lot of you... Well it might be time to upgrade to the newest Nvidia card when it comes out.
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| Dubbed the GeForce 6600 and 6600 GT, they differ from their higher-end brethren by having only 8 pixel pipes (unlike the 12 & 16 of the 6800 line), and appear to be limited to 128MB of RAM. Both GPUs support Shader Model 3.0. The 6600 GT sports fast GDDR3 RAM, while the 6600 appears to use plain-jane DDR. The GT also supports the oft-recently-discussed SLI, which could 'enable millions of users to experience the power of two GPUs in their system.' The best part, however, may be the price/performance. With a suggested street price of US$199, the 6600 GT runs at a steady 42 FPS in Doom 3, at high-quality 1600*1200. |
Well it sounds like the 6600GT is the way to go in the near future for people who are on a budget. For 200 bucks you can have a kick ass card with the new SLI tech, and kick ass frames in Doom 3. What more could you ask for? Maybe a "order now" button? Read the full press release over on Nvidia's website. |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:02 am |
how awsome!
probably the next computer im getting will not be payed by by my dad anymore.. so i might switch to somethign like that.. not like the, what is it, 500 doller FX 5950 Ultra 256 i got now.. dunno price anymore :S |
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Burgess
UO Staff
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 542
Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:27 am |
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| With a suggested street price of US$199, the 6600 GT runs at a steady 42 FPS in Doom 3, at high-quality 1600*1200. |
So Nvidia finally has a card to compete with a 9800 pro. Gasp O_o. I would wait for some benchmarks before getting too excited. |
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