6600 vs. X700

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: JBT
If I didn't get a 6800GT for $300 I would have waited for a 6600GT.

Where the heck did you get a 6800 GT for $300??

-Kabob

Got mine from the BestBuy pre-order hotdeal $299.99+tax

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Blastman
The X700 XT is looking like a pretty strong card. It scored 8204 in 3Dmark3 to the 6600GT?s 8005. That is decently close to the 10,000 of the X800 pro.

The X700XT took most of the benches from the 6600GT in both the hothardware ?

and the hardwarefr review ?

10x7-4AA/8AF ... 6600GT/X700 XT

UT4 ? ? ? ? ? ?55.7/57.1
Farcry ? ? ? ? ?46.2/48.5
Doom3 ? ? ? ? ?57.5/49.7
Splinter Cell ? ? ?33.3/34.0
IL-2 ? ? ? ? ? ?49.6/46.1
Warcraft 3 ? ? ? ?46.0/45.0
Collin McRae 4 ? ?62.3/71.5
FIFA 2004 ? ? ? ?56.7/66.9

Looks good. What was the MSRP again? $200? N/M I see it's $199

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: ronnn
Neither, not enough of a jump from my 9700pro. Best quiet version of the 6800ultra or x800xt for pci express is my next card. As for which is the best bang for the buck, lets wait until they are on the shelves.

Same here

 

[CraigRT]

6600GT out of the few, but I wouldn't actually BUY it.... it's just the best out of the ones you mentioned.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
6600GT out of the few, but I wouldn't actually BUY it.... it's just the best out of the ones you mentioned.

What do you prefer??

-Kabob

 

[imported_IKnowNothing]

I think ATI missed their mark with the X700 which surprises me. SLI 6600 GT's will be sweet!!!

 

[Kabob]

Any word on when the 6600 GT and X700 XT AGP versions are coming out??

-Kabob

 

[Corporate Thug]

6600 GT, like an overwhelming amount of AT members

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

I would get the 6600 if it's actually $70 cheaper than the 6600GT ($135 and $204 are the lowest prices I can find today). I guess I could live with the slower memory after overclocking the GPU to 500MHz.

The thing is, I don't play games that much to pay $200 for a graphics card, I would rather save for new speakers, or a better monitor, or a DVD writer. But the 6600GT is so much faster than the vanilla version that paying only $50 more is definately worth it. Or maybe the X700 will do the trick...

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: CraigRT
6600GT out of the few, but I wouldn't actually BUY it.... it's just the best out of the ones you mentioned.

What do you prefer??

-Kabob

6800GT......

 

[Mermaidman]

Glad you asked. Anandtech just posted a review that includes benchmark comparisons of x700 vs 6600.

I'll wait for the x700

edit: Your poll is difficult to answer because the cards are of different price points

 

[Adn4n]

In the far future when I feel that 939 is the path for me, I will probably get a x800XTPE, after a gigantic price drop.

 

[raildogg]

if you want to compare 6600 vs x700, then the x700 wins hands down. not even close. it blows the 6600 away in all games

 

[Anubis]

neither, im getting a free 9700 pro in 2 months

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: Anubis
neither, im getting a free 9700 pro in 2 months

:thumbsup:

 

[thermalpaste]

Im a doom-3 fan, I would prefer Nvidia as of now. I have been extremely unlucky because i purchased a Gainward FX-5950 ultra golden sample about a year back, and with anti-aliasing and P.S 2.0 everything turned on becomes a slide show at very high resolutions. Of course, now Im using an fx-5200 (my redundant card) Im waiting to buy a new card.......

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: thermalpaste
Im a doom-3 fan, I would prefer Nvidia as of now. I have been extremely unlucky because i purchased a Gainward FX-5950 ultra golden sample about a year back, and with anti-aliasing and P.S 2.0 everything turned on becomes a slide show at very high resolutions. Of course, now Im using an fx-5200 (my redundant card) Im waiting to buy a new card.......

Yeah, I'm using a 5200 right now too...waiting for the stupid AGP versions of all the new cards to come out!!

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: raildogg
if you want to compare 6600 vs x700, then the x700 wins hands down. not even close. it blows the 6600 away in all games

No it doesn't...in the comparison the 6600 GT wiped the floor with the X700 XT. I don't think the X700 beat the 6600 in one single test...

It's only redeeming factor is that the software wasn't complete yet, so maybe we'll see better performance when it is, but at the moment I'd definately pick the 6600 GT over the X700 XT.

-Kabob

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: Anubis
neither, im getting a free 9700 pro in 2 months

:thumbsup:

yep gonna be cool, i havent paied for a vid card in years i just keep gettin hand me downs

 

[Scorp]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: raildogg
if you want to compare 6600 vs x700, then the x700 wins hands down. not even close. it blows the 6600 away in all games

No it doesn't...in the comparison the 6600 GT wiped the floor with the X700 XT. I don't think the X700 beat the 6600 in one single test...

It's only redeeming factor is that the software wasn't complete yet, so maybe we'll see better performance when it is, but at the moment I'd definately pick the 6600 GT over the X700 XT.

-Kabob

i think he's referring to the plain 6600, not GT, which performs quite a bit slower

 

[Kabob]

Probably true Scorp, but still, I don't know if the vanilla X700 is going to beat the vanilla 6600 all that badly...if at all. Alls I knows is that the 6600 GT did deal out quite a whoopin to the X700 XT. I just figured the same might hold true for the little brothers. And honestly, I'd rather spend an additional $50 to up the 6600 to a GT. So much faster! (of course, I guess the same could be said about spending $150+ to go to a 6800 GT, but heck, I'm a poor college student!!)

-Kabob

 

[kamranziadar]

6600GT If i have to Buy, Other wise my 9800SE Overclock to 420/745 is sufficient