6800 or wait for 6600

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I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out ?
I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.

Any advice would be great - thanks
Alex

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the 6600's going to be in only PCI express bus?
"Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out
?
> I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
> of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
>
> Any advice would be great - thanks
> Alex
>
>

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No its not. PCI express first -- then AGP. Just need to wait a month
longer for AGP.

"Raj" <rajiv01@mts.net> wrote in message
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> the 6600's going to be in only PCI express bus?
> "Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:412f372d$0$29951$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> > I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> > TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come
out
> ?
> > I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed
price
> > of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
> >
> > Any advice would be great - thanks
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
>

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nada_says@hotmail.com (Nada) wrote in message news:<b9c228ae.0408300022.4ea8dddf@posting.google.com>...
> "Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> > TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out ?
> > I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
> > of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
> >
> > Any advice would be great - thanks
> > Alex

re: I just got hold of a 6800 and am extremely happy with it, playing
Doom 3 at 1600X1200 smooth as silk.

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In article <412f372d$0$29951$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>, "Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
>TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out ?
>I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
>of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
>
>Any advice would be great - thanks
>Alex
>
>

i think the 6600 are for the mainstream, meaning good price/performance. the
6800 are for enthusiasts. meaning the best performance, but you're paying
extra for it. the 6600 isn't for extreme gamers, but it does have a few extra
tricks the 6800 doesn't have.

will you be waiting for the 6600 reelase because yout hink the price of the
6800 will come down or do you want to purchase 6600?

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I just want the best value, with the highest chance of it lasting longer.
I have an MSI 4200 at present and have completed Doom 3 at 800x600 - played
well, but i feel its time to upgrade - ready for HL 2.
Info on the 6600`s is thin and after seeing the XFX card at that price just
wonderes what the "group" felt


Alex
"Obake" <obake@gehenna.com> wrote in message
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> In article <412f372d$0$29951$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>, "Alex"
<alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> >TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out
?
> >I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed
price
> >of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
> >
> >Any advice would be great - thanks
> >Alex
> >
> >
>
> i think the 6600 are for the mainstream, meaning good price/performance.
the
> 6800 are for enthusiasts. meaning the best performance, but you're paying
> extra for it. the 6600 isn't for extreme gamers, but it does have a few
extra
> tricks the 6800 doesn't have.
>
> will you be waiting for the 6600 reelase because yout hink the price of
the
> 6800 will come down or do you want to purchase 6600?

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obake@gehenna.com (Obake) wrote in message news:<4134489e$0$9064$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
> In article <412f372d$0$29951$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>, "Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> >TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out ?
> >I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
> >of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
> >
> >Any advice would be great - thanks
> >Alex
> >
> >
>
> i think the 6600 are for the mainstream, meaning good price/performance. the
> 6800 are for enthusiasts. meaning the best performance, but you're paying
> extra for it. the 6600 isn't for extreme gamers, but it does have a few extra
> tricks the 6800 doesn't have.
>
> will you be waiting for the 6600 reelase because yout hink the price of the
> 6800 will come down or do you want to purchase 6600?

What are the tricks that the 6600 has out of interest?

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bp <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<0av8j0lntf7pnd9lpqpck1ue3ghq2ojkqn@4ax.com>...
> On 31 Aug 2004 03:58:21 -0700, craigandyrussell@hotmail.com (Craig)
> wrote:
>
> >bp <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<ktj6j0dalkrodb18vpkc5aq35j03ff3ik6@4ax.com>...
> >> On 30 Aug 2004 07:02:09 -0700, craigandyrussell@hotmail.com (Craig)
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >nada_says@hotmail.com (Nada) wrote in message news:<b9c228ae.0408300022.4ea8dddf@posting.google.com>...
> >> >> "Alex" <alxlar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > I have the chance of an XFX GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 128MB DDR
> >> >> > TV-Out/Dual DVI for £176 or should i wait for the 6600 series to come out ?
> >> >> > I want the best value setup i can get - and wondered if the proposed price
> >> >> > of £150 - £200 for the 6600, and 6600gt would be worth waiting for.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any advice would be great - thanks
> >> >> > Alex
> >> >
> >> >re: I just got hold of a 6800 and am extremely happy with it, playing
> >> >Doom 3 at 1600X1200 smooth as silk.
> >>
> >> What model ?
> >> normal
> >> GT
> >> ultra
> >
> >Normal, very surprised at how well it performs.
>
>
> what's your CPU ?

I built this P.C. last weekend;

Abit KV8 Pro
2x 512MB Twinmos PC3200
AMD Athlon 64 3200
Inno3d Geforce 6800
Maxtor 160Gb.

Upgraded from;

Chaintech KT333 (forget model No.)
2x 512MB Twinmos PC2700
AMD Athlon 1400
Leadtek Geforce 4 TI4200
Western Digital 80GB.

There is a night and day difference between Doom 3 on the old machine
compared to the new one, overall, very happy with this setup.

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On 31 Aug 2004 15:25:44 -0700, craigandyrussell@hotmail.com (Craig)
wrote:

>Abit KV8 Pro
>2x 512MB Twinmos PC3200
>AMD Athlon 64 3200
>Inno3d Geforce 6800
>Maxtor 160Gb.
>
>Upgraded from;
>
>Chaintech KT333 (forget model No.)
>2x 512MB Twinmos PC2700
>AMD Athlon 1400
>Leadtek Geforce 4 TI4200
>Western Digital 80GB.
>
>There is a night and day difference between Doom 3 on the old machine
>compared to the new one,

There better be.
>overall, very happy with this setup.

I'm building an AMD64 system also that I plan to put this card in,
I'll be going from a
Asus a7v333 2100+
9800pro

TO a
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
AND64 3000+
and of course the 6800 OC
But I've run into a MB failure so haven't gotten it together yet (mail
order is a pain if the item doesn't work)

Have you run 3dMarks on that system ?
I would be interested in your scores.

I had the 64 bit system together for a day before it blew up but it
only had a 9800 pro in it and the 3dmarks on that setup was like
aprox. 5800. The 6800 in this old 2100+ system are over slightly 8000.

SO it should cook pretty good in the soon to be AND 64 system I
waiting on.