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That is what I did and I am very happy with it.
John
"Paul M" <1@2.com.au> wrote in message
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> No need to upgrade your 9800 Pro. Unless you upgrade it to a 6800 GT ?
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> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:15:35 -0600, "Kent"
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>>I agree, I had a 9800 pro and I got about 5500 points in 3dmark 03. Then I
>>bought a 6600gt for my son a month before X-mas so I used it to make sure
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>>was ok before the 30 day warranty ran out
Anyway, I got 7k to 8k in
>>3dmark 03 with it. Just last week I bought a Gigabyte 6800gt to replace
>>my
>>9800pro and I need all the help I can get playing Counter Strike haha and
>>it gets 10k to 11,700 in 3dmark 03 so far.. (don't want to kill my $400
>>v-card overclocking it too much) I ran the cards all at 1024x768 on my
>>17in
>>CRT in games. Only now i can run all my settings on high in CS with AA and
>>AF cranked up and still get a descent framerate. With the 9800 pro
>>(default
>>clocking) I couldn't run any AA or AF in multiplayer without my frames
>>dropping below 30fps.
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>>Pete
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>>Sys Specs
>>AMD 3200+ @2250mhz SI-97 heatsink
>>2X 512megs Corsair ram PC3200
>>Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 mobo
>>Gigabyte 6800gt
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>>"farmuse" <farmuse@cows.net> wrote in message
>>news:d0021h$1tl$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
>>> Lester Piglet wrote:
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>>>> I bought a 6600GT as a stopgap upgrade. I sold it after 3 days and kept
>>>> my 9800PRO. I didnt see any improvement at all. I think the difference
>>>> will only show above 1280x1024 res and as my tft doesnt do that I can't
>>>> verify.
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>>>> "Dan" <d@d.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:41af6b4e$0$19154$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
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>>>>>The Geforece 6600 PCI-E doesn't need any additional power as it can
>>>>>draw
>>>>>enough power from the PCI-E socket. The AGP version does require one
>>>>>additional power connector.
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>>>>>The Geforce 6600 is not comparable to the x600 series from ATI. It's
>>>>>comparable to the X700 series.
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>>>>>I'm totally confused on which card to get. The Geforce 6600GT or the
>>>>>X700pro
>>>>>AGP. But I might hold out a little longer, wait til christmas and buy a
>>>>>whole new rig with PCI-E.
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>>>>>Dan
>>>>>"Rob" <rob@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:lLFrd.5650$UU1.2080@trndny04...
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>>>>>>Perhaps the 6600GT might outperform the 6800LE in some benchmarks,
>>>>>>but not the 6800NU (base model) according to these benchmarks:
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>>>>>>http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/index.html
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>>>>>>"Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:MPG.1c1932871816ab1f989d21@news.giganews.com...
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>>>>>>>In article <1101951618.214731@cswreg.cos.agilent.com>, John Smith
>>>>>>>says...
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>>>>>>>>Does the 6600gt have to be plugged into the power supply like the
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>>>>>9800pro
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>>>>>>>>does. If not does this make it lack in power and performance
>>>>>>>>comparativley?
>>>>>>>>TIA.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Since the 6600gt is newer do you think it would run hl2 better than
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>9800pro? Right now i have a geo 2 mx 400 :-( and need to upgrade.
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>>>>>>>It does need a connector. In benchmarks, the 6600GT outperforms the
>>>>>>>9800 Pro and sometimes even the 6800's.
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>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Conor
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Greedo shot first. Greedo ALWAYS shot first. You did not see Solo
>>>>>>>shoot
>>>>>>>first.
>>>>>>>It never happened. Never, ever. Not in any version. Remember: Greedo
>>>>>>>shot first.
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>>> the 6600 is the faster card but the 9800 pro is fine too, matter of
>>> personal preference it sounds like
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