Videocards for AGP slot

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Hi

Looking at tomshardware and a local priceinfo database I have found
these cards at a decent price ~ 1200 DKR
($200, £110, 160 EUR)

Asus Geforce N6600/TD
AOpen Aeolus 6600-DV256
Sapphire Hybrid X700

(All with 256Mb RAM)

Possible upgrading from a TI4200

Thanks/Peter

 

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"Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Looking at tomshardware and a local priceinfo database I have found
> these cards at a decent price ~ 1200 DKR
> ($200, £110, 160 EUR)
>
> Asus Geforce N6600/TD
> AOpen Aeolus 6600-DV256
> Sapphire Hybrid X700
>
> (All with 256Mb RAM)
>
> Possible upgrading from a TI4200
>
> Thanks/Peter

You *should* notice some improvement Peter. But the Ti4200 was
surprisingly fast, even against my venerable old Ti4600 it made a good
show. I do know that with a 6800GT you *WILL* see substantial
improvment! ))) check out Anandtechs site and Toms hardware for
vidcard shootouts to see how the 6600GT performs in the games.
McG.

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1119035955.721100.193670@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>> Hi
>>
>> Looking at tomshardware and a local priceinfo database I have found
>> these cards at a decent price ~ 1200 DKR
>> ($200, £110, 160 EUR)
>>
>> Asus Geforce N6600/TD
>> AOpen Aeolus 6600-DV256
>> Sapphire Hybrid X700
>>
>> (All with 256Mb RAM)
>>
>> Possible upgrading from a TI4200
>>
>> Thanks/Peter
>
> You *should* notice some improvement Peter. But the Ti4200 was
> surprisingly fast, even against my venerable old Ti4600 it made a good
> show. I do know that with a 6800GT you *WILL* see substantial
> improvment! ))) check out Anandtechs site and Toms hardware for
> vidcard shootouts to see how the 6600GT performs in the games.
> McG.
>


The 6600 GT is probably the best bang for the AGP buck right now, but a
lot of people, including me, have had problems with it. I just sent mine
back for repair/replacement last week. It appears to need a lot more power
than advertised. A 350W PS wont' cut it, and even some 400W+ PS wont either
unless they have a lot of amps on the the 12v rail. There are also
overheating issues, lots of cheap heatsink/fan solutions were used here
across many brands on a card that needs a good cooling setup. There are
also compatibility issues with certain motherboard chip sets. (SIS, VIA)

I had enough power, no overheating, a a chipset with no reported issues
and still had problems. Probably just a lemon. Check out the Nvidia
message board for more info:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=26&prune_day=90&sort_by=Z-A&sort_key=last_post&topicfilter=all&st=50

And a post by Falcon which addresses all the issues with this card in one
nice convenient thread:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=1029&hl=

 

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rjdriver wrote:

> The 6600 GT is probably the best bang for the AGP buck right
> now, but a lot of people, including me, have had problems with
> it. I just sent mine back for repair/replacement last week.
> It appears to need a lot more power than advertised.
> A 350W PS wont' cut it, and even some 400W+ PS wont either
> unless they have a lot of amps on the the 12v rail.

PSU is a Seasonic 400W (Super Tornado)
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=774

Give 0.8A on the 12v rail

Thanks for the info

 

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Peter [AGHL] wrote:
>
> Give 0.8A on the 12v rail
>
Grumble too fast ("early" saturday morning)

+12V 22A
-12V 0.8A

- Peter

 

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McGrandpa wrote:

> Now there are a few things there that I haven't seen in a.c.p.v.nvidia
> yet. though there are a lot of threads with 6600/6600GT problems.
> Maybe my $400 for my 6800GT was really well spent after all. Haven't
> had a single problem with it [touch wood!]. It just goes and it goes
> fast!

Anyone knows about the ATI X700?

I read some reviews comparing the 6600GT versus X700XT
The X700 beats the 6600GT on shaders - eg the jungle in FarCry
But the 6600GT is better overall eg texture loading
Though the card I am looking at is just the X700 version - not XT

I know it isn't 9800 standards, but it does not have to have be much
better than the 9600 Pro
Otherwise I might be facing two cards for $400 each instead of one card
for 200$
Kids! Grumble

Taking a bit of the future will the X700 be better than the 6600?
Looks like shadering is part of the future

thanks/Peter

 

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"Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>
>> Now there are a few things there that I haven't seen in a.c.p.v.nvidia
>> yet. though there are a lot of threads with 6600/6600GT problems.
>> Maybe my $400 for my 6800GT was really well spent after all. Haven't
>> had a single problem with it [touch wood!]. It just goes and it goes
>> fast!
>
> Anyone knows about the ATI X700?
>
> I read some reviews comparing the 6600GT versus X700XT
> The X700 beats the 6600GT on shaders - eg the jungle in FarCry
> But the 6600GT is better overall eg texture loading
> Though the card I am looking at is just the X700 version - not XT
>
> I know it isn't 9800 standards, but it does not have to have be much
> better than the 9600 Pro
> Otherwise I might be facing two cards for $400 each instead of one card
> for 200$
> Kids! Grumble
>
> Taking a bit of the future will the X700 be better than the 6600?
> Looks like shadering is part of the future
>
> thanks/Peter
>

I have been very happy with nVidia cards until the 6600 GT experience,
but if I can wrangle my money back out of Leadtek, the ATI X800 has been
looking like a nice sweet spot. Beats the 6600GT slightly in almost every
catagory. It's also slighlt higher priced at around $250.00, but it offers
256 MG ram whereas the 6600 GT so far is only avaialble in a 128 version.
I think you'll find the X700 a bit slower, and I'm not sure the XT has an
AGP version, but there is a Pro version. Here's a couple of intersting
comparisons by Anand:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2290&p=1 Reviews the X800 and
X850 lines.


http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2297&p=1 Head to head X700
Pro against 6600 GT



Bob

 

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"rjdriver" <rjdrivers@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hNHse.43215$j51.28479@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1119035955.721100.193670@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Looking at tomshardware and a local priceinfo database I have found
>>> these cards at a decent price ~ 1200 DKR
>>> ($200, £110, 160 EUR)
>>>
>>> Asus Geforce N6600/TD
>>> AOpen Aeolus 6600-DV256
>>> Sapphire Hybrid X700
>>>
>>> (All with 256Mb RAM)
>>>
>>> Possible upgrading from a TI4200
>>>
>>> Thanks/Peter
>>
>> You *should* notice some improvement Peter. But the Ti4200 was
>> surprisingly fast, even against my venerable old Ti4600 it made a
>> good show. I do know that with a 6800GT you *WILL* see substantial
>> improvment! ))) check out Anandtechs site and Toms hardware for
>> vidcard shootouts to see how the 6600GT performs in the games.
>> McG.
>>
>
>
> The 6600 GT is probably the best bang for the AGP buck right now,
> but a lot of people, including me, have had problems with it. I just
> sent mine back for repair/replacement last week. It appears to need
> a lot more power than advertised. A 350W PS wont' cut it, and even
> some 400W+ PS wont either unless they have a lot of amps on the the
> 12v rail. There are also overheating issues, lots of cheap
> heatsink/fan solutions were used here across many brands on a card
> that needs a good cooling setup. There are also compatibility issues
> with certain motherboard chip sets. (SIS, VIA)
> I had enough power, no overheating, a a chipset with no reported
> issues and still had problems. Probably just a lemon. Check out the
> Nvidia message board for more info:
> http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=26&prune_day=90&sort_by=Z-A&sort_key=last_post&topicfilter=all&st=50
>
> And a post by Falcon which addresses all the issues with this card in
> one nice convenient thread:
> http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=1029&hl=

Now there are a few things there that I haven't seen in a.c.p.v.nvidia
yet. though there are a lot of threads with 6600/6600GT problems.
Maybe my $400 for my 6800GT was really well spent after all. Haven't
had a single problem with it [touch wood!]. It just goes and it goes
fast!
McG.

 

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"Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> rjdriver wrote:
>
>> The 6600 GT is probably the best bang for the AGP buck right
>> now, but a lot of people, including me, have had problems with
>> it. I just sent mine back for repair/replacement last week.
>> It appears to need a lot more power than advertised.
>> A 350W PS wont' cut it, and even some 400W+ PS wont either
>> unless they have a lot of amps on the the 12v rail.
>
> PSU is a Seasonic 400W (Super Tornado)
> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=774
>
> Give 0.8A on the 12v rail
>
> Thanks for the info

Oooh, good looking up there Peter. I think all the current crop of
cards from ATI and nVidia are looking for 1 amp or more min. You sure
you read the right one? Is that .8A for each drive power lead?
McG.

 

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"Peter [AGHL]" <peter.aghl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Peter [AGHL] wrote:
>>
>> Give 0.8A on the 12v rail
>>
> Grumble too fast ("early" saturday morning)
>
> +12V 22A
> -12V 0.8A
>
> - Peter

Oh that looks much better!
McG.

 

[jimbob]

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My 6600GT has been sound. No issues at all since purchasing it, apart
from getting the correct drivers. All games have been great, HL2,
Farcry and CS:Source have been running excellent.

 

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"Jimbob" <richard.burkinshaw@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My 6600GT has been sound. No issues at all since purchasing it, apart
> from getting the correct drivers. All games have been great, HL2,
> Farcry and CS:Source have been running excellent.
>

Send some time at the nVidia message board( link in my first post) looking
at the numerous 6600 GT complaints and you'll count yourself aming one of
the lucky.


Bob

 

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On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:12:13 -0400, "rjdriver" <rjdrivers@cox.net>
wrote:

>Send some time at the nVidia message board( link in my first post) looking
>at the numerous 6600 GT complaints and you'll count yourself aming one of
>the lucky.

I have one as well and have no problems with it.
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