AGP-x1600 PRO 256M GDDR2? OR 6600GT 128M GDDR3?

[doglips]

I have a MSI N7Delta Platnum socket A (Iknow it's old,But Good) need to know witch video card is better? There about the same $ Lookin at the Leadtek A6600GT128 GDDR3 or the Saphire Radeon X1600PRO256MGDDR2. There both about $135.00 on Newegg?!?!???

 

[ak47is1337]

I have a MSI N7Delta Platnum socket A (Iknow it's old,But Good) need to know witch video card is better? There about the same $ Lookin at the Leadtek A6600GT128 GDDR3 or the Saphire Radeon X1600PRO256MGDDR2. There both about $135.00 on Newegg?!?!???

Stock speeds, the x1600 should take the lead. Overclocked, the 6600 should be able to pull ahead at 6600gt speeds @ about 520/1100.

If you can, I'd go for a 6800gs for a few dollars more and overpower them both.

 

[doglips]

Thanks Man .......Your Cool!!

 

[ak47is1337]

Thanks Man .......Your Cool!!

:O

 

[PCKid777]

Check out tomshardware's VGA charts. They should help you decide on any gfx card to choose

 

[ak47is1337]

Check out tomshardware's VGA charts. They should help you decide on any gfx card to choose

Definately! Some games (BF2, HL2) love ATI, others (FEAR, DOOM) love NVIDIA.

 

[spookz]

I thought bf2 was meant to played on nvidia isn't it?

 

[dvdpiddy]

I thought bf2 was meant to played on nvidia isn't it?

lol me too but its all marketing you know

 

[jeremy_pro]

Love is a weird thing, isn't it?

 

[ak47is1337]

I thought bf2 was meant to played on nvidia isn't it?

lol me too but its all marketing you know

Hm, that's an interesting topic you bring up. I honestly do believe the ATi chips love BF2 and the Nvidia's hate it somewhat...but it clearly is true that Nvidia marketed off of BF2 and that the release of the 7800gtx was designed to go hand-in-hand with the release of BF2...

 

[doglips]

Come on ...anybody else have an opinion on my delema..witch card??!!??

 

[ak47is1337]

Come on ...anybody else have an opinion on my delema..witch card??!!??

They're both good. It really depends if you are OC'ing or not.

 

[illicitsc]

if ur lucky with a 6600gt u can get 570 on the core and 1300 on memory like me. i backed down to 555 on the core cuz it was overheating, but it was still stable, just artifacking

 

[ak47is1337]

6800GS will pwn either of those, but I guess that's out of your price range no?

 

[unsmart]

x1600 has better eye candy and VIVO, plus the 256mb is big deal.

 

[ak47is1337]

Not when you have a 128bit memory bus.

 

[doglips]

ya..the 6800 IS more than i want to spend on an AGP card...and Im not planin on overclockin....at this point...(but you never say never)....well...then back to my question??/256 GDDR@ or 128 GDDR3??

 

[ak47is1337]

ya..the 6800 IS more than i want to spend on an AGP card...and Im not planin on overclockin....at this point...(but you never say never)....well...then back to my question??/256 GDDR@ or 128 GDDR3??

Go with the 6600, the 256 the x1600 has won't get you far since it only has a 128bit wide memory bus.

 

[doglips]

Allright AK, now another question is my MB is only DDR,does that effect the GDDR3 on Video card??

 

[ak47is1337]

Allright AK, now another question is my MB is only DDR,does that effect the GDDR3 on Video card??

Ha, no. Your motherboard could less (or know less) about what kind of video card you have provided it uses the same interface (agpx8 in your case). What are you computer specifications anyway?

 

[PX7800GT]

i think go For the 6600GT , and a good brand like BFG or eVGA and 6600GT is more than powerfull to handle all the games (at least for a year or 2)
Happy Gaming

 

[doglips]

MSI K7N2Delta2 Platnum
athlone xp 2900 400 FBS
OCZ Gold 512
Seagate 120 sata HDD

This is my first build...son upgradin ..gave me his MSI...so im goin for it!

 

[MTLink]

if ur lucky with a 6600gt u can get 570 on the core and 1300 on memory like me. i backed down to 555 on the core cuz it was overheating, but it was still stable, just artifacking

You do know that it's spelled "artifacting", don't you?

Anyways, I'd go for the 6600GT. Very good card for the price and it will run most games at medium-high settings just fine. Leadtek 6600GT is one of the best you can get; it's quite, cool, and OCs VERY well.

Also, I'd get some more RAM too. Find what kind of RAM you have now and get anotehr of the EXACT SAME RAM, it will help you alot.

 

[ak47is1337]

yeah i think there may be some cheap 6600gt's you can pick up for less than that 6600 with gddr3.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220
You could get a 256mb version if you spend a little more money too.

 

[doglips]

OK AK, now is 128 mem GDDR3 better than 256mem GDDR2?? by the way thanks for the help...