6600GT or 9800 Pro?

I´ve just bought the 6600GT since its the next generation graphic cards. 9800PRO is old technology.

I agree with what you said there, although I'd think that very often(depending on the game and resolution) a P4 1.8GHz is going to keep from being able to see any perfromance difference between the two. Priced the same, go 6600GT, but if he can find a 9800 pro 256-bit for a significant savings, IMO that is a better buy for him.

I'd also say it depends on whether a system (mobo/cpu/ram) upgrade is in the near future or distant future. Near future, then he will be reusing this card for sure. Distant future, he'd probably switch to PCI-e. Not sure if I am getting my point across or not, but basically I think on a P4 1.8 GHz that will be going bye-bye in say a year or later, a cheap used or refurbished 9700 pro for $130 or less would be the best choice. I don't see that 9700 pro holding that system back as many games say minimum of a 1.5GHz cpu now, but none say min of a Radeon 9700. I wonder just how much of a real gaming difference the 6600GT would give over a 9700 pro on that system. Very little in many games I'd suspect. If on the other hand, he's going to reuse that card for sure down the road, then maybe plunking down the extra money on the 6600GT is a good ide.

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This was for a friend and we just bought the 6600 Gt. The thing is, we live in Portugal and the 9800 Pro and 6600Gt are price exactly the same. And here is impossible to find used 9700Pro... or any other used card! And just teste it and the 1.8Ghz P4 is really slowing down the card! Do you think a simple 2,4Ghz would make a diference?

P4-2800->FSB800, Asus P4P800, 512DDR-400, Creative GeForce DDR (the first one lol)

A 2.4 ghz would certainly help.

Have you considered trying to overclock the current 1.8?

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