I just put an XFX 6600GT AGP card in my pc. I ran a couple of the same games that THG used when they reviewed this graphics chip. I got 2900 on 3DMark 2005 which is close to what THG scored (2964). On the Far Cry demo I never averaged over 40fps in 1024x768 where THG scored 60fps. I also noticed that I could increase resolution to say 1280x960 and still get the same frame rate. Is something in my system limiting me? I have a 4X mobo (Asus A7V333) but everything I have read indicates that it would not be the bottleneck as must cards don't utilize 8X bandwidth. THG averaged 97fps on Battlefield Vietnam at 1024x768 and I never averaged over 60fps. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am including a link to THG's review so you can see the test setup they used.
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/geforce-6600gt-agp-03.html
My system specs
Athlon XP 3000 (333FSB)
512Mb Corsair XMS PC2700
XFX 6600GT AGP 128Mb
Asus A7V333 mobo (AGP 4X)
Maxtor 80Mb ATA133
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/geforce-6600gt-agp-03.html
My system specs
Athlon XP 3000 (333FSB)
512Mb Corsair XMS PC2700
XFX 6600GT AGP 128Mb
Asus A7V333 mobo (AGP 4X)
Maxtor 80Mb ATA133