Good 3D Performance at a Middling Price: GeForce 6600 Shootout
Summary
Trinity AGP6600GT
Albatron's AGP6600GT 3D performance is very good. The card also looks quite impressive. But due to the fan's unbearably high noise level, the card wastes its potential and can't be given high marks.
Trinity PC6600U
In a few motherboards, the PC6600U's oversized heatsink thwarts the problem-free installation of the card. Disregarding that, however, the card delivers very good 3D performance for GeForce 6600 proportions. The card's SLI capability is worth noting.
Trinity PC6600GT
If you're not bothered by the card's otherwise meager array of components, you're getting a solid GeForce 6600 GT card in the Albatron PC6600GT. Thanks to the negligible increase in frame rate, the 3D performance of the PC6600GT is minimally better than that of the usual GeForce 6600 GT models.
| Overview Albatron | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Name | AGP6600GT | PC6600U | PC6600GT |
| Manufacturer | Albatron | ||
| Graphics Processor | NVIDIA NV436600 GT | 6600 | 6600 GT |
| Bus Standard | AGP 4x/8x | x16 PEG | x16 PEG |
| Memory | 128 MB | 128 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Core Clock Speed | 505 MHz | 400 MHz | 505 MHz |
| Memory Clock Speed | 950 MHz | 700 MHz | 1010 MHz |
| Memory Buswidth | 128 bit | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 15.2 GB/s | 11.2 GB/s | 16.2 GB/s |
| Pixel Pipelines | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Vertex Shader Units | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Outputs | |||
| VGA | 1x | 1x | 1x |
| DVI | 1x | 1x | 1x |
| TV-Out | CompositeS-Video | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| TV-Out HDTV Support | + | + | + |
| Dual-Link DVI | - | - | - |
| Inputs | |||
| Power Cable | + | - | - |
| Video-In | - | - | - |
| TV-In (Tuner) | - | - | - |
| Audio-In | - | - | - |
| Equipment | |||
| Cooling | Cooling Fan | Cooling Fan | Cooling Fan |
| Adjustable Fan-Speed | - | - | - |
| Hardware-Monitoring | Temperature | Temperature | Temperature |
| DVI-I -> VGA Adaptor | - | - | - |
| Cables | - | - | - |
| (HDTV) YPrPb output | + | + | + |
| Bundle | |||
| Software Bundle | WinDVD Creator | Row 31 - Cell 2 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| Games Bundle | Arx FatalisGames Demos | Row 32 - Cell 2 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| Others/Specials | - | Row 33 - Cell 2 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
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