6600 pci express vrs. 6600gt ??

[Calidan]

Greetings, i was curious if anyone knew the performance diference between a couple video card line ups like...

6600 pci express and 6600 GT
x800 pci express and 9800pro

I have been ATI only for the last few years and kinda want to try out a Nvidia again if the price/performance is worthwhile vrs my 9700pro.

Just bought 2 6800le's for my sons to use but i am thinking of getting a pci express card for myself.
Finding the prices on the pci express to be a little high for my buddget so far, i currently have a 9700pro.

Trying to get a feel for which card would be a decent enough upgrade from my 9700pro without sending the wife into a frenzy lol

Thanks

[theMonster]

The 6600 vanilla will be on par with or slightly better than a 9800pro, the 6600GT will blow them all away. The x800 is ok, a bit better than 6600 vanilla but you have to get into the XLs or PEs before the x800 is a realy good card.

[Calidan]

Looks like i better just stay with AGP for now, the pci express versions of the cards are just too darn expensive still.

The thing is im going to be buying a socket 939 MB this week so wanted to get a pci express version so later on i could get a nicer video card, with my current cash restraints i will have to get a socket 939 that has a AGP slot :(

Wish just waiting a lil bit and saving up was an option but with my being on disability i only get the extra cash for upgrades a once a year or so.

[cj_remix]

The 6600 vanilla will be on par with or slightly better than a 9800pro,
No... without overclocking 9800Pro more powerful than 6600 (NON GT) - there are many tests which show this fact...
Calidan, if u decided to stay with AGP - your best choise is 6600GT, but if your computer is not very old (i mean unpowerful or.... how it will be in English?) :)
Please tell configuration of your computer...

[Calidan]

No... without overclocking 9800Pro more powerful than 6600 (NON GT) - there are many tests which show this fact...
Calidan, if u decided to stay with AGP - your best choise is 6600GT, but if your computer is not very old (i mean unpowerful or.... how it will be in English?) :)
Please tell configuration of your computer...

my current system is...

2600 barton mobile
a7n8x deluxe
1 gig OCZ pc 3200 DDR
1 gig crucial pc 3200 DDR
9700 pro

But i am going to be buying a athlon 64 3000+ venice and asus motherboard (forget name..like a8v or some such thing )
Doesnt leave a huge budget for a video card, hate to stick with AGP and not be able to pickup a pci express card later this year or next.

[theMonster]

you can get a vanilla 6600 for <$100 or a 6600GT for <$150. That's pretty cheap in video card standards. For some reason PCI cards are cheaper than AGP, like DDR2 is cheaper than DDR1. :shrug:

[ytpconquer]

go to newegg and get a 6600GT PCI-e version. It is the same price as the AGP version +/- $5
When I got my AGP 6600GT the PCI-e version was cheaper ($195 compared to $199) of course, by now the prices have dropped to around $150 for both PCI-e and AGP

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A10550&PropertyCodeValue=683%3A9610&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A9641&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&description=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=48&Submit=Property

^^^^^^
links to them

[inferno016]

The 6600 vanilla will be on par with or slightly better than a 9800pro, the 6600GT will blow them all away. The x800 is ok, a bit better than 6600 vanilla but you have to get into the XLs or PEs before the x800 is a realy good card.

no way. 9800pro(6000 03marks) ownes 6600 (5000 03marks) ,but the 6600GT ownes the 9800pro (7800 03marks)

x800 is way faster then any 9800 pro :)