Nvidia GeForce 6600

DaFunkyUnit · 08-17-2004, 11:50 AM

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_14976.html

this will be my next video card. period.

vanilla 6600: ~$150

6600 GT: ~$200

Showtime · 08-17-2004, 12:55 PM

How does it perform compared to like a $200 9800 pro?

I'm looking to upgrade from my 9700np this Christmas.

-jel

zippyjuan · 08-17-2004, 01:22 PM

Nobody yet has had a chance to actually get their hands on one of these for testing. Apparently it is coming out first as a PCI Express card in September or October and then several months later will have an AGP version. According to a few articles I scanned, the AGP version will utilize a bridge chip for the interface to AGP. Sounds like the GT version may be the way to go (if you can find it- the 6800 is still impossible to find and it has been "released" for a couple of months now). Uses Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader 3.0s.

~~Cantacuzene~~ · 08-17-2004, 01:26 PM

The low amount of 6800 series on the market are due to g-ddr3 yields which are hella low.

The 6600gt does indeed look like a great budget card on paper, but we've not seen any benches yet. It should also be a decent overclocker IMO.

zippyjuan · 08-17-2004, 01:42 PM

The GT will have GDDR3 but the plain 6600 will not.

DaFunkyUnit · 08-17-2004, 03:50 PM

GT will is also be SLI capable.

bachviet · 08-17-2004, 04:23 PM

I need a video card (up to $150) right now but too bad it's not available. Which video card should I get btw $100 to $150?

Bires · 08-17-2004, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bachviet

I need a video card (up to $150) right now but too bad it's not available. Which video card should I get btw $100 to $150?

Are you working on an AGP platform?

For near $150 clams, I would get another 9800Pro.
This one would work well, but has slightly slower memory at default speeds than most R9800Ps-you may want to overclock it.

If you absolutely have to have it less than $150, the 9600XT?

bachviet · 08-17-2004, 10:33 PM

I am using the ATI R9800Pro in my new AMD 64 rig so I need a slower card for my Dell 8300. Should I wait for the GF 6600 or get the ATI 9600XT for $139.99 AMIR?

~~Cantacuzene~~ · 08-18-2004, 09:34 AM

Depends how urgently you need it. I'd wait until at least the 600 gt benchmarks come out, then decide.

Showtime · 08-18-2004, 10:17 AM

Or buy a faster 6800/X800 and put that old junkie 9800 in the old box....

-jel

zippyjuan · 08-23-2004, 12:33 AM

GeForce 6600’s Rival to Emerge in a Month
by Anton Shilov
08/22/2004 | 02:48 PM

Internet site that revealed some preliminary details about ATI’s code-named RV410 visual processing units days ago now reports that the Markham, Ontario-based graphics chip designer will formally launch its future-generation mainstream product on the 15th of September, 2004.

A report over HKEPC.com suggests that ATI’s graphics processor internally named RV410 will be called RADEON X700. The new mainstream chip from ATI will have 8 pixel pipelines, 6 vertex pipelines and native support for PCI Express x16 bus. The technology will inherit feature-set of the RADEON X800-series products and will sport such technologies as Shader Model 2.0b, 3Dc and other.

Markham, Ontario-based ATI usually offers two or three product versions based on its mainstream graphics chips. Currently higher performance iteration of the RADEON X700 product is rumoured to sport 500MHz and 1000MHz core and memory speeds respectively.

Earlier this year it was reported that ATI RV410 visual processing unit would be made at TSMC using 0.11 micron fabrication process. Thin manufacturing process enables lower cost and potentially higher clock-speeds of complex chips, such as graphics processors.

To be unveiled in mid-September, ATI’s RADEON X700-series will compete NVIDIA’s mainstream GeForce 6600 family of graphics processing units formally announced in mid-August and proclaimed “the Doom III GPU”. NVIDIA’s GeForce 6600-series is also manufactured using TSMC’s 0.11 micron process technology, feature native PCI Express support, pack in 8 pixel and 4 vertex pipelines as well as inherit feature-set of the GeForce 6800 family of chips.

Graphics cards based on the GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 6600 will be available in September 2004. Recommended retail price for the GT flavour is $199 for the USA and 229 euro for the EU. Pricing of ATI’s RV410 product line is expected to be in the same range, though, it is unclear when the company plans to start commercial shipments of its new product.

Official representatives for ATI Technologies did not comment on the story

bachviet · 08-23-2004, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyjuan

*SNIPPED*

No AGP card???

zippyjuan · 08-23-2004, 10:16 PM

I think this is supposed to be a PCI Express version of a Radeon X800.

bachviet · 08-23-2004, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyjuan

I think this is supposed to be a PCI Express version of a Radeon X800.

I can't afford the X800. I'm looking for a mid range card (GF 6600/GT or X600, or X700) but only Nvidia provides AGP cards.

08-17-2004, 11:50 AM	#1
DaFunkyUnit Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the peanut gallery Posts: 3,909	Nvidia GeForce 6600 http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_14976.html this will be my next video card. period. vanilla 6600: ~$150 6600 GT: ~$200 __________________

08-17-2004, 12:55 PM	#2
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08-17-2004, 01:22 PM	#3
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	Nobody yet has had a chance to actually get their hands on one of these for testing. Apparently it is coming out first as a PCI Express card in September or October and then several months later will have an AGP version. According to a few articles I scanned, the AGP version will utilize a bridge chip for the interface to AGP. Sounds like the GT version may be the way to go (if you can find it- the 6800 is still impossible to find and it has been "released" for a couple of months now). Uses Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader 3.0s. __________________ I add new pictures to my photo gallery pretty regularly. You can see them here if you are interested: http://www.pbase.com/jeffryz

08-17-2004, 04:23 PM	#7
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08-23-2004, 12:33 AM	#12
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	ATI’s RADEON X700 Approaches Introduction GeForce 6600’s Rival to Emerge in a Month by Anton Shilov 08/22/2004 \| 02:48 PM Internet site that revealed some preliminary details about ATI’s code-named RV410 visual processing units days ago now reports that the Markham, Ontario-based graphics chip designer will formally launch its future-generation mainstream product on the 15th of September, 2004. A report over HKEPC.com suggests that ATI’s graphics processor internally named RV410 will be called RADEON X700. The new mainstream chip from ATI will have 8 pixel pipelines, 6 vertex pipelines and native support for PCI Express x16 bus. The technology will inherit feature-set of the RADEON X800-series products and will sport such technologies as Shader Model 2.0b, 3Dc and other. Markham, Ontario-based ATI usually offers two or three product versions based on its mainstream graphics chips. Currently higher performance iteration of the RADEON X700 product is rumoured to sport 500MHz and 1000MHz core and memory speeds respectively. Earlier this year it was reported that ATI RV410 visual processing unit would be made at TSMC using 0.11 micron fabrication process. Thin manufacturing process enables lower cost and potentially higher clock-speeds of complex chips, such as graphics processors. To be unveiled in mid-September, ATI’s RADEON X700-series will compete NVIDIA’s mainstream GeForce 6600 family of graphics processing units formally announced in mid-August and proclaimed “the Doom III GPU”. NVIDIA’s GeForce 6600-series is also manufactured using TSMC’s 0.11 micron process technology, feature native PCI Express support, pack in 8 pixel and 4 vertex pipelines as well as inherit feature-set of the GeForce 6800 family of chips. Graphics cards based on the GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 6600 will be available in September 2004. Recommended retail price for the GT flavour is $199 for the USA and 229 euro for the EU. Pricing of ATI’s RV410 product line is expected to be in the same range, though, it is unclear when the company plans to start commercial shipments of its new product. Official representatives for ATI Technologies did not comment on the story

08-17-2004, 01:26 PM	#4
~~Cantacuzene~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Posts: 8,700	The low amount of 6800 series on the market are due to g-ddr3 yields which are hella low. The 6600gt does indeed look like a great budget card on paper, but we've not seen any benches yet. It should also be a decent overclocker IMO.

08-17-2004, 01:42 PM	#5
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	The GT will have GDDR3 but the plain 6600 will not.

08-17-2004, 03:50 PM	#6
DaFunkyUnit Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the peanut gallery Posts: 3,909	GT will is also be SLI capable.

08-17-2004, 10:33 PM	#9
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	I am using the ATI R9800Pro in my new AMD 64 rig so I need a slower card for my Dell 8300. Should I wait for the GF 6600 or get the ATI 9600XT for $139.99 AMIR?

08-18-2004, 09:34 AM	#10
~~Cantacuzene~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Posts: 8,700	Depends how urgently you need it. I'd wait until at least the 600 gt benchmarks come out, then decide.

08-18-2004, 10:17 AM	#11
Showtime Lakers fanatic Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: L.A. ->SoCal<- O.C. Posts: 7,338	Or buy a faster 6800/X800 and put that old junkie 9800 in the old box.... -jel

08-23-2004, 10:16 PM	#14
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	I think this is supposed to be a PCI Express version of a Radeon X800.

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