02-25-2005, 06:32 AM
DeeBye,Feb 24 2005, 10:06 PM Wrote:I'm surprised you'd suggest a 6800 over a 6600GT for this system. Whichever card is chosen, the system will be the bottle neck. I say you might as well go with the 6600GT, which runs about $220 on newegg. Sure, the 6800 is a better card, but on this system that won't be noticable. And it's not like the 6600GT is in any way a substandard card. It'll run any new game (D3, HL2, etc) at the highest resolutions with the highest detail levels.
Just from a pure value standpoint, the 6600GT is the best card on the market right now.
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Mayhap, mayhap not. I'm doing fairly well with my lower-end system and a 6800 vanilla. I imagine he would do even a bit better, although who really knows? If he opts for the 6600 GT, that would give him enough money for a new power supply.
Up to him, really, what he feels will be best.
Roland *The Gunslinger*