how do these cards compare to each other?

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im a bit confused.
1. How is it that the 6600gt with 128bit memory while the radeon 9700pro and 9800pro with 256bit memory is faster?
2. And how does the 6800LE stack up with these cards and the rest of the 6800 series?
3. Im considering buying a video card in about a month, and I was wondering which of these cards would be the best bang for the buck?

The card will be going with an athlon xp-m chip @ 2.3 ghz, and 1 gig of pc3200 ram.

I have an opportunity to buy a bare 9700pro AIW from a friend for $100, and I was wondering if this was a good route to go also?

thanks a lot for any help and replies
 
6800le is a super crippled version. i believe has 8pipes w/4 shaders vs vanilla 6800 12/5 6800gt/ultra 16/6. as for the best bang for your buck. depends on your spending limit 200? 6600gt 250? 6800 350? 6800gt
 
6600 GT is a 128 bit 12 x 1 pixel pipes and 5 vertex shader card. The added pipelines and vertex shader is the increase over the 9700/9800 pro cards 8 pixel pipelines and 4 vertex shaders

The 6800 LE is only an 8 pixel pipeline and 4 vertex shader card. It is a bottom barrel card in the 6800 series. The 6800nu ( as in BFG 6800 OC) on the other hand is another 12 pipeline 5 vertex shader card out of the box with potential to unlock the other pipes and shader to get more performance.

The 6800nu is seen as the best bang for the buck with its 256bit memory bus and unlocking potential. Even if the unlock isnt successful they OC decently and deliver a great gaming expirience.
 
From what I have read (i did some google research) 256-bit memory is faster than 128-bit but the type of memory here is not the same.

The 9700 and 9800 have DDR2 and the 6600 GT has DDR3 memory.
DDR3 memory runs cooler than DDR2 which mean that it can be overclocked better.

The reasons the 6600 GT beats the pants off the 9700s and 9800s are many.

The 6600 GT is new technology.
It has a faster fill-rate. 2 times faster.
The memory is at 1,000 Mhz which makes up for the 12-bitness.
TheGPU is already at 500Mhz and can go even higher..like 570.


The list goes on.
 
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