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unrealistik

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I am looking for a video card upgrade and was wondering what i should get, here are soem of my system specs

Intel Pentium 4 about 1.7ghz
about 768 RAM
Leadtek Geforce 4 Ti4200 AGP

I am a gamer, like most people tight on budget. Im looking for a card under $200. the games i play are WoW, BF2 and Counterstrike. I bought a Radeon 9550, but i wasnt happy bout it so i returned it. Now im looking at the Geforce 6600GT, and i was wonderthing if its a good idea
 
In my opinion you should look for either a used 6600GT (should be well under your $200 budget) or POSSIBLY a 6800 vanilla.

The 6600GT would be a far better fit for your system as anything quicker would be choked by your CPU, so I think you should hit the FS/FT or Ebay and look up a nice 6600GT.
 
Get a 6800 or 6800GT. I wouldnt get anything less.

Check ebay, thats where i got mine!
 
I second the 6800GT option. You can check E-bay, but sometimes you see them in the "For sale" section.
 
I gotta be honest here, for a 1.7 ghz p4 to run a 6800GT, a fair amount of that performance wouldn't be realized. I still think that a 6600GT is a better match.
 
the 6800s are much better.

try to find a 6800 vanilla.

i have one.. its a BFG 6800 OC 128 meg. pretty good for the price .. (although more ram wouldnt hurt)

btw, im running 768 ram on a 2200 amd XP.

yes, im getting every ounce of power of of my car but thats ok.
 
quadnad said:
I gotta be honest here, for a 1.7 ghz p4 to run a 6800GT, a fair amount of that performance wouldn't be realized. I still think that a 6600GT is a better match.
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Agreed. My 6800GT (@ Ultra) was still slightly bottlenecked by my XP3200. Putting in a dual Opty increased my gpu power significantly.

6600GT is definitely your best bet.
 
its the plain 6800

heres a list.. 6600 < 6600gt < 6800xt < 6800 aka "NU" aka "Vanilla" < 6800gs < 6800gt < 6800 Ultra
 
Empyrean said:
vanilla = plain = no frills, extras, bonuses, etc.
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In terms of the 6800 series it also means down a quad from the 6800gt and ultra, as well as a few other differences.
 
I think that the most powerful card you should consider is a 6800NU. Anything with more power and I really do see a bottleneck forming at your procesor. I ram a 6800NU with an Athlon Xp 1800+ for awhile, and when I got a 3000+ Barton, I really did realize that the processor had been holding me back.

That said, either a 6600GT or a 6800NU would be a wonderful choice.
 
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