Slight AGP Upgrade?

[Eej]

I was thinking of picking up a relatively cheap AGP video card to upgrade from my Radeon 9800 AiW Pro and my eyes fell upon a BFG OC 6600GT for about $170 CAD. Will there be a substantial increase in performance if I picked one up?

 

[kumquat]

Yes.

edit: Actually, probably not. Check out http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2004/11/22/nvidia_6600gt_agp/5.html

Of course, it depends on who you listen to:
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1755.3/
http://www.hardavenue.com/reviews/gf6600gtagp3.shtml
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2196&p=6

 

[MrFace]

Meh, I didn't see a huge increase when I went to a 6800 from a 9800

 

[ewb302]

Don't do it. The cost/benefit is too high. The 6600GT is a little better, but not enough to invest that much. Get an X800 or X850 series card if you want an upgrade. Or just wait and get a higher end PCI-E card if you upgrade motherboard and processor down the road.

 

[Stugots]

Unless your going to upgrade to a 6800GT or better, don't even bother.

 

[mitsuhide]

ATi Radeon X700 PRO 128MB GDDR3 PCI-E for $89

get 3300+ marks at 3dmark05

much better than the 6600 non-GT

 

[Obi_Kwiet]

You will not notice the difference. You'll need at least a 6800GS or X800Xl to have any decent sort of difference.