Whats better?

[comikehill2002]

I know these two brothers and they keeps arguing on what is better one bought a regular 6600 256mb AGP card (for some stupid ass reason he would listen to me and get a 6600GT like i told him too had to have 256mb) and the Other is using a 5900xt that was given to him.

In your honest opion witch one is better and why.Just between the two.

P.S. I know neither of them are not the greatest cards in the world, I'd have to say the 5900xt.

 

[mentok1982]

The 6600 GT is better because it perfroms better in every single game and benchmark than the FX5900 series.

 

[gwai lo]

he said 6600

I think the 6600 line would have more potential because it's a newer generation...but the 6600 line wasn't designed to be a high end card..but 6600 anyway

 

[comikehill2002]

I know the GT is better, I want to know between a 6600 256(non GT) and a 5900xt.

But thank you anyway.

 

[comikehill2002]

Anybody else? If not thanks anyway

 

[Zinn]

6600s have support for all 6x00 features, ie. shader model 3, high dynamic range lighting... um, i think they have more shaders. i'm not sure how a 6600 would hold up against a 5900xt at stock speeds... it would be close.

but i was able to overclock my 6600 core to 525 mhz from 300, and i remember getting a HUGE performance boost from that... so who knows.

 

[I3roknI3ottle]

5900XT (256Bit)

Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce FX5900XT/390MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/700MHz
BUS: AGP 4x/8x
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)+TV-Out(S-Video)+DVI connector
Support 3D API: DirectX®9, OpenGL®1.4
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
Retail Box (See pics for details)

6600 (128Bit)

Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6600/300MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 256MB DDR/500MHz
BUS: AGP 8X
Ports: TV-Out (S-Video Out) + 2x DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
RAMDACs: 400MHz
Retail Box (See pics for details)

the 5900XT has a better core/memory speed and is also 256bit. BUT the 6600 has the shader model 3.0 which I believe the 5900XT does not. Also some say the 5900XT is a half a$$ed card. I would choose the 5900XT over the 6600 though.