Is it worth buying an FX6600 ?

[Nemesis_5.4]

     My FX 5200 is still causing troubles so I decided to buy a 6600. The FX 6600 seems to be a good card with an excellent price/quality ratio according to the tests I read few months ago. First, is that worth buying a 6600 ? Then, my PC is a 2.09 Ghz CPU (Athlon XP 2600+), 512 MB RAM. Could I exploit all the possibilities of such a card with my configuration ? See what I mean ? Is my CPU powerful enough to make a 6600 working really fine or not ? If not, any other good card I should buy instead ?  :)

[GunnerMan]

I think you mean the 6600GT. Its not an FX series Geforce 6 series. Your cpu may be a bit of a bottleneck but it will not be to significant I don't belive. So yes that card is a good buy and should def. see performance gain over yur 5200.

[the_autopilot]

Buy the 6600 GT. Make sure there is a GT suffix.

The 6600 gt is only marginally more expensive, but much more powerful.

BTW, the FX prefix describes the 5XXX series only. Nvidia dropped it for the 6XXX series b/c the 5XXX series was so bad that nvidia wanted to revitalize their brand.

[richardd43]

The +2600 has plenty of power and will run the 6600GT just fine.

[congo]

Who said he bought a GT?

And yes, the 2600+ is matched to the normal 6600

[luke]

Although I can not offer help, I was wondering if Nemesis's 2.09ghz CPU may be a bottleneck for 6600GT, how does mine at only 2.21ghz (3500+) does not seem to do so?.       luke

[congo]

That's a good match too.

[Nemesis_5.4]

BTW, the FX prefix describes the 5XXX series only. Nvidia dropped it for the 6XXX series b/c the 5XXX series was so bad that nvidia wanted to revitalize their brand.

Thanks for the information. Second question, I have a 250W alimentation and I suppose I'll have to buy a 300W at least if I want the 6600 (GT or not) to work fine, won't I ?

A last question : my mother card is a bit old, I bought it in February 2004 (knowing that in New Caledonia the components are available at least 3 months later than in Europe or America, it's a bit old for sure), and I don't have any PCI-Express plug. I know the 6600 is available in AGP and the 6600GT in PCI-Express, but is the 6600GT available in AGP ?

[the_autopilot]

Thanks for the information. Second question, I have a 250W alimentation and I suppose I'll have to buy a 300W at least if I want the 6600 (GT or not) to work fine, won't I ?

At least, yeah. I recommend a 400 or 120. Its not expensive, a good thermaltake only costs aobut 40 bucks.

A last question : my mother card is a bit old, I bought it in February 2004 (knowing that in New Caledonia the components are available at least 3 months later than in Europe or America, it's a bit old for sure), and I don't have any PCI-Express plug. I know the 6600 is available in AGP and the 6600GT in PCI-Express, but is the 6600GT available in AGP ?

The 6600 GT is available in AGP flavors too.

[congo]

..........if I want the 6600 (GT or not) to work fine, won't I ?

Just in case  you are not clear about the facts, the 6600 and 6600GT cards are vastly different in their performance output.

I would not buy a normal 6600, they are not a bargain at any price because they don't perform as required. The card needs to be an actual 6600GT series - no matter what brand.

Can you buy from Australian mail order firms in New Caledonia or can you get a better deal locally?

Try for a 500w PSU if you can. 400w should work.