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Hey guys very quick question, how many pixel pipelines does the BFG Tech. nVidia 6600 agp card have?
kind regards
Benji

Pretty sure it has 8

Cheers, Gunny

cheers gunny great help.
Benji

Yup, 8 pipelines and 3 vertex units.

Jon

Why are you only going for a 6600. The 6600 is rathar a piece  of crap not at all suited for FS9 or FSX. If you need a good cheap AGP card go for a X800GTO. Good card, at a decent price. 6800GT is also something to look into.

Cheers
Cameron

I'm looking into a x1600 at the moment cameron but its just the funds i'll have in a week as i need a few other things. so i might have to make things really stretch or be able to buy some of the best.
kind regards
and thanks everyone who replied
Benji

Yes the X1600Pro is a much much better card than the 6600. Mostly because of the Pixel Shader 3, and HDR support. For $150, thats about as good as its going to get.

Cheers
Cameron

If you are looking for an AGP card look at the X800. It costs the same and is slightly faster than the X1600.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102065

in the U.K the x1600 and the x1650 are cheaper than the x800, though the best card for agp is the nvidia 7800 which is about the same as the x800
kind regards
Benji

If you are looking for an AGP card look at the X800. It costs the same and is slightly faster than the X1600.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102065

Yes in speed tests the X800 is faster. However the X1600 supports HDR, and Pixel Shader 3. Two things the X800 can't do very well. I would be torn. If I were going for a FS only system then X800 is the better card, but if I were also playing newer games, the X1600 would probibly do better.

Cheers
Cameron

ok. Thank you everyone for your help, just ordered the x1600 so should be here by the weekend.
Kind regards
Benji