Geforce 6 Video Card

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » July 26th, 2005, 12:11

Seen a Geforce 6 6600 256Mb card in PC World at £99, think I ought to get one (when I get some money that is)?

EDIT: It comes with the full version of Farcry as well.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » July 26th, 2005, 12:52

I reccomend you spend an extra £20 and get a 6600gt: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... 35&_LOC=UK

The 6600 runs games kind of smooth whereas the 6600gt runs them nice and smooth at decent settings.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » July 26th, 2005, 13:04

and all for just £20 more

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 26th, 2005, 15:31

Plus PC World very rarely sale stuff cheaper than you can find on the internet

I also agree, the GT version is worth spending the extra £20 on.

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AOpen GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-007-AO)
Supercharge your gaming with the power of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GPU. The NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and with support for AGP, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects, unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way it’s meant to be played.

- GeForce 6800 features at midrange prices!
- Shader Model 3.0
- UltraShadow II
- Consumer Electronics Video
- Drivers that pass WHQL

This card is £117.44 inc VAT from here http://www.overclockers.co.uk

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 26th, 2005, 16:33

Isn't there a 6600 you can software unlock to give it 6800 (or was it 6600GT) features, more pipelines etc??

Post by **deject** » July 26th, 2005, 18:16

mrbobbins wrote:Isn't there a 6600 you can software unlock to give it 6800 (or was it 6600GT) features, more pipelines etc??

theoretically possible, I've heard of similar things. Supposedly you can unlock the 4 disabled pipelines on a 6800 standard givin 6800GT-esque performance.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » July 26th, 2005, 18:36

I softmodded my 9800se on my old pc to a 9800 pro. I cant find anything to softmod the 6600 though.

Post by **deject** » July 26th, 2005, 19:32

OK, so I've found out that you can't unlock any pipes on a 6600-class card, because they only have 8 pipes to begin with. However, the 6200 supposedly has the same core with 4 pipes disabled. this might be unlockable to 6600-levels.

http://www.doomedpc.com/drupal-4.5.2/?q=/node/20

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » July 27th, 2005, 9:54

Check dis:

<a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=83354" target="_blank">mooooo</a>

Read the comments re. 6800 LE > 6800 GT