Dual Geforce 6600GT

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  1. EYEShurt

    EYEShurt Regular member

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    when are they going to start seeling the Dual Geforce 6600GT bye itself and not with the motherboard any1 have anyideads.
     
  2. kinza

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    I don't know about your question but I was wondering how your video card performs. I don't have enough money for a 6600 GT and I was going to buy an X700 or X600.
     
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    EYEShurt Regular member

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    o well it does alright its a good entry level card gets around 30fps in doom 3 on medium settings so it plays all the current games alright.
     
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    You can go in any comp shop and buy a video card without motherboard, the 'dual' cards are no different. Just make sure you buy the same card as you currently have for running pci-e.
     
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    EYEShurt Regular member

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    Probably never. The way the cards work means that it needs to be run on a SLI board (blame nvidia for that, they wont release the drivers for single slot boards) but also needs the drivers for single card sli built into the motherboard bios, thats why it comes as a package pair

    Mind you that card/motherboard is only AUD$900 which is cheaper than mobo/card/card separate.

    I wouldnt buy it for the fact that one card/mobo dies you may as well chuck the other half out. At least a single graphics card can be replaced/moved onto a different board/upgraded when necessary
     
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    In my opinion Kinza, save the extra cash and buy the 6600GT you'll feel alot better. And i'm not some snooty rich kid telling you this. Right now i'm thinking about lining up a summer job in order to pay for it. the X600 and X700 are good but if you want a card that will be a little more future proof, buy the 6600GT from here: http://www.buyxg.com/store/item.asp?id=870&catid=138
     
  8. EYEShurt

    EYEShurt Regular member

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    deadcat,

    yeah tru ey but nvidia is always gona be like that anyhow i dunno what im gona get because this card is a little to slow for upcoming games.
     
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    I don't do much gaming, but I'll scrap up the money from somewhere. Now I'm doing a summer job so that'll help a lot.
     
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    id stay away from sli for a while, it only works once nvidia releases drivers for each game, otherwise it runs in single card mode. Me, i hate updating drivers every week, so im getting 6800gt shortly
     

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