Need help deciding which AGP card to get?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by *agent47*, Feb 25, 2006.

  1. *agent47*

    *agent47* Guest

    hi, i finally decided to get a graphics card priced about £100.

    i want to be able to play new games on it, on fairly high settings.

    what is the difference between the 6600GT and 6600LE. is it because one is pci-e and the other is AGP?

    at the moment i have a 128mb nvidia geforce FX5200 - pretty rubbish

    my pc is a dell 4600
    3.0GHZ - pentium 4 with HT
    512mb ram - will upgrade to 1gb within a month
    160gb hard-drive
    128mb geforce 5200
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    i would prefer to get a nvidia geforce card but i dont mind ati if it is better.

    and how can u tell a card is better? is it the RAMdac, pixel pipelines? i dont have a clue when looking at the technical terms/specs.

    thanks for the help,

    ps. if u find any gud cheap website links let me know
     
  2. mystro

    mystro Regular member

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    get the geforce 6600GT, its much much better then LE, LE is the lowest version of the 6600 series, but still a good card, you can get both on agp. hope this helps rudebwoy.
     
  3. wdowsing

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    Its Pixel pipelines core clock speed memory clock speed RMdac thats really it, and u want a brand that everyone has heard off, i think for that price the bet u can get is a 6600GT as agp.

    Hope this helps as well ;)
     
  4. *agent47*

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    ye i've seen the 6600GT agp card on ebay for about £115.

    do u know any other cheap websites?

    and one more thing, will this play the latest games?
     
  5. wdowsing

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    www.ebuyer.co.uk or www.dabs.co.uk, yes it will play the latest games, just not on fall settings, regards.
     
  6. *agent47*

    *agent47* Guest

    i'll just stick to ebay.

    the specs of a 6600GT AGP dont really look dat gud! apart from the core clock being a little higher.

    i've found some on ebay for about £110. i'm just saving up for the graphics card. should not take me more than a month. i dont exactly have a job becoz i'm still at skul (15yrs old) and i also just spent £300 jap xbox and another £280 on uk xbox. i'm selling my ps2 which should help me money wise when buying the card.


    any more gud cards? let me know!
     
  7. *agent47*

    *agent47* Guest

    i changed my mind again now.

    i think i will spend sum extra cash to get a

    6800 Ultra AGP graphics card (by nvidia)

    do u think its good value for only £160?

    and wot are the system requirements for this?

    i need to check just in case i buy it and find out it wont work.

    thanks
     

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