[Swamp_Thing]

Ph33r my new gfx power!!
   



Came with X2: The threat, and Commandos 3. Rather poor, the game bundle. But the card is excellent, and it has extreme overclocking capabilities. I could have gotten the 6800GT, or the Ultra, but those are way too expensive. They cost the same an entire mid-range PC does.

http://www.xfxforce.co.uk/product_view.php?sku=PVT40KND

[phatosealpha]

Pretty good card.  I've got it's bigger bro, an XFX 6800GT.  Good card, good luck unlocking the pipes.

[Scuddie]

So why didn't you get the 6600GT?  I would assume it has just as much power, only slightly slower.  It is after all the same card...  unofficially.

[phatosealpha]

OC and unlocking potential, I'd imagine.  A 6600gt and 6800NU perform similarly, but the 6800 has good OC potential, and also the potential to unlock the extra 4 pipelines and essentially turn it into a 6800GT.  6800 Ultra speeds are probably out of the question though.

The real question may be "why this and not an x800XL?  AGP?"

[Setekh]

I remember the days when I chased after awesome graphics cards...

Now I'm on a laptop.

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by Setekh
I remember the days when I chased after awesome graphics cards...

Now I'm on a laptop.

I haven´t taken my laptop out of the case in months.

So why didn't you get the 6600GT?

Because is costs almost twice the 6800 over here. My card costed about 289 euros, the GT costs 448 euros. It´s a too big a diference for such smaller gain.
And not an X800 because i don´t buy ATI. I´m a nVidia man, all the way.

[Grey Wolf]

Quite nice, even though I think you confused the 6600GT and 6800GT in your last post. I'm going to be picking up the MSI 6800GT in a few days for the computer I'm building, and from what I've seen, I'd say we're both going to be very happy with our cards.

[Swamp_Thing]

Yeah, my mistake. I thought it was the 6800GT.