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Geek Culture / Radeon 9600 Pro 256Mb Vs Radeon X1600 Pro 512/Geforce6600 AGP(s)

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Freddix
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Posted: 10th Jul 2006 21:56
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I'd like to know if someone know these 2 video cards ?

I actually own a Radeon 9600 Pro and I wanna buy a new one.
Do you recommend me the Radeon X1600 Pro 512Mb Sapphire or the Geforce 6600 256Mb ?

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Lukas W
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Posted: 10th Jul 2006 23:40
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i see that you are looking for AGP cards, but i don't think it will make any difference for what i am about to write:

you cannot compare the x1600pro with the 6600.
the x1600pro is more like the equaliant of a 7600 or a 6800gt, while the 6600 is more like a x800.

GeForce cards have better performance on games while ATI cards have better performance on DVD and HDTV.

i have a 6600gt myself and it runs all my games at a very good speed. it can handle lots of polygons with ease.

i also tried a x800gto on the same computer and the games ran almost twice as fast. but the card was broken so i couldn't play for long, because the computer froze (some of you might have heard that story i posted a while ago).

anyway, i would suggest you got the x1600pro

http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/graphics_specifications.php?gpid=133
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6600.html

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 00:54
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Quote: "but the card was broken so i couldn't play for long, because the computer froze "

what was the outcome of that, sounds like the cpu or gpu overheating, which could be easily solved

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Lukas W
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 10:16
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it could be that, but when i brought it in for a check they told me the graphics card was broken. it was probably broken allready when we got it from them. they didn't really tell me what was wrong with it, just that it didn't work properly.

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D Bellis
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 11:04
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get your self a pci-e mobo and a XFX 6600 Extreame Edition 512mb DDR2 ram great card and only 100 pounds from over clockers does every thing you will need with plenty of ram.

Amd Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle , Asus K8N4-E Deluxe MotherBoard NForce ChipSet , 768MB DDR Ram , XFX Geforce 6600 Extreame Edition 512MB DDR2 Ram , WinXP Pro SP2
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SirFire
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 12:24 Edited at: 11th Jul 2006 12:25
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Quote: "they didn't really tell me what was wrong with it, just that it didn't work properly."


If those guys were anything like the tech people I regularly encounter, they didn't know what was wrong with it and just gave you the generic "It's broken" routine.

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Freddix
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 12:39
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Thanks for your help.

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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 15:37
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did you get a replacement card for free?

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Lukas W
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Posted: 11th Jul 2006 15:47
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i haven't recieved or talked to them yet.
last thing i heard from them was when they called me and asked what the password was to sign in on the computer

that was two days AFTER i delivered it aka this friday.

i was kind of hoping i would recieve it today or something.

well actually it's my brothers computer but he's a noob and don't even know what the problem is

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Freddix
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Posted: 12th Jul 2006 11:06
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@Lukas :
I bought it Will receive within the few next days
Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 512Mb AGP :p

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