Jonster
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Currently I have a Nvidia Geforce Ti 4200 8x AGP that I am looking to upgrade
I was looking at the Nvidia Geforce FX5900XT until I read this review of the 6600GT AGP:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2277
I need the 8x AGP not a PCI-E, but I can't find anywhere that has the 6600GT AGP in stock 
Dabs have them at £132.98 but no stock http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=3K55
Any help finding one would be appreciated 
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Cavey
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Tried Ebuyer.co.uk ?
Overclockers.co.uk ?
[Edited on 30-11-2004 by Cavey]
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1600power
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overclockers.co.uk are very good at having lots of graphics cards in stock! I personally would go with a 9800pro for around the sort of money you have as a 6600gt isnt that great really.
In an ideal world tho you would spend £200 and get the 6800le which is very good value for money!
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by 1600power
overclockers.co.uk are very good at having lots of graphics cards in stock! I personally would go with a 9800pro for around the sort of money you have as a 6600gt isnt that great really.
In an ideal world tho you would spend £200 and get the 6800le which is very good value for money!
FPMSL not that great. The 6000 series Nvidia's are much better performers than similar priced X800 chips.
The 6800GT is currently still the fastest on the market.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonster
Currently I have a Nvidia Geforce Ti 4200 8x AGP that I am looking to upgrade
I was looking at the Nvidia Geforce FX5900XT until I read this review of the 6600GT AGP:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2277
I need the 8x AGP not a PCI-E, but I can't find anywhere that has the 6600GT AGP in stock
Dabs have them at £132.98 but no stock http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=3K55
Any help finding one would be appreciated
I believe certain board manufacturers are only releasing PCIe versions of the 6000 series. Try MSI, i believe they have AGP8x versions of the 62/66/6800
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Richie
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You can get an Asus 6800GT for £230 now
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Jodi_the_g
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Gainward GF 6600GT PP Ultra 1960PCX Golden Sample GLH 128MB DDR AGP DVI TV Out Retail For £199.99
or MSI ATI Radeon 9550SE 128MB DDR 8x AGP, TV Out & DVI Retail for 54.99
At www.EvolutionDevelopments.org.uk
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Bart
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bugger nvidia, go for the Ati X800 XT PE
http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-05.html
Ive currently got ATI 9800 pro, and i was thinking of upgrading to the X800, until i told the misses who winged like buggery that i was gonna spend £300 on a graphics card!
:-s
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Richie
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If you got a 9800 pro Bart, pop off the fan on the card and see if it has an R360 core, then you can have an 9800xt for free 
edited for silly mistake
[Edited on 01-12-2004 by Richie]
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SetH
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6800GT is quality, will easily clock to ultra speeds.
Looks like stock has been slow to roll out, i was lucky to get one from dabs a couple of weeks ago.
fook me does half-life 2 look good on this car, using the new DX code path which the older cards wont support.
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Jonster
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
6800GT is quality, will easily clock to ultra speeds.
Looks like stock has been slow to roll out, i was lucky to get one from dabs a couple of weeks ago.
fook me does half-life 2 look good on this car, using the new DX code path which the older cards wont support.
Is this when you use the console to force hl2 to use dx9?
How do you do this?
Just had an email from dabs, they are taking orders for the xfx 6600gt
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SetH
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Sure i read an article where you cant force it to use dx9? remember they were trying, might have been on Toms.
i originally bought an FX 5900 Ultra, daddy of the 5 series cards, technically this is a dx9 card, but halflife sees it as an 8.1. Think they forced it to run in dx9 but the performance was wank. So sold it on ebay and went for a 6800GT.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
Sure i read an article where you cant force it to use dx9? remember they were trying, might have been on Toms.
i originally bought an FX 5900 Ultra, daddy of the 5 series cards, technically this is a dx9 card, but halflife sees it as an 8.1. Think they forced it to run in dx9 but the performance was wank. So sold it on ebay and went for a 6800GT.
Surely Half life2 supports the 6800GT as a full DX9.0c compatable card?? Why are you forcing it? IT should be in setup as DX8 - Hardware and DX9 - Hardware. Mine is the same except DX9 is software mode
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Cybermonkey
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but i only got a Geforce 3 Ti4800
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