256MB PCIe 6600GT Finally Reappears

Normally a ‘new’ product like the 256MB version of the PCIe 6600GT would lead to fanfares and an inbox full of press releases. But everything has been done in a very hush-hush way.

It didn’t take long for nVidia to realise that two 256MB 6600GTs in SLI could give the 6800 Ultra a run for its money in Doom 3. And two 256MB 6600GTs cost about 30% less at the time. The solution was simple: kill the 256MB version and only sell a 128MB version. That way the cards were hobbled and couldn’t interfere with sales of the top end Ultra.

Now that the 6800 has been killed off there’s no problem having a 256MB 6600GT back on the market. A pair in SLI shouldn’t interfere too badly with sales of the recently announced 6800GS or with the upcoming 7600.

the Inquirer