NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP Graphics Card Review @ The Tech Report

Despite using slightly slower memory, the GeForce 6600 GT easily measures up to the original PCI Express version. The GT doesn’t have much of a problem knocking off its main AGP competition, the Radeon 9800 Pro, either. This one’s simple. If you’re looking to spend about $200 on a new AGP graphics card, you want the GeForce 6600 GT AGP. Gaming frame rates are great, DOOM 3 performance borders on intimidating, and all the little extras that NVIDIA packs into its ForceWare graphics drivers are gravy.

Although the GeForce 6600 GT AGP is impressive on its own merits, it’s an even safer bet because ATI seems content to challenge the card with last year’s Radeon 9800 Pro. The 9800 Pro does offer some advantages, including a 256-bit memory bus and a more conventional eight-pipe architecture, but those things don’t translate to better overall performance than the 6600 GT AGP. An AGP version of the Radeon X700 XT might stand a better chance, but ATI seems content to offer the 9800 Pro for AGP systems.

In the end, NVIDIA deserves credit not only for delivering a sweet $200 graphics card in the GeForce 6600 GT AGP, but also for having the foresight to develop the flexible HSI bridge chip that makes this card possible.

NVIDIA’s GeForce 6600 GT AGP graphics card @ The Tech Report