Hi all...I have another one of those graphics cards questions. I have an AMD 4200+ system with 1 gig kingston ram with a Geforce 6600 card. I want to upgradea my card and am torn between either getting the BFG 6600GT OC or spending another $240 for the BFG 6800GT OC. I am told the plain 6600 card is a real bottleneck for my system. I would really appreciate some advice and opinions on this forum. Your help is greatly appreciated!Patrick

Running a pair of 6600GT on SLI won't help you with FS since FS9 doesn't take advange of SLI. One thing is for sure, given your config your Vcard is definitely the bottleneck here. It really depends on what your budget is. I have an AMD64 3200+ and I couple that with a 7800GT (in my case it might be too much of a card for my CPU, but I am not sorry about it :) Given your CPU I don't think a 7800GT or even a GTX would be an overkill.Personally I think Gforce 7 series are much better products than 6 series. And of course there is the whole line of ATI products.Jason

>Hi all...I have another one of those graphics cards>questions. I have an AMD 4200+ system with 1 gig kingston ram>with a Geforce 6600 card. I want to upgradea my card and am>torn between either getting the BFG 6600GT OC or spending>another $240 for the BFG 6800GT OC. I am told the plain 6600>card is a real bottleneck for my system. I would really>appreciate some advice and opinions on this forum. Your help>is greatly appreciated!>>Patrick7900 GT (if you can find one) would be best bang for the buck, performs like 7800GTX for just $300+!As for SLI, FS9 can and >does< take advantage of the extra card as long as you use higher res and AA/AF, however the cost and extra noise make it a option for those willing to burn the cash for the little extra thrill.http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=...6lr%3D%26sa%3DNI'm Ebaying my 6800GT AGP for a Gainward 7800-512 AGP, for the extra transistor count, 4 xtra pipes and higher core and memory clock I expect to see 25% boost for high res/AA settings plus better visual with transparency AA.

going to a 6600 gt is not an upgrade. the 6800 is not worth it either. personally after my radeon died (oh the pain) i got the 6600 since it was the only one in the AGP config (i need a replacement asap) and there isn't any difference in FS. FS is processor intensive, not graphics. people still miss that after 20 years for some reason. so anyhow, i overcloked it and i have to say that it's performance equals that of my former radeon (256bit) in all other games. there is no difference in FS (as expected). so if you think that changing your vid card will do much in FS, think again. the 6600 is weak yes but it does just fine in the sim.

>going to a 6600 gt is not an upgrade. the 6800 is not worth>it either. >>personally after my radeon died (oh the pain) i got the 6600>since it was the only one in the AGP config (i need a>replacement asap) and there isn't any difference in FS. >>FS is processor intensive, not graphics. people still miss>that after 20 years for some reason. >>so anyhow, i overcloked it and i have to say that it's>performance equals that of my former radeon (256bit) in all>other games. there is no difference in FS (as expected). so if>you think that changing your vid card will do much in FS,>think again. >>the 6600 is weak yes but it does just fine in the sim. He already has a weak 6600 card, and it is awfull in the sim.If you turn on any filtering (a must) it will choke and die.

mine doesn't.... in stock config you can feel it but when you overclock it it does as good as my former radeon. otherwise the card is weak no doubt. though i haven't seen a difference in FS. that's all i am saying.

>mine doesn't.... in stock config you can feel it but when you>overclock it it does as good as my former radeon. >>otherwise the card is weak no doubt. though i haven't seen a>difference in FS. that's all i am saying. >>You must be joking,6600 GT = 8 pipes 4 vertex shaders 128 bit memory less than 150 million processes.6800 GT = 16 pipes 6 VS 256 bit memory 220+ million processes.The AGP cards to look at however are those available very soon...AGP >7600 $160 performs 6800UltraAGP >7900 GT 24 pipes 8 VS $300 nothing needs to be said here.