how would i get the best proformence out of this

ennonfenom · Post by **ennonfenom** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:28 am

how would i get the best proformence out of this video card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814141040
im playing gothic three and the grafics should be a whole lot better than mine is. like there is suppost to be grass (DEFINED GRASS) but all i get is that astrotur looking grass. so i was wondering how or should i say what would be the best settings for it?

Post by **Apoptosis** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:09 am

i'd save up your money and buy a newer graphics card.... That thing will never be able to run games in the detail you see on the box cover!

You can overclock it to get more frames per second, but that wont improve image quality...

geokilla · Post by **geokilla** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:04 am

Tiger Direct has a BFG 6600GT OC AGP on sale for $59.99 after rebate.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=318

On a side note, why do people dislike Tiger Direct?

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:42 am

Before you do move on to a better card, try and overclock it, or even just run it stock, and post you scores on our HWBOT team.

Dan

prozac26 · Post by **prozac26** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:46 am

Well, you can tune up your whole system as it can improve performance. Updated drivers, protected against malware, closing background tasks can improve overall performance.

Like others said, you can also overclock the card to squeeze out more performance.

ennonfenom · Post by **ennonfenom** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:07 pm

thank um ive allready try'd overclocking it, that wasn't smart, oh and geokilla this BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC / 128MB GDDR3 / AGP 8x / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card is not beeter than mine.
mine is 256mb onboard. and plus mines was only $35 when i bout it and its still cheaper. its $49 rather than the other one you mentiond it's 59 after rebate and i didnt need a rebate. thats why no one likes tigger direct there too expencive i'll stick to neweeg.com thank you
but any way thank every one ive com to determine and kind of alread knew its my monitor. its a looner till i can get a better one.

(compaq presario 150) its old

ibleet · Post by **ibleet** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:12 pm

how would i get the best proformence out of this video card?

You can't get blood out of a turnip.

That card is terribly dated...it only has 4 pixelpipelines, which is more important than the amount of memory imo, and GDDR3 is considerably better than GDDR2. I wouldnt pick up an agp card, but If I was forced to, I would go with a minimum of 12 pixelpipelines. Maybe the 7600gs or the 7800gs. Ah, what the heck....just upgrade to a PCIE MB.

this BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC / 128MB GDDR3 / AGP 8x / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card is not beeter than mine.

To the contrary, its a much better card than yours! GDDR3 with 8 pixelpipelines FTW!

On a side note, why do people dislike Tiger Direct?

I recently had a bad experience with Tiger Direct. I placed an order and after 2 weeks I canceled it for non-delivery. They also use "onrebate.com" for their rebates and they suck!

prozac26 · Post by **prozac26** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:48 am

ennonfenom wrote:thank um ive allready try'd overclocking it, that wasn't smart, oh and geokilla this BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC / 128MB GDDR3 / AGP 8x / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card is not beeter than mine.
mine is 256mb onboard.

It doesn't matter really. The 6600GT has more pipelines and higher clock speeds.

Not to mention memory doesn't really matter on any video cards.