MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT REVIEW "In this article we test the new MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT against the MSI GeForce 5900 XT, OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Fireblade ATI Radeon 9600 XT. The following software was used:- 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, Doom 3, Half Life 2, Quake 3 Arena, Rightmark, Scrapland, Serious Sam SE and X2 the Threat."
NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600 GT CHIPSET FEATURES
Nvidia® CineFX™ 3.0 engine.
64-bit texture filtering support delivers full-speed, high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting effects.
Unmatched image quality delivered through new 16x anisotropic filtering and rotated grid antialiasing.
4x shadow processing power with Nvidia® UltraShadow™ II for next generation games.
Infinite program length allows for a new class of special effects.
Hardware-accelerated MPEG and WMV9 decode delivers smooth, artifact-free video.
Dedicated video hardware reduces CPU utilization and improves overall system performance.
On-chip video encoder and motion estimation engine provides high-quality encoding from TV tuner.
Programmable video engine ensures compatibility with future video codecs.
High-quality video scaling and filtering improves playback quality at any window size.
Integrated HDTV-output brings content from your desktop to your high-definition TV.
Nvidia® ForceWare™ software delivers unmatched features and rock-solid stability.
High dynamic-range (HDR) rendering.
Nvidia® UltraShadow™ II technology.
Nvidia® Intellisample™ 3.0 technology.
Nvidia® ForceWare™ Unified Driver Architecture (UDA).
Nvidia® nView™ multi-display technology.
Nvidia® Digital Vibrance Control™ 3.0.
On-chip video processor.
64-bit floating point texture filtering and blending.
Microsoft® DirectX™ 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support.
OpenGL® 1.5 support.
Superscalar GPU architecture.
128-bit memory interface with advanced memory control.
Innovative 0.11 micron process technology.
Operating Systems Support Windows® XP / 2000.
Power supply of 350 (and up) watt is highly recommended for system stability.
Memory Interface: 128-bit.
Fill Rate (billion texels/sec.): 4.0.
Vertices/sec. (Million): 375.
Pixels per clock (peak): 8.
Ramdac (MHz): 400.
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REVOLUTIONARY DYNAMIC OVERCLOCKING
MSI ignites the cinematic computing revolution with the introduction of the most powerful interface of GeFORCE™ NX6600GT!!! With 2.1 GB per second data transferring rate, the ultra speed AGP 8x conquers the ultimate 3D frontier! Powered by the latest 64-bit floating point texture filtering and blending and designed with the industry's only true 128-bit precision processing-MSI NX6600GT & NX6600 Series graphic card take cinematic quality special effects to new levels.
DYNAMIC EXPRESS OVERCLOCKING TECHNOLOGY
MSI presents its best engineering process and design to maximize the overclocking! MSI exclusive NX6600GT & NX6600 series equips the most advanced Dynamic EXPRESS Overclocking Technology™, enabling the synchronized GPU & DDR overclocking performance up to 10% improvement by 6-level setting, Commander, General, Colonel, Captain, Sergeant and Private levels.
SUPERSCALAR GPU ARCHITECTURE
Skyrocketing bandwidth jump! New generation ultra speed architecture - AGP-8x with 4 GB/sec data transferring rate, and almost 200% jump from 2.1 GB/sec AGP other interface. MSI makes all the gamers' eyes wide open with the latest NX6600GT & NX6600 VGA series! With the best engineering process, gamers could rock through all the fantastic DirectX 9.0 games with unprecedented experience.
MSI T.O.P. TECH COOLING
Continuing the MSI tradition of incorporating only the best engineering process and design techniques, the NX6600GT & NX6600 series take advantage of the most advanced and sophisticated T.O.P. TECH™ COOLING technology. This advanced ventilation cooling mechanism enables higher performance through faster clock rates, while still remains in comparable low GPU temperature, a perfect craft for a perfect graphics from MSI.
NVIDIA CINEFX 3.0 ENGINE
Advanced pixel shaders in the new CineFX 3.0 engine deliver up to double the floating-point pixel shader power of previous-generation GPUs, allowing for faster, more efficient execution of even the most complex pixel shading tasks. In addition, CineFX 3.0 continues to deliver the highest level of image quality and film-industry levels of precision through true 128-bit precision computing, enabling special effects on par with Hollywood films.
REVOLUTIONARY FEATURES
Owners of MSI NX6600GT & NX6600 Series will appreciate revolutionary features as: 1. Dynamic EXPRESS Overclocking Technology™ - advanced overclocking engine, designed to deliver up to 10% extra performance, greatly enhances the synchronized GPU & DDR performance without complicated setting and overheated problem.
2. T.O.P. TECH™ COOLING - This advanced ventilation cooling mechanism enables 8°C lower cooling performance than the original cooling system, while still remains in comparable low fan noise level at 28db.
3. High-speed GDDR3 memory interface - Support for industry-leading high-speed GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced and games and applications.
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| NAME |
CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
UK PRICE |
US PRICE |
| MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT |
NV43 |
500MHZ |
128MB 900MHZ DDR3 |
£115 |
$180 |
| MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT |
NV35 |
390MHZ |
128MB 700MHZ DDR |
£109 |
$176 |
| OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO |
R300 |
325MHZ |
128MB 620MHZ DDR |
£84 |
$159 |
| SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
RV360 |
500MHZ |
128MB 650MHZ DDR |
£76 |
$125 |
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
UK PRICE |
US PRICE |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
3DMARK 2003
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT
COMMENT - "The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT puts in an amazing performance and finishes 32% faster than the MSi GeForce 5900 XT, 34% faster than the OCUK ATi Radeon 9700 Pro and 46% faster than the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
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3DMARK 2003 GAMES
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
COMMENT - "The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT puts in a very good performance with 3dmark 2003 and beats the MSI GeForce 5900 XT by 23% in total, the OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro by 22% in total and the Sapphire ATi Radeon 9600 XT by 36% in total."
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3DMARK 2003 FILLRATE
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
COMMENT - "The single texturing fillrate is close between the four video cards, the real action is in the multi texturing fillrate test. The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT uses DDR3 memory which allows it to beat all of the video cards by a very impressive 29%."
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3DMARK 2003 OTHER
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
COMMENT - "Good pixel and vertex shader performance is very important for good game performance. The vertex shader test is very basic and the results for the four video cards are close, however the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT still manages to deliver a 28% performance increase over the other video cards. The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT destroys the other video cards in the pixel shader test with a HUGE 60% performance advantage which is very impressive."
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MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT REVIEW INDEX
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"Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 review also featuring Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 has 11% higher clock speed and 25% higher memory speed compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4870."
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