MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT REVIEW

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COMMENT - "The high quality setting is very cpu limited so all of the video cards deliver atlast 300 frames per second. As we increase the image quality settings the other three video cards start to fall away when Quake 3 Arena becomes less cpu limited and more video card limited. Using extreme quality which uses 4x anti-aliasing and 8x anisotropic filtering the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT shows what it can really do and delivers a 26% performance increase over the other video cards."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Default GLdriver
GL Extensions on
1024x768 Video Mode
32Bit Colour Depth
Fullscreen on
Lightmap Lighting
32Bit Texture Quality
Demo four.dm_66

HIGH QUALITY

Geometic Detail Medium
75% Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

Geometic Detail High
Texture Detail Full
Trilinear Texture Filtering

EXTREME QUALITY

Geometic Detail High
Texture Detail Full
8x Anisotropic Filtering
4x Anti-Aliasing

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COMMENT - "Scrapland starts off pretty close but with only the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT and OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro delivering performances in the 120's. As the image quality increases all of the video cards start to drift apart and the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT's performance advantage grows to 28%. Notice how the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT has suddenly overtaken the MSI GeForce 5900 XT to capture 3rd place. Using high quality settings the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT has once again increased it's performance advantage but this time to an amazing 38%."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Video Mode
Vsync Disabled
Crazy Gambler Level

LOW QUALITY

Bilinear Texture Filtering
Low Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Disabled
Bloom Disabled
Motion Blur Disabled
Deformation Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Trilinear Texture Filtering
Medium Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

HIGH QUALITY

8x Anisotropic Filtering
High Texture Detail
Low Shadows Enabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled

COMMENT - "The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT runs Serious Sam SE very well and especially using the Elephtant Atrium demo. The Citadel demo is cpu limited which is why all of the video cards results are fairly close together which is why the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT is only 10% faster than the second placed OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. The Elephant Atrium is more video card limited and the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT is able to deliver a big performance advantage over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT of 31%. The Grand Cathedral demo is another cpu limited demo however the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT is still able to deliver an 12% performance increase over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT which was good."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Auto Quality Enabled
Anti-aliasing Disabled
Bumpmaps Enabled
Shadows Disabled

COMMENT - "X2 the Threat is a game which favours Nvidia video cards rather than ATI so it wasn't unexpected to see both of the two Nvidia based video cards beating the ATI video cards. Although the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT wins it can only offer a modest 8% performance increase over the MSI GeForce 5900 XT."

COMMENT - "Here we have added up all of the game benchmark frame rates to produce a score which reflects the video cards performance. The MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT offers an 18% performance advantage over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT, 19% performance advantage over the OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and a 30% performance advantage over the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT."

CONCLUSION - "It was a very impressive showing by the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT which usually offered a large performance increase over the MSI GeForce 5900 XT, OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT. As expected both the MSI GeForce 5900 XT and OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro both performed pretty much the same with the budget Sapphire ATi Radeon 9600 XT close behind."

ULTIMATE HARDWARE AWARD THE MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT 9/10