The 6600GT was introduced last November by NVIDIA in response to ATI’s X600 and X700 promising better performance and economy to the consumer. In this review, we’ll take a look at features and benchmark.
Features:
1. NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 engine 2. 64-bit texture filtering support delivers full-speed, high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting effects. 3. Hardware-accelerated MPEG and WMV9 decode delivers smooth, artifact-free video. 4. Dedicated video hardware reduces CPU
utilization and improves overall system performance. 5. PCI Express support accelerates video editing by speeding up data transfer rates. 6. Integrated HDTV-output brings content from your desktop to your high-definition TV. 7. High dynamic-range (HDR) rendering.
8. NVIDIA UltraShadow technology. 9. NVIDIA Intellisample high-resolution compression technology (HCT). 10. NVIDIA nView multi-display technology. 11. NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0 On-chip video processor.12. Microsoft® DirectX™ 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support 13. OpenGL 1.5 support. 14. NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU ready.
Benchmark:
The 6600GT’s FPS in the following games was: Doom3 90FPS, FarCry 78FPS, Unreal2004 244FPS and Call of Duty: United Offensive 99FPS. The settings were 1024X768 and High Settings.
Conclusion:
Without a doubt MSI 128MB 6600GT’s performance is top-notch and offers a nice upgrade option over a previous-generation graphics card. MSI also included 3 games plus software with card. The games are XIII, Price of Persia and URU. The MSI 128 6600GT price is around 900 Riyals.
Score: 9/10
