X700PRO vs 6600GT for HalfLife2

[BigLu]

I have seen many benchmarks, and i still cannot decide which card to get. I want to be able to play HL2 maxed out at smooth frame rates, also, Call Of Duty, and also new games in the future. I have heard that the X700 plays HL2 better, so i was wondering if it was really worth the extra money to get the 6600GT. Oh, I am looking at the PCI-Express X16 versions.

 

[Dishdog]

Are you getting a new motherboard too. if not you have to go with what your MOBO supports. if it's an older MOBO it might not support a PCI-Ex16 card. Someone correct me if i'm wrong but i belive that Nvidia runs better for HL2 and i'm sure that ATI cards run Doom 3 better. I have a 6600gt and it's worth every penny.

 

[jac006]

DUDe.... the 6600gt would pwn the x700. I'm on par with the 6600 and I have an x800... totally 6600.

 

[BigLu]

I am buying a totally new system, yes the mobo does support PCI-Express X16, my old computer in my sig, died. So i am forced to buy all new parts. I was just wondering if anyone had the 6600GT and how it performs on HL2. I am getting an Athlon64 32300+ venice, and a chaintech mobo with nforce 4 ultra chipset.

 

[Dishdog]

I play HL2 with mine and it's runs everything on high with no lag , even big outside maps.

 

[jac006]

Yeah, get the 6600gt. I can play it at highest settings... you'll play it fine too. If you get it overclocked too... you'll have even higher performances... but that's just me.

 

[BigLu]

alright, sounds good to me, i can't afford to upgrade my ram tho, it was the only thing that survived my computer melt down, 1 gig of PC-2700 won't slow down my game performance down too much will it?

 

[Dishdog]

It will for loading times but it won't during game play.

 

[BigLu]

Cool, thanks guys!

 

[alvino]

Generally, the 6600 GT would own the X700. But, since Half-Life 2 is optimized to use ATI cards (like how Doom 3 was optimized to use nVIDIA cards), ATI will get a boost from it (although nVIDIA cards still fun Half-Life 2 perfectly fine).