PNY Geforce 6 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP 8X
PNY Geforce 6 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP 8X
Price: £110 inc VAT @ time of writing
Site: PNY
Date: Feb 2006
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In the Video Card market two companies dominate these are NVIDIA or ATI. Both fiercely compete to provide the best product range for the main user market and of course the gaming market where having a powerful card is required to allow you to play or achieve the best results from the latest title.
Both companies have enjoyed successful card ranges, NVIDIA's praised cards include the 5700 Ultra and 5900 which appealed to the main market of users in the sub $200/£110 price range.
Card technology has changed vastly in the last four or five years from the first arrival of AGP cards right through to the latest AGP and now PCIe technology is leading the way.
However this new card technology means that most users will need to upgrade their motherboard to be able to use PCIe and as a result typically the CPU, and RAM as well. This can easily push the cost of an upgrade to over $350/£200 which understandably will put off a large portion of users who are happy with their AGP and can not justify the vast additional cost.
So the answer was for cards to be produced with the AGP format, this allows user to afford an upgrade without needing to overhaul their system.
The card we are looking at today is the PNY Geforce 6 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP 8X card powered by NVIDIA chipset.
