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Chaintech GeForce 6600 GT AGP Review
[Abstract]
OverclockingI needed to add the coolbits registry hack to my system before I could adjust the speed of the card. With it added I started overclocking the card from its stock speed of 500MHz cor...
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Overclocking
I needed to add the coolbits registry hack to my system before I could adjust the speed of the card. With it added I started overclocking the card from its stock speed of 500MHz core and 900MHz memory. I did the overclocking manually by moving the core and memory up gradually and testing stability by running 3DMark03. After pushing the card little by little I finally hit the wall at 592MHz core and 1.04GHz (1040MHz) memory. A gain of almost 100MHz on the core and 140MHz on the memory is very impressive. This extra speed should give you some more headroom if you want to bump up the anti aliasing or anisotropic filtering with your gaming.
Conclusion
I am very impressed with this video card, I didn't think that it would make such a huge improvement. This is the kind of upgrade that makes spending the money worth while. Before the 6600GT I used the 5700 Ultra in my personal system and it simply wasn't cutting it. Many of the games I would play were choppy with good image quality or ran ok but looked unimpressive because of the lacking AA and AF. This card is also very overclockable to give you more than you paid for which is always great. All of the necessary accessories are included to take advantage of everything this card offers and the software bundle is great. If you are looking to upgrade your video card but cant afford a 6800 and don't want to make the jump to PCI-Express this may be exactly what you are looking for. Taking everything into consideration I am going to give this card a 9.5/10 and the We Seal of Approval. I would like to thank Chaintech for making this review possible.
Pros:Great card for the newest gamesAffordable for great performanceFull version of PainkillerHighly overclockableAll necessary accessories included8x AGP
Cons:128-bit operation using 256-bit memory | 
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