Re: HDTV stuttering


"Robert Schlabbach" <robert_s@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Is the data in the following article correct?
>>
> http://www.a1-electronics.net/Graphics_Cards/GeForce/2005/GeForce_6600_Apr.
> shtml
>> and if not why not?
>
> No. It seems as if NVIDIA didn't specify any "reference" memory clock for
> the 6600 and sold it as their "throw your cheapest memory on this"
> model...

Which is what happens in the "lower end" or LE cards. They just didn't give
it the designation as it would scare people away.

>
> But another interesting thing:
>
> | The Nvidia NV43 6600 is a native PCI Express video graphics processor
> | compared to the earlier GeForce 6800 which are native AGP and use a
> | bridge chip to PCI Express. For the AGP GeForce 6600 graphics card
> | versions Nvidia use a PCI Express to AGP bridge chip.
>
> Is that still true, or has NVIDIA "silently" released newer 6800s which
> are
> native PCIex?

The chips were native PCI-x but they released the initial version as AGP so
as not to repeat the mistakes of the previous line of cards.

>
> See, that's why I wouldn't buy an 6800: You just don't know easily what
> you'll get. Will it be the original AGP chip with the broken video engine,
> or is there possibly an updated chip that's native PCIex and has the video
> engine fixed...?

I contacted XFX support and they were *clueless*. I have a contact within
NVIDIA and I'll see if I can get hold of them for comment. From what I have
read, the "light" or 128MB models have the fixed video engine. In addition,
there is a firmware upgrade that "fixes" the issue in older cards.

Still makes me a bit wary though. $200 is $200!

>
> That's why I stuck with the 6600GT. You know it's true PCIex and that the
> video engine is fixed...

The 6600GT is a *damn* good card and you really can't go wong with it. I
just like the abilities of the 6800 and I need an AGP card for the current
system I am building.

-Pete


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