Re: HDTV stuttering

Thanks, guys. Very helpful. I RMAed the Asus 6600 and picked up an eVGA
GeForce 6600GT.

Anyone have any idea what I should expect now on CPU burden? My chip,
again, is a Celeron D 2.8GHz, but if anyone has numbers for any chip, I'd be
interested to hear.

"Pete Delgado" wrote:

>
> "Robert Schlabbach" <robert_s@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uTc$ZBFeFHA.3712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > "JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:O1uujNDeFHA.1384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> 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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