Battlefield: Vietnam Performance

Here we see the 6600GT take its rightful place between the 9800 Pro and the x800 Pro at 1280x960. This time we're a little closer to the 9800 Pro, but the gap between the 9800 and x800 is quite large (the x800 hits about 2x the framerate of the 9800).

Battlefield: Vietnam



When we look at resolution scaling, it's hard to tell the 6800GT apart from the x800 Pro at first glance, and it's easy to see that the 6600GT splits the difference between the old gaurd and the high end.



Of course, as soon as we flip on the 4x AA switch, the 6600GT falls in line with the 9800 Pro again.

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  • Visual - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    i think it's important to compare the 6600GT with the normal 6800 and even the OEM 6800LEs that can be found around... also, any non-GT 6600s? because all these cards are around the best performance/value ratio... you should try to find/show which one is the best buy. you should also consider the 6800's chance of modding...
  • nserra - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    #54
    But if the nvidia AGP numbers are equal to PCIe, wouldn’t ati numbers too? Is it because the card doesn’t exist?

    Why do you keep talking so much about the nvidia VP, when Ati has this feature since 2002, is it because it doesn’t work?

  • DerekWilson - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    #53

    There will be no x700 agp before years end. If we had one to test we would love to have included numbers for it.

    -- Derek Wilson
  • nserra - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    #7 Decoder
    They can be solved, the funny thing is that Ati as decoding features since 07/18/02 and didn’t need of lots of transistors or processors to do that, and no one says that! Its like is a nv only feature. http://www.ati.com/vortal/videoinnovations/flash/i...

    #28 draazeejs
    There is no X700 AGP, but even so the 9800 does a great job for a 2 years old card.
    But there should be an X700 PCIe in the test to see how fast it is over the 6600.

    #29 Regs
    You are absolutely right; some one should pay for having recommended nvidia cards over Ati in some “past” reviews.

    #31 Cybercat
    9700 cards aren’t that bad...

    #32 vailr
    See my #7 reply.

    #34 Anand Lal Shimpi
    Yeah, Ati as encoding and decoding since 07/18/02 and I didn’t remember anyone talking about it. The new Ati driver as WMV acceleration option also, why I didn’t get tested yet!!! Just because of the nvidia fancy name “Video processor” yeah right, they are playing catch up with Ati they were 2 years late!

    #38 ChronoReverse
    You are so relying in the SM3.0, is a new shading language, which delivers new shading code. Are you sure it will be that BIG. Remember that Microsoft from PS1.1->1.4 calls DirectX8.1 and from SM2.0->SM3.0 Microsoft call it DirectX9.0c, if it is that important don’t you think the right name would be DirectX9.1 or 9.5?

    #39 Read the conclusion of own Anandtech on 04/11/04:
    "If all of the cards in this review actually stick to their MSRPs, then the clear suggestion would be the $149 ATI Radeon X700. In every single game outside of Doom 3, the X700 does extremely well, putting even the GeForce 6600 to shame" I don’t think that putting the X700 out of this test was a good idea! Since 6600AGP and PCIe is at the same level, so the X700 AGP should too?

    #40 Pete
    See the up post! And it’s also an Anandtech conclusion!
  • R3MF - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    good article, cheers.

    i'll look forward to the vanilla 6800 benchies, as i'm building two PC's in short order, and i need the info. :)
  • Calin - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    Edit to #49: Radeon 9800 Pro should be at a tie with the 6600GT in Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, as the speed difference is at best very hard to see (the biggest difference of performance is in the 6% range, just like the difference between the 5900XT and the 6600GT)

    Calin
  • danyel - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    Does anyone know if there a plan for an AGP version of the plain geforce 6600 as I don’t see it mentioned anywhere?
  • Calin - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    Wolfenstein - Enemy territory is a tie, with the speed difference at most 6%. This is hardly a difference (however, the minimum frame rate have a bigger influence on game play than maximum frame rate)

    Calin
  • Samus - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    im ganna buy one asap, its exactly what i've been waiting for... my radeon 9600 pro chugs in doom3, and i can't even run it at my lcd's native res of 1280x1024...

    i've been holding off playing doom3 until a card like this came out.
  • jay75 - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - link

    the ATI 9800pro beats the 6600gt when anti-aliasing(AA) is implemented in far cry. it doesn't in counter strike but the frame rate is above 75 at 1280*1024(4x AA) anyway. this is something to be noted.

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