ATI X800 or 6600 GT?

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Which is the faster card, X800 (GX-050-PC) or 6600 GT (GX-044-XF)
For a 2.4ghz Northwood P4, 512MB RAM. Or any AGP upto £150 max.

Bro keeps on thinking his P4 is faster than my AMD X2 4400...is it?
Also stock 350W PSU, 3 HD's...think close to limits? It's the OC value one with the removable "tick" with three colours ticks. 3.33v is reporting 3.11v

Existing graphics card is a 32MB or 64MB Geforce MX 440, runs Half-Life 2 ok which is suprising.

 

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ok ta spotted these

Connect3D ATI Radeon X800 Pro "OcUK 16 Pipeline Special Edition" 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-004-OK)

Point of View GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-002-PV)

 

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yeah thanks looks like new PSU time. Plus a new case since pretty naff midi tower (small + cramped) stock Intel HSF, could do with something better (52 load) More memory. New GFX. Not sure he's gonna like that, looking at few hundred quid.

So basically X800 GTO or 6800 Ultra, depending on opengl/AA/rez preference? X850XT if one is available for his budget (doubt it)

 

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ok which PSU? Doesn't need SLI. But could do with plenty of Molex's. Which Antec or Enermax? Liberty 400W good price, but has things won't use (his next build will probably need more than 400W anyway) and won't move this PSU to the new machine.

Are previous type PSU still available?

Looks like the 6800 Ultra is out, so probably OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-035-OK)

 

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ok going to get..

OcUK GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-035-OK)

Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN) - should be fine with older systems, has 4 pin square mobo, usual molex, 20+4 mobo connector (20 pin on P4PE)

Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2 (MY-082-CS)

 

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FFS he's changed his mind. What a tool!

 

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Talking about my brother. Basically he wants more performance but not willing to pay for it...