BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC 128MB AGP Review

[Clay]

BFG 6600 GTOC 128MB AGP (http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/bfg_geforce_6600_gt_oc/index.shtml)

John "ragejg" Grabski has finished his review of the BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC 128MB AGP video card.

Lake Bluff, IL-based BFG Technologies continues their mission of providing the hardware community with NVIDIA-based graphics card that cater to the enthusiast. The company's "OC" series of pre-overclocked graphics card are extremely popular and are backed by a full lifetime warranty. This article is a review of their mid-range GeForce 6600 GT OC AGP.

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Nice work John! :)

[ragejg]

Nice job editing, Clay! You helped me make sense! :p

:)

Once again I must mention that this card is SO good for it's price category. It completely outclassed and embarassed my 2 other cards (5700Ultra and 5800Ultra) so much that it wasn't even worth putting compare numbers in. :cool:

[saturnotaku]

Nice job Clay considering the time constraints you were under. Way to turn it around. :thumbsup:

[Mr_LoL]

This Bfg lifetime warranty thingy does it mean that if the card breaks in ten years time i will get a replacement? Not that id use it for ten years. Just wondering

[MikeC]

This Bfg lifetime warranty thingy does it mean that if the card breaks in ten years time i will get a replacement? Not that id use it for ten years. Just wondering

In the first paragraph of the review John gives a link to their warranty http://www.bfgtech.com/tech_redux.html

If you meet the criteria they state then it should be covered under the warranty. :)

[MUYA]

Good job all! :)

[Rytr]

Good job guys! :)

[emailthatguy]

what image quality settings you use in the drivers or optimizations? i dont remember seeing that in the article. perhaps i missed it....

[emailthatguy]

for comparison i ran the hl2 stress tests and doom3 benches at 1280x1024 71.25 drivers, quality image setting, with 2x fsaa, and 16x ansio. i know its a pcie machine (although that really doesnt mean much yet) but its still somethin to compare w/ i guess. (yeah i was this bored tonight lol)

anyway

ran each test 3 times then averaged the 3.

hl2 stress test
72.17

doom3 (high quality)
42.3

ill download 3dmark tonight and give that a run as well.

[ragejg]

what image quality settings you use in the drivers or optimizations? i dont remember seeing that in the article. perhaps i missed it....

I used "Quality" throughout, and used ATuner to switch the AA and AF modes. I also clicked off the checkbox denoting "reduce trilinear quality" in the "direct3D extra" and "OpenGL extra" tabs in ATuner.

[ragejg]

emailthatguy, is your 3000+ overclocked? Thanks btw for the compare #'s.

[emailthatguy]

nope running stock clocks on the 3000

the 6600gt is running at 526/1032

ill grab atuner right quick and see if that makes much of a difference w/ the reduce thingy

[bad news]

Good review. Did BFG send you a doctored up version of the card. I bought a retail version and had lots of trouble right from the start. BFG sent me out a new one and it over heats on BFV city levels. I decided to investigate and found a mound of thermal grease on the chip it was a mess. The refernece heat sink did not touch the chip it stands off and relies on the thermal compound to transfer the heat. This was a upgrade from a 9800 pro that i have never had a problem with. FYI for the guys having problems with pexilation or white triangles delete the gart drivers and call BFG they will help you out. Signed a descent Guy that had a bad week with a video card. :eek:

[bad news]

Hey BTW, When i mean a mound a giant glob not a smooth application.

3000+ AMD64 Newcastle
ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
BFG OC stock 525/1050 GF 6600GT
1024 mb ddr400
Raid 0 (2 x 160 gig Segate baracudes SATA)
480 Watt power
Antec gamers case

4 other machines: 2800+ AMD64, 2.8E P4, 2.3 Barton XP, 2.2 BartonXP. :D

[ragejg]

All the other review samples I've seen of this card have had a very similar amount of thermal compound... That's too bad you've had issues. I've stressed this card heavily and it won't buckle.