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MSI Geforce 6600 Diamond Edition
The Geforce 6600 and 6600 GT chips are clocked at 300MHz and 500MHz
respectively. The chips are otherwise identical, and the large frequency difference
between the standard and GT versions illustrates the excellent yield they are
having with this core.
The MSI 6600 Diamond Edition runs a pre-overclocked 6600 GPU at a comfortable
400MHz. The card also uses 128MB DDR3 memory, running at 400 MHz. What makes
this card different from the standard edition, is the use of 2ns memory, which
is specified to run at 500MHz. MSI do not however guarantee it at this speed,
so have basically underclocked the memory.
Because of this underclocking, we ran all the benchmarks at the default speed
of 400/400. This means that performance can be over 25% less than the higher
clocked GT card. However, our test sample cheerfully overclocked to 500/500,
and kept going, up to 565/565. This GPU is crippled mainly by memory bandwidth,
but thankfully this memory can keep up with the pace and yields a 3000 point
3D Mark increase to 9072.
This huge increase puts it way out in front of the standard 6600 GT, and even
gives the 6800 a run for its money. The value rating of
48.6
at the cards default
speeds is good to start with, but at the 500/500 speeds that the silicon can
easily reach, this goes up to a whopping 59.3, giving over 8190 3D Marks for
only £137.
| Manufacturer |
MSI |
| Model |
Geforce 6600 Diamond Edition |
| Price Inc VAT |
£137.95 |
| Value For Money Rating |
48.6 |
| Retailer Website |
www.overclock.co.uk |
| Interface |
AGP 8X |
| GPU |
nVidia Geforce 6600 |
| GPU Rendering Pipelines |
8 |
| GPU Clock Speed |
400MHz |
| Memory Size |
128MB |
| Memory Type |
128-Bit DDR3 |
| Memory Clock Speed |
400MHz |
| Cooling System |
Heatsink and Fan |
| Power Connectors |
1x Large 4-pin Molex |
| Slots Occupied |
1 |
| VGA Outputs |
1 |
| DVI Outputs |
1 |
| TV-Out |
Yes |
| VIVO |
Yes |
| Adapters |
DVI-VGA |
| Bundled Cables |
S-Video, Power Splitter |
| Bundled Full Games |
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher
Bay |
| Misc. Bundled |
None |
Benchmarks
| 3D Mark 2003 Standard Test |
6,701 |
| Aquamark 3 Standard Test |
47,073 |
| Unreal
Tournament 2004 Maximum Detail |
| 1024 x 768 0x AA 0x AF (FPS) |
118 |
| 1280 x 1024 2x AA 2x AF (FPS) |
112 |
| 1600 x 1200 4x AA 4x AF (FPS) |
42 |
| Doom
3, High Detail |
| 1024 x 768 0x AA 0x AF (FPS) |
61 |
| 1280 x 1024 2x AA 2x AF (FPS) |
30 |
| 1600 x 1200 4x AA 4x AF (FPS) |
11 |
| Half-Life
2 Maximum Detail |
| 1024 x 768 0x AA 0x AF (FPS) |
66 |
| 1280 x 1024 2x AA 2x AF (FPS) |
21 |
| 1600 x 1200 4x AA 4x AF (FPS) |
10 |
| Far
Cry Maximum Detail |
| 1024 x 768 0x AA 0x AF (FPS) |
53 |
| 1280 x 1024 2x AA 2x AF (FPS) |
28 |
| 1600 x 1200 4x AA 4x AF (FPS) |
12 |
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