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Chaintech GeForce 6600 Video Card
Supercharge your gaming with the power of an nVidia GeForce 6600 GPU. The nVidia®
GeForce™ 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced visual effects
for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with support for Microsoft®
DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, the GeForce 6600 delivers ultra-realistic effects,
unmatched features, and rock-solid stability so you can play your game the way
it’s meant to be played.
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nVidia
GeForce 6600
Supercharge your gaming with the power of an nVidia GeForce 6600 GPU.
The nVidia GeForce 6600 GPUs deliver best-in-class performance and advanced
visual effects for next-generation games. The only GPU in its class with
support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0.
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nVidia
ForceWare
It takes a powerful suite of software to complement these complex
processors. nVidia ForceWare™ unified software environment (USE)
is the key to unleashing the full power and features in nVidia’s
desktop, platform, mobile, and multimedia products. Delivering a proven
record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range
of games and applications, ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience
for every user and delivers.
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CineFX
3.0 Engine
Powers the next generation of cinematic realism. Full support for Microsoft®
DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special
effects. Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother
gameplay.
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UltraShadow
II Technology
Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games, like id Software's Doom
III, that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects.
Second-generation technology delivers more than 4× the shadow processing
power over the previous generation.
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Intellisample
3.0 Technology
The industry’s fastest and highest quality antialiasing delivers
ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds.
Extends performance and quality gains to higher resolutions and antialiasing
levels.
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Unified
Driver Architecture (UDA)
Part of the nVidia Forceware unified software environment (USE). The nVidia
UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers.
Simplifies upgrading to a new nVidia product because all nVidia products
work with the same driver software.
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nView
Multi-Display Technology
The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum
flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user
control of the desktop experience.
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AGP 8X
Provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X—2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1BG/sec.
AGP 8X enables more complex models and detailed textures, creating richer
and more lifelike environments. Uninterrupted data flow allows for smoother
video streaming and faster, more seamless gameplay.
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Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Features
- CineFX 3.0 Engine
Powers the next generation of cinematic realism. Full support for Microsoft®
DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects.
Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother gameplay.
- UltraShadow II Technology
Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games, like id Software’s Doom III,
that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects. 2nd-generation
technology delivers more than 4x the shadow processing power over the previous
generation.
- Intellisample 3.0 Technology
The industry’s fastest antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with
no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds. Visual quality is taken to new
heights through a new rotated grid sampling pattern.
- Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Part of the nVidia Forceware unified software environment (USE). The nVidia
UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies
upgrading to a new nVidia product because all nVidia products work with the
same driver software.
- nView Multi-Display Technology
The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility
for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of
the desktop experience. nVidia GPUs are enabled to support multi-displays,
but graphics cards vary. Please verify multi-display support in the graphics
card before purchasing.
- Digital Vibrance Control 3.0
Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting
conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors
in all conditions.
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Reviewer:
lobbyone on
Jul 12, 2006
Customer Rating:
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Got this card to replace my aging Radeon 9000. I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, more so a casual gamer. The games I play run nicely with this Geforce 6600 card. Can easily play Doom 3 at high quality, though you get the usual slowdown when there are intense firefights, other than that it plays perfect. Quake 4 at Medium settings, FEAR at medium and FarCry at High! All these games running on an aging AMD Athlon XP 2100+, 1280MB PC2100, 80GB 7200RPM Hard drive. The cooling fan is also not very loud, considering I have 3 other cooling fans installed. Overall excellent card for the price and able to play new modern games at decent quality settings!
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Reviewer:
Michael on
Jul 11, 2006
Customer Rating:
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This card blew me away for the price. I upgraded from a GeForce 4 MX, and let's just say.. This card is 1000X better. I have this card over clocked to core: 370MHz, memory: 488MHz, and it still runs cool and flawless! (Default is 300MHz core / 400MHz Memory)
Incredible delivery speed through Tiger once again, arrived less than 2 days after the order went through! |
Reviewer:
redlite on
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Customer Rating:
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Bought this card last year from TigerDirect. I upgraded from Geforce 4 MX440 64mb. This card has a great performance. I have been playing CoD2, FarCry, Doom3, FEAR, NFS Most Wanted at high resolution .. run smoothly in my HP a250y. Easy installation. Get your power connector plugged and install the latest driver. |
Reviewer:
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Updated from a 5200 card. BIG upgrade and excellent cost,LOW! The 256MB 's wrok great wih WOW and WOW and...well you get it. Oh and COD2 and other favs.
Very pleased recommend this as a low cost upgrade to those new overpriced boards. |
Reviewer:
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What You Should Know
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DVI: Digital
Visual Interface! What Is It? Monitors come supporting different video connector technologies:
VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, or combinations. Not every monitor
supports these, so check the specifications carefully before making your
selection.
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is the
most popular high-quality digital connection for monitors (though HDMI is
quickly becoming its equal in popularity). DVI is a video interface
standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices
such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It was
developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG).
It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data to a compatible
monitor or projector, and is partially compatible with the High-Definition
Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).
DVI represents a major improvement in image quality over the older VGA
standard.
The DVI interface uses a digital protocol
in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data.
When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each
number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each
pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one
pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of
each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical
noise and other forms of analog distortion.
Previous standards such as the analog VGA were designed for CRT-based
devices and thus did not use discrete time display addressing. As the analog
source transmits each horizontal line of the image, it varies its output
voltage to represent the desired brightness. In a CRT device, this is used
to vary the intensity of the scanning beam as it moves across the screen.
The two types of DVI interfaces are Single
Link and Dual Link. Following are the features and benefits of each:
Single Link - The Single Link interface is limited to a maximum pixel
clock of 165 Hz. It uses four (4) twisted pairs of wires (one each of Red,
Green, Blue and Clock). Maximum resolution is 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz.
Dual Link - The Dual Link interface is most common for today’s modern
LCD monitors. It provides three times as many pixels as the Single Link
interface. And its maximum clock may exceed 165 Hz. Dual Link uses six (6)
twisted pairs wires with two (2) each for Red, Green, and Blue, as well as a
pair for Clock. Dual Link’s maximum resolution is 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz. When
you use the Dual Link Interface you can use a longer cable because of its
higher bandwidth. Dual Link also provides HDCP support, which is required
for Blu-Ray playback.
If your Computer supports DVI ports, but
the Monitor does not, then a DVI to VGA adaptor is available at low cost to
solve this. Or inversely, if the Computer output is only VGA, and the
Monitor supports DVI, adaptors are available for this as well.
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Dual Monitor
Technology
Few PC users have ever experienced the huge productivity boost that comes
from using multiple monitors on the same PC. Ironically, many of
today's PC have the capability already installed, and Windows (since 2000)
natively supports dual monitors. Configuring dual monitors is so easy: just use
the second video port (if there are two separate ports installed), or add a
second video card or better yet, a video card that has dual DVI ports.
Then plug in your second monitor, change a couple of simple Windows settings,
and you have double the Windows Desktop. This lets you have your
spreadsheet and email visible at the same time, or PowerPoint and Photoshop.
The combinations are endless. And since most of the overhead is
handled by the video card, there is little significant impact (if any) on
system performance. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC! Optionally, you can use a dual monitor stand and recover your workspace in the process!
Click Here To Find Video Cards - Look For Dual DVI/Dual Monitor Ready
Cards »
Click Here For Dual Monitor Stands »
Click Here For Great Deals On A 2nd Monitor » |
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Advanced PC Build-It-Yourself Guide
Not too long ago one had to be eligible for the Genius IQ Club (Mensa)
in order to build a computer. That is no longer the case. Today’s computer
manufacturers have made it much easier for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer
to create a great system.
Click Here To Learn More »
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PCI
Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents
the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI
Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between
the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots
as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput
of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is
a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs
of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of
traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video
quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video
cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will
make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video
enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality
video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television
moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for
integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing
and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing
PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with
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Video Card Designs
Today's high performance video cards
enable amazing graphics, and frequently come emblazoned with high-impact
graphics, or in brilliant colors. These help to enhance the appeal of
the card. However, from time to time, manufacturers do change these
designs and colors, but this has no effect on the features, specifications,
or performance of the specific video card model, and will usually retain the
same manufacturer's model and part number. The images displayed for a
video card are based upon the sample provided by the manufacturer, and the
specific visual design you receive may vary. So remember, while the
card may look cool, it's the specs that matter! |
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Motherboard Support the Video Card You're Purchasing? Here's the Answer...
Before you
buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For
example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed
only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications
carefully or call us for expert advice.
Close-Up:
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E (PCI Express)
Check
your motherboard and make sure you are purchasing the correct cardbus
type.
There are 3 types of cardbus slots currently available:
PCI, AGP, and PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 is compatible with PCIe slot)
PCI
- The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between
the CPU and peripheral controllers, such as network, display, SCSI and
RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance, they are considered
the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC. The PCI
interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Cards
AGP
- The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance. It was designed
especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics. It offers up to
8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one
AGP slot is on the motherboard. The motherboard must be equipped with
an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.(AGP 1x provided a data
transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1
Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
Click
here to view our selection of AGP Cards
PCI
Express - PCI Express is the newest technology that
is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance. It offers
performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot. PCI Express
connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to
connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards. The slots come
in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming
come with PCI express slots. To use a PCI Express card, your computer
must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Express Cards
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Mfg Part No:
SA6600256
UPC No:
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Shipping Weight:
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
C460-7044
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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