[Pc_Support] Re: 6600GT or 6800LE?

[Jason Boxman]

On Monday 25 July 2005 19:53, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
<snip>
> > I've never been an OCer, though.  I'll probably get the
> > 6600 just because it's a sure thing.
>
> Well, power (as in amps) is always a consideration too.
> Sometimes they can suck up the juice.
>
> I haven't seen many benchmarks on the 6800LE.
> How much slower is its clock?  If at all?
>
> I remember that was the kicker with the 5700LE, it was
> _massively_slower_ and wasn't even 2/3rd the speed of the
> original 5700.  Benchmarks of the 5700LE were hard to come
> by.

Oops, I closed all my links.

I believe the difference is the 6800LE has 256-bit memory bus (but still DDR1 
RAM) whereas the 6600GT only has 128-bit.  The 6600GT has a faster memory 
speed and core speed, though.

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Jason Boxman
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