Page 3: Overclocking & Conclusion
<B>Overclocking</B>:
Since the card is already out of spec, why not push it a bit more? I was a bit dissapointed when I could only reach 560MHz on the core and 1.21GHz on the memory. I see many people get to 570-580MHz. Even so, the card does has a modest increase in performance. In this, the blue bar is the overclocked settings and the gray is the normal clock speed.
<center>Far Cry
X2
FPS, more is better</center>
In Far Cry there is a 9% jump in performance when AA and AF are one. This is pretty nice improvement. In X2 there is only a 4% jump, it is an improvement nonetheless.
<B>Conclusion</B>:
<a href="http://stat.dealtime.com/DealFrame/DealFrame.cmp?BEFID=1722&acode=238&code=205&aon=^162&crawler_id=300168&dealId=KZGcpMASqf62BhhIzXYbuQ%3D%3D&prjID=ds&searchID=ad5a6544170a320a82ddc0f4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.asp%3FItem%3DN82E16814143026%26ATT%3DVideo%2BCards%26CMP%3DOTC-d3alt1me&DealName=%20VGA%20BFG%7C%206600GT%20128MB%20BFGR6600GTX&MerchantID=300168&HasLink=yes&frameId=-1&category=77&AR=0&NG=2&GR=1&ND=1&PN=1&PT=0&RR=1&ST=&DB=masterprod&MT=nym-pmt6-1&MN=MT&FPT=DNSR&NDS=2&NMS=2&NDP=2&MRS=&PD=0&brnId=2453&lnkId=3002062&IsFtr=0&IsSmart=1&crn=USD&istrsmrc=1&isathrsl=0&dlprc=223.98&CT=2">You can pick this up from Newegg for ~$220</a>. Or buy it from <a href="http://ase.dealtime.com/dt-app/SE/KW-bfg 6600GT OC/FD-0/linkin_id-3002062/NS-1/GS.html">another store</a>. At around $220, this is a good buy for a card that is faster than the competition. You pay a bit more, but you do get what you pay for. The BFG 6600GT OC is a solid choice for a mid range system. I recommend this card.
<center><img src="http://images.aselabs.com/awards/recommended.jpg" alt="Recommended"></center>
Since the card is already out of spec, why not push it a bit more? I was a bit dissapointed when I could only reach 560MHz on the core and 1.21GHz on the memory. I see many people get to 570-580MHz. Even so, the card does has a modest increase in performance. In this, the blue bar is the overclocked settings and the gray is the normal clock speed.
<center>Far Cry
X2
FPS, more is better</center>
In Far Cry there is a 9% jump in performance when AA and AF are one. This is pretty nice improvement. In X2 there is only a 4% jump, it is an improvement nonetheless.
<B>Conclusion</B>:
<a href="http://stat.dealtime.com/DealFrame/DealFrame.cmp?BEFID=1722&acode=238&code=205&aon=^162&crawler_id=300168&dealId=KZGcpMASqf62BhhIzXYbuQ%3D%3D&prjID=ds&searchID=ad5a6544170a320a82ddc0f4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.asp%3FItem%3DN82E16814143026%26ATT%3DVideo%2BCards%26CMP%3DOTC-d3alt1me&DealName=%20VGA%20BFG%7C%206600GT%20128MB%20BFGR6600GTX&MerchantID=300168&HasLink=yes&frameId=-1&category=77&AR=0&NG=2&GR=1&ND=1&PN=1&PT=0&RR=1&ST=&DB=masterprod&MT=nym-pmt6-1&MN=MT&FPT=DNSR&NDS=2&NMS=2&NDP=2&MRS=&PD=0&brnId=2453&lnkId=3002062&IsFtr=0&IsSmart=1&crn=USD&istrsmrc=1&isathrsl=0&dlprc=223.98&CT=2">You can pick this up from Newegg for ~$220</a>. Or buy it from <a href="http://ase.dealtime.com/dt-app/SE/KW-bfg 6600GT OC/FD-0/linkin_id-3002062/NS-1/GS.html">another store</a>. At around $220, this is a good buy for a card that is faster than the competition. You pay a bit more, but you do get what you pay for. The BFG 6600GT OC is a solid choice for a mid range system. I recommend this card.
<center><img src="http://images.aselabs.com/awards/recommended.jpg" alt="Recommended"></center>