ok i know most of you are tired of my questions, but i was looking in past posts about the 6600gt. I read many complaints about the agp version. Im guessing teh pci-e is better? Well my main question is which manufacturer is best for this card, for example which has good overclocking potential, so on and so forth. sorry for another post, they must be getting redundent XD

I was liking the leadtek, but then i noticed it had a tiny cooling fan, compared to others. Will this make a big difference if it is OCed? Or since the leadtek seems to be the best performing card, should i just get a new fan for it?

Generally, there isn't much difference between manufacturers. Sometimes, some cards may have a higher clock speed, but often, the difference isn't that huge. Another make worth considering would be BFG, they're overclocked from factory and have a lifetime warranty. The risks with buying the cheapest card and overclocking it yourself are that you run the risk of damaging the card if you don't know what you are doing and you also void the waranty. The price difference between the slowest and fastest card based on a particular chipset aren't very much, so you may as well get the fastest stock card you can if it really bothers you. As for AGP vs PCI-e, AGP is 8X and PCI-e is 16X, however, most games don't even get the most potential out of AGP yet, so the difference in performance at the moment is nil. If you are building a new system, you may as well buy a PCI-e motherboard and graphics card. PCI-e gpahics cards are slightly cheaper than AGP and AGP will eventually be phased out, so getting on the PCi-e route would be a wise move if you are building a new system. Hope this helps. AMD Athlon XP2200+ Aero7 lite 1GB Crucial pc2700 Abit NF7-s V2.0 80GB Seagate SATA 120GB Seagate SATA Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms SB Audigy 2 ZS

Oh, and don't be worried about asking "too many questions" If you need to ask something, post it. If people don't want to answer it, fine. That's up to them, they don't have an obligation to answer your question if they don't want to. If they want to answer your question, then they will. If you want to build your own computer, that's ok, it's your decision. (Personally I don't think your quite ready yet either) but if you never do it, you'll never learn about it. Books (to a small extent), evening classes or learing off someone you know are probably the better than asking on a forum for specific instructions, but by all means ask if there's something you need clearing up, just make sure your questions are to the point and not too open ended, that way, you'll find the answers you need. Good Luck AMD Athlon XP2200+ Aero7 lite 1GB Crucial pc2700 Abit NF7-s V2.0 80GB Seagate SATA 120GB Seagate SATA Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms SB Audigy 2 ZS

thanks, and dont worry its getting pre-made :p

I've been looking at 6600GT's too...not too seriously as I'm not ready to buy yet. I've found the bundled software differs, included cables differ, and some even come overclocked from the manufacturer. Look for comparison reviews on the net. Tom's Hardware often compares several different manufacturers' cards in one article. As stated above, you'll generally find about the same card in any box but you can get a little more bang for your buck by comparison shopping. Skip

Surely it's time for the Nvidia 7-series already? I think i'll wait til then and just flog my Geforce4 for everything it's worth or until it gives up on me. I originally had a Geforce2 MX, I skipped the Geforce3 series, bought a Geforce4, Skipped the FX series... So going by that pattern, I should buy a 6-series next... AMD Athlon XP2200+ Aero7 lite 1GB Crucial pc2700 Abit NF7-s V2.0 80GB Seagate SATA 120GB Seagate SATA Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms SB Audigy 2 ZS