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XTX GF 6600GT 128MB vs. 256MB
Name: Pete2008 (by Steven2008) Date: March 10, 2005 at 09:02:25 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD/1GB
Comment:
Why do people prefer the XTX GF 6600GT 128MB PCI-E to the XTX GF 6600GT 256MB graphic card?
Name: MagnumForce51 Date: March 10, 2005 at 10:37:58 Pacific
Reply:
Is the 265MB version an AGP card? if it is, than thats why. People prefer PCI-E video cards to the AGP of the same type. Because PCI-E (PCI-Express) is cheaper and faster, than AGP. I don't know how much faster, but it is faster.
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Response Number 2
Name: MagnumForce51 Date: March 10, 2005 at 10:38:54 Pacific
Reply:
When I said the 265Mb version, I meant to type 256Mb version. I misstyped that number.
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