I am sure this mid-range card catches a lot of attention among gaming enthusiasts who don't have a lot of money to shell. Don't remember when in the past a card ranking in the top five was available for 12.5K (exclude inflation)
This card is today available in atleast a dozen brands
But suprisingly there atmost 2-3 brands that are available in the market today
- XFX
- Gainward (GLH)
- BFG
- MSI
- Leadtek
- Asus
- Gigabyte
- Club-3d
- Sparkle
- Albatron
- Sapphire
- eVga
- Chaintech
Yes, all of them 6600GT but yet different in someways. You may go through
Firing Squad 6600 GT AGP Brand Comparision OR
Anandtech 6600GT Explorations (PCIe)
The things that we care about is cost, overclocking and heat. But looks like we don't have a much of a choice, out here, in India.
After much inquiry, I was able to find the costing of only 3 brands as of 11/01/2005
- XFX - 12.5K - BigByte Corp.
- MSI - 13.5K - Tirupati Ent. (SLI)
- Leadtek- 13.5K - MegaNetworks
Suprisingly PCI/AGP doesn't seem to matter to most dealers (as both are overpriced anyways ). Also, I have gone through a pretty bad episode with MegaNetworks (Authorized distributors of leadtek in india). More about all this later
Gainward and Club-3d are yet to hit the market.
Anybody with any more info, please keep posting
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