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Yup yup yup I been bombarding my Leadtek 6600 agp with benchmarks for hours
and hours to test stability and playing games with max settings and so far
so good.
"PRIVATE1964" <private1964@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050120211717.10817.00000163@mb-m29.aol.com...
> >Found this card on Best Buy's web site for $187.49. Newegg doesn't seem
> >to
>>have a PNY card, but the ones they have are all over $200. Is there some
>>reason that the PNY card is cheaper, or is Best Buy just offering a great
>>deal?
>>
>
> They are running a sale. 25% off all PNY video cards. I thought it was
> good
> until you figure out the tax and the shipping. In my case it came out to
> be
> around $205 total. Because of that it would be better getting a different
> brand
> at a slightly higher price IMO. Right now I think I have settled on the
> MSI
> 6600GT. It had some trouble with the heatsink coming off, but that has
> been
> fixed with a bar on the back not I believe.
>
> Here are my reasons for picking the MSI;
>
> 1) Price is reasonable around $220
>
> 2) It comes with a lot of software.
>
> 3) It has VIVO (most other brands don't have this feature)
>
> 4) The heatsink covers the memory (most other brands don't even cool the
> memory)
>
> 5) The heatsink is huge and copper (good cooling)
>
> 6) It's very quiet compared to the other brands
>
> 7) Looks like it would be easy to mod the cooling, so it runs even cooler
>
> I also suggest the minute you get the card to stress test it for at least
> 24
> hours. Usually if the card is not gonna last it will show its faults
> during the
> stress testing. If it manages the 24 hours, it will most likely last a
> long
> time. Most defective computer hardware will usually show up within 24
> hours of
> stress testing.
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