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BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC

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Pre-overclocked video cards with a warranty?
Surely not…
While a relative unknown here in Australia, BFG has had success in the US for several years where its products are highly regarded, particularly by the gaming community. The BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC is a prime example of why this is the case.
The card ships from the factory pre-overclocked. BFG has raised the core speed of the card from 500MHz to 525MHz and the GDDR3 memory gets the same treatment, upped from 500MHz to 525MHz.
Even better, the card has a lifetime warranty, a real bonus considering that overclocking the card yourself would usually void the warranty.
There are AGP and PCIe variants of the BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC, the main difference being the support for the PCIe-only SLI technology on the latter. APC only tested the AGP version, as previous tests of these cards indicated there were no noticeable performance differences between the two types.
Since overclocking lifts the BFG 6600 GTOC above the performance of a normal 6600 GT card, it was compared to a high-end GeForce 6800 GT card for the purposes of this test. There’s still a gulf between the two cards, but this was caused largely by the number of shading pipelines in the core. This was most evident in the shaderintensive 3DMark05 test, where the 6800GT’s 16 pipelines delivered 40% faster performance than the eight pipelines on the 6600 GTOC. In Doom 3, the gap between the two cards was only 14%, with the 6800 GT averaging 63.2fps compared to the 6600 GTOC’s 55fps.
As is often the case with products targeted at gamers, the product bundle is rudimentary. There are no games included since the assumption is that hard-core gamers will already have the titles they want and need. However, a DVI to VGA dongle, HDTV video cable and a copy of Nvidia’s NVDVD 2.0 DVD player are included in the package.
The GeForce 6600GT is a great performer for its price. By increasing the clock speeds, BFG has created an even faster card while removing the risk of voiding your warranty.
Although the bundle is rudimentary, the BFG GeForce 6600 GTOC is a great product for those who just want superior gaming performance.

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