GeForce 6600 GT Performance Comparison

Performance Analysis

The GeForce 6600 GT wipes the floor with the competition in all our tests. But that's to be expected, because ATI's current PCI-Express Radeon X600 solution is woefully underpowered by only 4-pixel pipelines. Once we enable antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, the 6600 GT pulls away from the competition by a significant amount, more than doubling the performance of the Radeon 9800 Pro and nearly tripling that of the X600. The GeForce 6600 GT, without a doubt, offers best-in-class performance in the mainstream PCI-Express market.

However, it's probably unfair for us to compare the GeForce 6600 GT to ATI's current solutions, since ATI's own 8-pipe response isn't ready yet. ATI should have its own 8-pipe solution out in time to duel with the GeForce 6600 series, and we'll reopen the books when that happens. As it stands, the 6600 GT looks to be the king of the hill when it comes to sub-$200 video cards.