Nubius
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You can't compare cores that aren't the same. 6600 is a performance card whereas the 6800's are the 'Enthusiasts' card and the 6200's will be mainstream cards. You can't compare the core and memory speeds of cards that have different structures internally. I believe the will both still be using GDDR3, but when you're talking about the just regular 6800, that only has 128mb of memory on it so it's the lower end of the 6800's so it has the lower memory and core speeds, whereas the 6600GT is at the higher end of the 6600 series so even though it also has GDDR3 memory, they gotta have the core/and memory faster based on a couple things, the fact that one card is 128-bit opposed to the other being 256-bit lets it get away with having slower core/memory speeds, and since the 6600GT is technically a 'lesser' card they have to get as much performance out of whats there as they can.
So in this instance it's not just numbers vs numbers like a lot of people try and do with Intel vs Nvidia. You have to look at EVERYTHING meaning it's core, memory, bitrate, etc..etc..
So in this instance it's not just numbers vs numbers like a lot of people try and do with Intel vs Nvidia. You have to look at EVERYTHING meaning it's core, memory, bitrate, etc..etc..