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MSI Geforce NX6600

66

Fair
  • Pros
  • Outstanding software and cables
  • Cons
  • Modest performance scores
  • Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $60 (4/11/2007)
  • Performance: Poor: 48
  • Features: Fair: 69
  • Design: Good: 78
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $60

Performance

Poor: 48
PC World Tests (Results measured in frames per second)
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768) 38.88 
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200) 20.82 
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 29.8 
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 15.41 
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768) 58.8 
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200) 30.1 
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 37.77 
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 18.6 
Quake 4 (1024 by 768) 47 
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200) 22.7 
Quake 4 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 28.3 
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 12.9 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768) 30 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200) 16.45 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 21.51 
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 10.82 
Doom 3 (1024 by 768) 60.8 
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200) 32 
Doom 3 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 30.5 
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 14.4 
Far Cry (1024 by 768) 60.64 
Far Cry (1600 by 1200) 31.07 
Far Cry (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 14.81 
Far Cry (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 14.81 
Halo (1024 by 768) 64.03 
Halo (1600 by 1200) 31.84 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768) 80.38 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200) 55.47 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 63.52 
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 31.03 

Features

Fair: 69
General
Bus PCI Express 
Chip Set nVidia GeForce 6600 
Installed RAM (MB) 256 
RAM Type DDR2 
RAM Speed (MHz) 400 
Processor Speed (MHz) 350 
Ports
DVI-Out 1 
Primary Ports DVI-out, 15-pin VGA-out 
Composite-Video-In No 
Composite-Video-Out Yes 
S-Video-In No 
S-Video-Out Yes 
Component Video Yes 
Audio Input No 
Audio Output No 
Other
TV Tuner TV Tuner:No 
SLI/Crossfire Support No 
Slots Occupied 1 
Windows XP x64 Driver Yes 
Included Hardware DVI-to-VGA adapter, S-Video breakout adapter 
Included Software MSI Multimedia CD 
Labor Warranty (years) Three 
Parts Warranty (years) Two 
Weekday Support Hours 10 
Saturday Support Hours 0 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support No 

Design

Good: 78
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User Reviews for MSI Geforce NX6600

  • Reviewed by: kenanr

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: nice video card

    Weaknesses: fan somewhat noisy

    Overall Evaluation: I can play most games on a medium quality setting, and would recommend this card to anyone that needs a card in this price range. I personally prefer the higher end ati's myself, but this is a great card for the price. Doom 3 and HL2 still run, but not at the level that an intense gamer may desire. This card is really a pretty good card. Be careful, as it may overheat if you touch the very fragile heatsink. The CD that is provided does not have any drivers on it, the drivers must be downloaded online. With the standard stock settings, I got 3481 on 3dmark05. I'm pretty happy with this card nonetheless.

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