Now that NVIDIA is ready to take the lid off the performance of their new NV4x based mainstream card, GeForce 6600 GT, Beyond3D puts it through its paces with a full rundown of games performances, Shader Performance from Shader 1.1 to 3.0, PCI Express throughputs, video decoding performance, amongst others. "Looking at the top level specifications it appears that the GeForce 6600 GT bears many similarities to the ill fated GeForce FX 5800 Ultra, however naturally the architecture its based on readdresses many of the performance issues associated with the FX architecture, and the smaller process alleviates the board level issues of noise and heat. Its interesting to note that the specifications for what were considered high end 18-22 months ago are now reaching mainstream price segments."
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