gf 6600 256 mb agp vs gf ti4600?

Hello, I am in the market for a new vid card that can handle hl2 @ 1024x768 resolution, so far, I do not know.

I run athlon64 3000+, 1 gb pc3200/ddr400 ram, and GeForce ti4600 (128 mb agp 4x, old but reliable)

I got a new sata hard drive, 200 gb maxtor diamondmax, its great, I setup my partition table for windows and linux, and this is a fresh win install I want to play half-life2 on.

Counter-strike source plays fine, but hl2 and hl2: lost coast play slow and sluggish, even at 800x600

My quesiton, I have $200 to spend at bestbuy, and need a new video card, it has to be from there though, I really want the 6600 gt, but they only have it in pci-e (bestbuy is pretty limited on vid card selection)

I was looking at this card,
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7212679&type=product&id=1113954027220

It looks good, but reading further online its ram is slower than the gf4 ti4600, I want a card that can do hl2 @ 1024x768, and I hate ATI and ATI is terrible in linux, so I definitely want a NVidia AGP Card.

Dont know much about this card, but maybe someone else has some benchmarks or something?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7212679&type=product&id=1113954027220

 

this is a *friendly* bump...

Any one ever use the 6600 (non-gt) it doesnt seem too popular and Im curous

 

Do not get the 6600, it's not a great deal better than your current card.

Even a 6600 with DDR2 memory is still too slow.

Minimum 6600GT, or if you're a regular gamer, a 6800 or up.


On a side note, I'm surprised you can't comfortably play HL2.

I've run it on a PIII with a MX440 at 1024x768 and it ran fine.

 

i've got the Nvidia 6600 128mb ddr3 memory and i can run HL2 olso at 1024x768 there is nothing wrong with the card i will need a new card eventually but with the card i nothing wrong