I'm about to buy a 6600gt, but i'm not sure which manufacturer to purchase from. I'm planning on spending no more than about 210 after shipping for an agp8x 6600gt 128mb. I looked on newegg and the prices seem to be only a bit more than what i found on ebay for used cards. Anyhow, I was trying to decide between the "xfx" brand, "msi", or "evga". Are one of those noticably faster than the others? As in is it worth it to spend the extra...10-15 bucks or so for that? Also, I noticed on the pics that some of the cards look like they have better fans on the VPU than other cards. Some only looked like they had a fan, while others had heatsink/fan combos. What do you all recommend?

 

One brand will not be noticeable faster than the other (aside from BFG since they are Overclocked from the factory).

What you have to watch out for is that the manufacturer is a reputable one and did not "cost reduce" the outupt video filter.

My personal vote of those three goes towards MSI.

For an answer to your exact question "http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2295"

Enjoy.