Nvidia's GeForce 9600 GT Tested

[muk]

Nvidia's first card in the 9xxx series is a mid-range model. Does the card deserve it's name from a design or performance perspective? We tell all.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/21/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt/

 

[leo2kp]

It makes me uber excited for the GX2 and other 9-series cards!

 

[mayor_mccheese]

3870 60$ price drop is awesome. But how does the 9600 gt fair in pricing?

 

[sprucebr1]

Just Makes me want an 8800GT 512MB, lol. still nice to see that NVIDIA is moving forward with the 9xxx series cards though.

 

[p05esto]

I wish these reviews posted benchies for other cards a couple generations back. I have a volt modded 7900GT and I'd love to know where my card stacks up. The benchies posted mean nothing to me when they only compare similar cards.

If I'm thinking about upgrading I want to know if it's worth it yet for example. And wouldn't this be what the card companies would also want? Don't they want to show people how much better the new cards are to entice people to upgrade?

 

[leo2kp]

You could always look up the Video Card comparison charts to see how a 7900GT would stack in games with similar settings.

I play Oblivion mostly and it sucks knowing that my 7900GT KO 512 can't run 1280x1024 2xAA 4xAF with Bloom on and MANY performance modifications with a 3GHz E6600 and 2GB DDR2-800, and still get less than 30fps outdoors. I want a GTS 512 and step-up to the GX2 in 3 months.

 

[compy386]

Competition is great. Newegg has the 3870 now for 185. The 9600GT for 179.99. At those price points I still prefer the 3870. Just ordered one for a friend.

 

[SpinachEater]

Ahhh <sigh of relief> Let the price wars begin. ^ you said it compy, competition = win for us.

I would like to see 3870 xfire vs 9600 SLI next.

 

[sunny27]

the new card looks solid in its offering.benchmarks and scores show it to be an awesome performer.
can't wait to see what the 9800gt/gts does.
if the 9600gt performs pretty close to the 8800gt the 9800gt might blow it away.hope nvidia prices the 9800 series @ 250$.

 

[TSIMonster]

Couple of mistakes in the article at the end. The Dual card graph and the Recap graphs are wrong and make no sense. Otherwise, nice "full" article.

 

[rallyimprezive]

I hope that, looking at the 9 series independently of the 8 series, that the 9 series naming scheme will make more sense.

I think the 8 series names are all goofed, and nv is moving foward, ignoring the previous mess.

 

[pauldh]

I wish these reviews posted benchies for other cards a couple generations back. I have a volt modded 7900GT and I'd love to know where my card stacks up. The benchies posted mean nothing to me when they only compare similar cards.

Ask and yee shall recieve.

Firingsquad has a 7900GS in with a wide assortment of 9600GT clock speeds and other cards:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt_performance/page4.asp

Although, they put the 7900GS in the Oblivion HDR + FSAA tests (which the card doesn't support, so who knows what they were running with it - HDR or FSAA & Bloom?)

LegionHardware has a 512MB 7900GS in their OC'ed 9600GT review:
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=724&p=2

 

[echofoxtrot]

id still like to see an 8800gs vs the 9600gt

considering the gs is about 30-40 dollars less when base models are compared.

 

[Waspy]

Any rumored release dates on 9800GT/GTS/GTX cards (if that's the naming convention to be used)? Now that the 9600 is out, maybe there are more accurate rumors! Hehe.

 

[pauldh]

id still like to see an 8800gs vs the 9600gt

considering the gs is about 30-40 dollars less when base models are compared.

Isn't it $20. $159 vs $179 (on newegg anyway).

 

[starcraftfanatic]

Wooo! The midrange is finally worth it now. Hope the 9800's are going to be worth it.

That was some strange graphing done at the end. Framerates for 2D in the Desktop?

 

[caamsa]

Isn't it $20. $159 vs $179 (on newegg anyway).

I picked up an 8800GS from the Egg for $149.99 even.

 

[SpinachEater]

for some strange reason every time a new product comes out it still doesn't make me want to upgrade. I want something exciting and new. this just doesn't do it for me.

Me too. Still waiting ....9600GT = Yawn

 

[bfellow]

If this is midrange for 9 series then the 9800GTX is going to be scary

 

[Phrozt]

Competition is great. Newegg has the 3870 now for 185. The 9600GT for 179.99. At those price points I still prefer the 3870. Just ordered one for a friend.

Lol.. you spent $5 more on a card that performs worse? That doesn't make any sense...

 

[pauldh]

Shoot, Newegg had the MSI 8800GT for $185 AR last week. Much better buy than either of these IMO.

 

[Evilonigiri]

The best price I ever saw was when Fry's had the 8800GT 512MB on sale for $70.

 

[pauldh]

$70? LOL, Argh, I missed that one.

 

[caamsa]

The best price I ever saw was when Fry's had the 8800GT 512MB on sale for $70.

What? When was that?

 

[Evilonigiri]

What? When was that?

Around the time 8800GT 512MB came out. They had like 2 in stock.

Damn Frys.