MSI N9600GT 2GB

Any takers for a 2GB 9600GT? Great upgrade from that 1GB 8500GT that isn't quite cutting it in games.

You need to check it out anyway as there's some interesting features for sure.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] 2&Itemid=1

Yeah way overkill on the Ram.

I'd like to hear a BestBuy salesman pitch this card (if they were to carry MSI) "Oh no, avoid the old 8800GTX. For a few dollars less, you can have this newer card with more than twice the memory. Look two GB!!!!!!!!!! And it's only $50 more than the 8800GTS with only 512MB of memory. And 9600 > 8800 anyway. "

Had it been a GTS G92, then maybe more interesting. I'll be curious to see how it's priced, although without doubt IMO there will be better gaming cards for the price. If it's priced the same as any other 9600GT, sure I'd snatch one up. Not going to happen though, and pricing will determine if it's really good for anyone. They will sell though. And Cool feature though non the less.

Yeah i remember the old days.
In computer shops here in IRAn when the 6800ULTRA was the best card and then we had 6200 512, many shoppers said:"this is a beast and will play games on highest quality and its a 512MB card."

yeah, I wanted one of those turbo buttons ever since being a kid watching Knight Rider. Nifty feature though I can see Dr. MOS and the turbo button being attractive.

@ maziar, exactly. Another fine example is the 1GB 8500GT.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/nVi [...] tDetail.do

I know someone who did last October, just before the 8800GT got released. It was a build for Crysis on 1280x1024. Needless to say it took me a while to stop laughing since my 3 year old 6600GT owns the 8500GT.

As for the 2GB 9600GT ... I hope they disable half the framebuffer in WindowsXP. Imagine buying 4GB RAM and this and only seeing 1.5GB RAM when you get home. I would make me cry.