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The 9600 cooler from Palit reminds us of MSI’s model. Its 70 mm fan sits in the middle of the cooler and an orange plastic housing protects the components. However, there is only a small opening in the slot cover for warm air. Remaining space is blocked by the additional monitor connectors. Ideally, a quarter of the GPU heat is blown out of the housing, whereas the rest bounces around within the case.
Only two heat pipes are used to distribute the heat of the graphics processor to the cooler; MSI uses four. Instead, Palit thought about cooling the memory chips, the heat of which is distributed on the cover plates.
The additional cooling encouraged Palit to increase the memory speed from the 900 MHz standard to 1,000 MHz. The GPU runs at 700 MHz, whereas the reference clock is 650 MHz. In comparison to the MSI card, Palit’s shader speed is increased even higher to 1,750 MHz. The clock speeds are anchored in the BIOS of the card, and can be used with any graphics driver version.
In our test, overclocking leads to a 6% to 7% increase in overall performance compared to the reference design. If you are able to increase the shader clock rate even higher, you will gain another 2% with a 3 GHz CPU. Since the memory chips are cooled by the cover plates, you can courageously experiment with these, but don’t forget the conditions of the warranty.
The GeForce 9600 GT (G94) graphics chip supports Shader Model 4.0 and DirectX 10. Palit equips the Sonic version with 1 GB of DDR3 graphic memory, which hardly gives you any advantage when using resolutions of up to 1920x1200 pixels without anti-aliasing (AA). In Crysis with AA, the frame rate increases from 5 to 7.5 fps when the memory is doubled. In the overall results of our test suite, you can see an increase in performance of only 0.3% with the additional memory. If you want to run two GeForce 9600 GT cards in SLI mode, you should go with the 1 GB version because the larger memory has more of an effect on performance, due to the higher GPU power.
A special feature here is the large number of connectivity options. The HDMI port sits directly on the slot cover, so an adapter is not necessary. There is an internal audio connection via a SPDIF cable and Palit puts an optical audio port on the slot cover as well. You can plug your monitors into either the two DVI ports or to the new DisplayPort; there is no extra video connector for Component or S-video.
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So it beats the GTX eh? And you can find brand new nVidia drivers, but no ATI ones? And wheres the 4670? Got halfway thru, decided to skip the rest
What about the HD 4850? It costs less than the "last 8800 GTS 512's"
Asus sells them for what? 170 dollars,free shipping on Newegg?
Maybe I even saw one @ 160...
Why would anyone get an 8800GTS for $179 when you can buy a better performing HD 4850, for LESS money??? ATI still exists, you know...
No offense, as the article and tests run were good (I especially like the overall FPS charts), but this information would have been more pertinent, like, 6 months ago.
Uh, I don't get what the people about are upset for. It's a good article, I enjoyed reading and seeing where these cards fit into the scheme of things. I know ATI has made a comeback with their recent cards but until their drivers are completely open and stable I'll stick with nVidia myself so I especially enjoyed this article. Thanks Toms!
Waste of 3 mins, it makes very little sense, the 9600 GTs in sli are around the 280 GTX in performance, yet it manages to get destroyed by the 4870.
This article would've meant something around the time the cards came out...now I'd much rather like to see the 4850 cards compared or 260s or w.e else that is this gen.
Uh, I don't get what the people about are upset for. It's a good article, I enjoyed reading and seeing where these cards fit into the scheme of things. I know ATI has made a comeback with their recent cards but until their drivers are completely open and stable I'll stick with nVidia myself so I especially enjoyed this article. Thanks Toms!
Exactly what is open about nvidia's drivers?
nobody reads the introduction anymore?
warms my heart to see the old 8800GTX included in this test list.
It's amazing this ancient cards at default speed still sit in the middle of the pack and quickly rise to the top when you turn up AA and texture quality up, beating most every other card cept for 260GTX and SLI and CF rigs.
It also explains why a pair of old 8800GTX's in SLI OC'ed to at least Ultra speeds on a fast rig are still very hard to out perform by any single card (period)
There is a reason to get the 9600GT over the 8800GT, power consumption. Look at the numbers, the 9600GT has 1/2 the number of shaders (hence a smaller die). I know the shader clock runs a little faster but a good quality stock PSU with 300W (real, like antec, corsair, etc) should be fine for running it.
The 8800GTS/512 is still a top performer...not bad for a "two" generations old card, if you believe the marketing.
I am a loyal Nvidia customer and I wont touch the GTX280. I am patiently waiting for the GeForce 11 series.
Why doesn't Tom's use the 9800GTX+ in these benchmarks? All we ever see are scores for the slower, now defunct 9800GTX.
9600 GT...I got nothing.
hey pepelan what kind MANURFACTURING problems are their!??!! I have a old geforce 2 gts and it has worked every day...day in and day out for ever. And I also have a geforce 4200ti same thing. last time i checked nvidia did'nt make hardware. so dont say nvidia makes bad "HARDWARE" cause they dont. i have 2 8800gt's and theve worked flawlessly! my friend buys ati cards and they suck hard...he's bought like 5 of them then bought a nvidia card and no problems after that! this is a great article
Computerningja, you are such a tool. Nvidia does make hardware: It's called a graphics card you dunce. Don't believe me? Check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware
Right there on the list of types of hardware are video cards. I will agree, Nvidia DOES NOT have any glaring manufacturing flaws, but neither does ATI as you suggest through your friends experience. So he bought five ATI cards and none worked? Please. And no, this is not a great article. Why would I care about the negligible performance difference between four different brands of the same old card? This would only have been helpful six months ago.
Uh, I don't get what the people about are upset for. It's a good article, I enjoyed reading and seeing where these cards fit into the scheme of things. I know ATI has made a comeback with their recent cards but until their drivers are completely open and stable I'll stick with nVidia myself so I especially enjoyed this article. Thanks Toms!
I ran an ATI Radeon 9800XT for 3 years and never had problems with their driver suite. I had a much more enjoyable experience with the ATI card than my current 7800GT card.
And yes I would buy the 4850 over the 9600GT, 8800GT and 8800GTS.
Bought a 9600GT from NewEgg for $99 bucks with free shipping. I had trouble finding solid benchmark comparisons. Here they are. I was beginning to doubt my purchase. Tried Assassins Creed on my 8600GT this card is much better. Tried Crysis, but that game is only good to make you kick yourself for any card purchase. Thanks Tom.
Thanks for the article, I appreciate all of the testing. I would have liked to have seen the 4670 included as well, though, considering it's the direct parallel to the 9600GT for price.
I would like to say I appreciate throwing the 3850 256mb in there. Got mine after they just came out when it was impossible to find a 3870 anywhere..for weeks... I appreciate it because I know exactly how far behind my graphics solution is. Just upgraded cpu, mobo, and RAM. HDD, and Vid card soon to follow.
Long Live ATI HD48** Series
and this article is outdated! Why didn't you review Geforce MX? Boring Toms, Really, I Mean it!
oh, and why fight? we just want better hardwares for lesser money... calm down buddies...