Nvidia's GeForce 9600 GT Tested
Table of contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 – The First GeForce 9?
- 3 – The G94: Half a G92?
- 4 – New PureVideo?
- 5 – Leadtek and Gainward Cards
- 6 – Specifications
- 7 – The Test
- 8 – Test Drive Unlimited
- 9 – Supreme Commander
- 10 – S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
- 11 – World In Conflict
- 12 – Call of Duty 4
- 13 – Crysis
- 14 – Age Of Empires III
- 15 – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- 16 – Unreal Tournament III
- 17 – Duel: GeForce 9600 GT vs. HD 3870
- 18 – Power Consumption
- 19 – Noise
- 20 – Conclusion
It's always interesting to see how rapidly a well-established situation in the world of 3D graphics cards can change. Take last year, for example. Despite the obvious success (with many differences, granted) of the new high-end architectures and cards launched by Nvidia and AMD, for months we complained about the absence of midrange or mainstream cards worthy of the name. This was especially due to the weakness of the Radeon HD 2600 and GeForce 8600, and the high price of the GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB.
Yet all it took was Nvidia's launch of its GeForce 8800 GT in late October to release a flood of graphics cards, separated in price by only a handful of dollars, any of which eclipsed - in terms of performance/features/price ratios - the entry-level and high-end cards from each maker Compare Prices on GeForce Video Cards. In fact, it got to the point where we'd completely lost our bearings and the situation bordered on the ridiculous, with a plethora of names and ultra-limited series: GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB, 8800 GT 512 MB, 8800 GT 1 GB, 8800 GTS 512 MB, 8800 GS, Radeon HD 3850 256 MB, HD 3850 512 MB, Radeon HD 3870, etc. Now the GeForce 9600 GT has to be added to that list. Is it just another version of the G92 - the same graphics processor all the GeForce cards listed above are based upon - or is it a real, new GPU to introduce the GeForce 9 generation of Nvidia graphics cards?
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- 07/27 – Conclusion
- 07/27 – Power, Efficiency, And Heat
- 07/27 – Performance Analysis
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Nice Review, was really helpfull chosing between the HD4670 and 9600GT. Cause the HD4670 is a bit slower as the HD3850 due its memory bus of 128-bit.
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Wow, it is amazing how much AA & AF deplete your FPS on games such as Crysis and COD 4. I have a Palit 9600GT along with a E8400, and it more or less matches these benchies. Great review once again.
Thanks for the review - helps in putting together medium range systems. Card prices have gone up now ( Feb 2009 ) after they went down during and about "black Friday" time.
I see the lowest priced 9600GT at $90, %65 after rebate, with free Far Cry 2.
Not bad at all.
9600GT is a POS. It has wonderful performance, as the review stated, until it crashes to a black screen. I have had two different cards and they both do the same thing. Buy a Radeon.