Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
Sudeep Naik, Feb 22, 2008 1956 hrs IST
A worthy successor to the GT name, we say
Just four months after the release of one of their most successful GeForce 8-series cards, the 8800GT, Nvidia launched its G94-based GeForce 9-series -- yesterday -- without much fanfare. Unlike the previous generation that started with the most powerful card in the line-up, Nvidia has this time started at the middle with the 9600GT, a supposed successor to the 8600GT/GTS.
Now, there has been a lot of speculation and rumours about the performance of the 9600GT. But before we talk about performance, let's see what the new GPU, the G94, has to offer.
The G94
Designed using a 65nm fabrication process to fit on small power-efficient graphics cards, this GPU allows the stream processors to run at 1625 MHz, a 20% improvement over the first-generation stream processors found on the GeForce 8800 GTX. Equipped with 64 stream processors, the GPU can operate more efficiently and requires fewer transistors. To add to the boost given to the shaders, the texture engine has bee fitted with double addressing capabilities, allowing for 8 bilinear addresses to be calculated and 8 texels filtered per cycle.
Nvidia claims that these architectural improvements enable the 9600 GT to perform better than a 64-stream processor version of the GeForce 8800 GTX. They also say that in real-world performance, a pair of GeForce 9600 GT cards can outperform a single GeForce 8800 GTX. Let's verify that last claim a little later; for now, let's see what height a single 9600GT can scale.
USER COMMENTS
by sandeep, ghaziabd, on Aug 25, 2008 05:38 PM, Report abuse Reply
I wanted to know how it performed against 8800Gtx , I am guessing not well
by Alan, London, on Mar 10, 2008 04:02 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by rohit, mumbai, on Mar 08, 2008 02:43 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by Pradeep, chennai, on Feb 26, 2008 05:15 PM, Report abuse Reply
Thanks For your info really this would help me too
by Ali Rizvi, Mumbai, on Feb 29, 2008 12:15 PM, Report abuse
Do have ASUS OR GIGABYTE 9600 GT , i am looking for 1card.
by suresh r, chennai, on Feb 29, 2008 06:57 PM, Report abuse
Do you have Asus and Gigabyte 9600 GT , I am interested in any one , i called up local dealer , he told no such companies card are available , he was offering something local brand at 11500. can u suggest something .
by suresh r, chennai, on Feb 29, 2008 07:05 PM, Report abuse
with the XFX 9600GT being priced at 13900 and the galaxy 8800GT at 11450 which will you go for? the 9600GT is grossly overpriced
by Aditya, Chennai, on Feb 23, 2008 10:35 AM, Report abuse Reply
I think Gigabyte is giving good price 12000/- very good price . Gigabyte 9600 GT at 12000/-. wow...........
by supreme, Chennai, on Feb 23, 2008 01:40 PM, Report abuse
I seriously doubt if TT is even reviewing all these Cards!! They might just be copying scores from thousands of other Hardware review sites! There is never a screenshot! Never a recent game! Now who would send them a pre-release(whatever its called) card????
by YourDad, YourHome, on Feb 24, 2008 11:45 PM, Report abuse
Its still a DX 10 card. It would not play DX 10.1 games. A review between this and ATI 3850/3870 card (even though these are DX 10.1 compatible) would have been really appreciated.
by Chandra, Chennai, on Feb 23, 2008 05:41 PM, Report abuse Reply
A valid point... Word coming in is that the 9600GT is on par with the 3870... AMD has reduced prices of the 3870 to 189$, which makes it on par with this... A comparison please.
by Mohit, a, on Feb 24, 2008 03:45 PM, Report abuse
DX 10.1 and 10 doesn't have much difference. There won't be any problem playing DX 10.1 games on DX 10 cards. It is just a small update on DX 10. No major game would lack DX 10 support.
by majums, Kolkata, on Feb 24, 2008 07:28 PM, Report abuse
Agreed that there is not much difference between 10 & 10.1 but isnt it better to buy a card that supports 10.1 coz the cards that support only 10 will have to be phased out soon.
by GuiltySpark, Halo, on Feb 24, 2008 08:54 PM, Report abuse
i completely agree with the reviews....
by kiran naidu, hubli, on Feb 24, 2008 01:54 PM, Report abuse Reply
Do you guys have only these old games to test. Why not conduct review under latest games like crysis, call of duty 4 etc which require a lot of resouces.
by Jithin Emmanuel, Cochin, on Feb 24, 2008 07:59 AM, Report abuse Reply
What do all these bars mean...you guys should just tell us is it better than the 8800 or worse....
by The_Big_Dog, Kolkata, on Feb 23, 2008 11:55 AM, Report abuse Reply
its a review man not a simple yes or no...but here : 8800gt > 9600gt > 8600 gt/gts
by Puneet, mumbai, on Feb 23, 2008 04:54 PM, Report abuse
well, for its price, it is better than an 8800 since you could get two 9600 for the price of a 8800! booyeah!
by Anonymous, c, on Feb 23, 2008 05:21 PM, Report abuse
Buy 9600 GT at aggressive price of Gigabyte around 12k better than best.
by zacky, india, on Feb 23, 2008 01:36 PM, Report abuse Reply
ONLY CRYSIS BECNHMARK WAS ENOUGH.. LOL.. U GUYS ARE POSTING SOME OTHER WEBSITE SCORE OR WHAT.
by NADEEM, PUNE, on Feb 23, 2008 09:07 AM, Report abuse Reply
These benchmarks are all quite old, to the point that they can't be called benchmarks anymore. I'm also surprised that the best benchmark out there now - Crysis - is not included in the tests. Shows how much TT's quality has slipped recently.
by rohith10, Thiruvananthapuram, on Feb 23, 2008 03:40 AM, Report abuse Reply
Sorry, I just saw the sentence on Crysis in the Conclusion area. TT should rather put it in the graph. Anyway, all the remaining benchmarks are way too dated, IMO.
by rohith10, Thiruvananthapuram, on Feb 23, 2008 03:49 AM, Report abuse
i ahve this card and the 8800GTX is wayy better
by shawn, toronto, on Feb 22, 2008 11:05 PM, Report abuse Reply
surprisingly no crysis benchmark by tt
by Mohd Sakib, Kanpur, on Feb 22, 2008 11:01 PM, Report abuse Reply
how many card do we need to buy in a year..it seems every 6mnth one new card is cuming..however very few gaming innovation is happened..
by satya, ahmedabad, on Feb 22, 2008 10:50 PM, Report abuse Reply
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