I have a XFX GeForce 8600GT (oc'd by XFX) 256 MB that I bought last year, and it's a nice card for the money. Noisy fan though. I replaced the stock fan with a Zalman copper cooler, which is virtually silent. I'm seeing them for under $80 at Newegg (it was $110 after rebate when I got mine). I use it to play UT3 and I get respectable graphics and frame rates.
However, I'm looking to upgrade to an 8800GT/9800GT 512 MB, a much better card, which are running around $125. EVGA has one model with a nice cooler (Akimbo) which run a little more, but are much quieter. > -----Original Message----- > My 7950 went out recently and I have a choice between the two cards > above for cost reasons. The 9500gt is 85 bux, I have it now in my box and it > seems to run just fine...but I've been considering returning it because > the 9600 is about 20 bux more. Would I notice any real difference? I > don't care about eeking out every bit of framerate I can in the newest game, > I just would like to be able to pop a game in once in awhile without > problems. Any feedback on this would be appreciated. I'm not a serious gamer > by any means but I'll play UT3 once in awhile and some crysis. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
