Thanks for the replies, I found a OC version of the 9600gso...768 memory. It seems to work pretty good, got UT3 running at full res now. Woot!
Mike On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ended up getting an Asus GeForce 9800GT card from Newegg, that has a > Zalman-like cooler on it. After rebate, it was only $10 more ($109) than > the oc'd Asus 9600GT card and came with free shipping, unlike the 9600, so > that made it a no-brainer for me. > > The GSO cards are in a weird zone. They aren't true 9600 cards and I've > read that they're re-marked 8800GS cards, which didn't sell too well. More > stream processors, but lower freqs than the 9600GT. > > I had ordered the $70 (+$10 shipping) 9600GT from Zipzoomfly, but ended up > cancelling it as I wasn't sure if the 2-slot cooler would fit and I wasn't > too sure about how quiet it was. It's a big card. The Asus card got good > reviews on noise, which is important to me. I can't stand the fan whine of > the stock coolers. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121268 > > The 9800GT is just a re-vamped 8800GT with some minor improvements, which > is > considered to be the king budget card right now. But, I'm seeing the 9800 > for less than the 8800. In the end, though, almost anything you get today > will be an improvement over the 7950. > > > -----Original Message----- > > Oops, I turned your 9's into 8's. > > > > The 9600GT is a nice card from everything that I've read. Tom's > > Hardware put its overall performance only 12% under the 8800GT, despite > having > > only half the stream processors. Google it a bit, but I would wave off > > the 9500 for only 20 bucks. Zipzoomfly has an 512MB EVGA 9600GT for > > $70 after rebate. > > > > > -----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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
