Chris,
I understand your criteria to evaluate the 9500GT and I didn't want to
question it. I just wanted to point out for baptistredbloom that there are
other valid options beside buying the card you just recently offered.
I think this is fair esp. since he pointed out that he is on budget. When I
say "older" card I talk about GeForce 8X00 at least from the newer
generation. A GeForce 8800 with 512 MB is technically pretty much identical
with my GF9800GT. Check out the specs or simply wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce
The chip is codenamed G92. So it is quite fair to say that a GeForce 9800GT
is simply a G92-based relabeled 9800GT.
I have not done intensive testing but I have three different versions of
GeForce cards in three different systems and if even the trusty GeForce 4
works nicely (within its limits) then I find it a valid point to say that
GeForce cards based on the G92 should work pretty well.
In the end you do not loose much if you only spent only 20€ on an old
graphic adapter. If it fails to work with your hardware, then simply re-sell
it.
