9600 or 8800?

Asad 24-05-2008, 05:04 AM

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Which chipset is better performing in games right now? 9600 or 8800?

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8800GT is better performing in games but Price Performance wise 9600GT is better

Ali

Yes and also it's operating temperatures and power requirements are lower than 8800GT.

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Asad

How much is the performance difference between the GT version of both?

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With the exception of one or two games 8800GT would be around 5-10 fps faster than 9600GT. Provided ingame settings and system specs are not altered.

More detailed benchmarks can be found on this URL

Guru3D VGA Charts

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Planning to go for an upgrade Asad?

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Asad

Nah... just a card for my little bro's system. It's an E8400 processor, DG33FB mobo, 2GB DDR-II 800MHz RAM, and other miscellaneous stuff like 500GB HDD. He's currently using my older 6600GT and a new card should provide the needed gaming performance easily.

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ali.tayyab

8800gt is faster:
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Performance Preview

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Performance Preview

the price diff between the two is ~2500 ish or so (maybe a little more or a little lesS).

Asad

Thanks! Will see the links.

I tried googling it but people are confused over which to buy. Some say that the 8800GT would be more future proof with its shader units and some say that 9600GT is cheaper and supports some newer nVidia technology.

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ali.tayyab

the new nvidia tech it supports is a better video decoder for hd content, pci-e 2.0 which isnt really useful.
its stream processors are more efficient that is why less of em are able to get a GT which has more.

i would get a 9600gt if i am on a budget, otherwise get a 8800GT. if u want to try ur luck get devastator's, price of a 9600GT performance of a 8800GT!

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