And boy does it look tasty. Definitely looks to be a proper midrange part this time around

Quote: Originally Posted by DailyTech PC Online was able to measure the performance of the 9600GT and the results confirmed NVIDIA's claims of a 100% performance increase over the 8600 series for the most part. The 9600GT reached an overall score of 10813 while the 8600GTS and 8800GS had scores of 6251 and 10391, respectively.

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See, now this is why we need AMD. After over a year, Nvidia seem finally ready to put out a compelling midrange part. And hopefully it'll be the death of all those "shall I get an 8600GT" threads.

I hope to get my Hands on a 9600GT around Feb.

Meh, doesn't look that great... 3Dmark increases were the same as they normally are (for each generation ie a doubling). Better be cheap.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zaltan Meh, doesn't look that great... 3Dmark increases were the same as they normally are (for each generation ie a doubling). Better be cheap.

Yeah, it really depends what price they come in at. If it's around £100 then fair enough, but any higher and it's going to start encroaching on the bigger guns.

Anybody know what AMD's got planned? I've not heard much of anything from them lately. Can't wait to see what the 98xx series looks like though.

Quote: Originally Posted by eascarface Anybody know what AMD's got planned? I've not heard much of anything from them lately. Can't wait to see what the 98xx series looks like though.

IIRC there just doing an X600 (ie a repackaged 9600) style card in the form of HD36** which will just be 55nm HD2600's.

Found some info! Looks even worse! Poor AMD.
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Quote: Originally Posted by eascarface Anybody know what AMD's got planned? I've not heard much of anything from them lately.

This:

LOL @ reflux

Quote: Originally Posted by anandtech.com Update: It looks like the price cuts have happened and with Radeon HD 3870s now available for under $190, AMD has a very compelling value argument. It wasn't too long ago that we were looking at these cards as mid-$200 parts offering performance within reach of the 8800 GT. Now at under $200 the Radeon HD 3870 is just as good of a buy as the 9600 GT - in some of our tests it proves to be faster, while others paint it as a slower card.

Seems the same day Anandtech publishes a official review AMD also drops the 3870 to $190 It beats the 9600GT in Crysis, and thats the most GPU hungry game on the market. (and fair to both GPU's as well)

They don't look that great tbh. I mean there selling for ?130. I got my HD2900GT for ?55 and I was expecting the 9600GT to be a decent upgrade for a similar price (8600GT's were only ?75 when they came out).

We need some good mid range stuff again! Come on ATI/NVIDIA, forget all this Triple SLi/CrossfireX stuff and invest in some decent midrange tech again. I remember in the days of the 9500PRO the mid range was amazing value/performance, and NVIDIA had a similar card in the 6600GT.

PS Pound signs came out as ?'s for some reason?

My parents are in the market for a new card and I directed them to this card. I hope its really worth it.

Only if you can find it for less than an 8800GT. Otherwise it's not worth it.

You know that AMD card is about the only thing I can think of that might be as long as my Johnson.

Anandtech.com has a price to performance comparison of the 3870 and the 9600. They are about the same price/performance, and the Overclocked 9600GT SSC cost about the same or more than the 3870 and has about the same performance.

Ohh and the 3870 won in more games for FPS.

Quote: Originally Posted by j-dogg You know that AMD card is about the only thing I can think of that might be as long as my Johnson.

And to think, it only took two 8800 Ultras to match mine.