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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT RoundUp - TechAmok
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT RoundUp - [hardware] 03:54 PM EST - Feb,23 2008 - post a comment 
The chaps over at
Digit-Life have reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT which is based on
company's newest G94 GPU. This new card ranks in between the 8800 GT and
the 8600 GTS. The GPU itself differs from the G92 only by fewer unified
processors and texture units, bringing the 256-bit bus into the sub-$200 price
range.
Let's analyze some of the architectural changes in the G9x one more time.
Texture units in the G94 are exactly as the ones in the G84/G86 and the G92.
They can look up twice as many bilinear filtered texture samples as the G80. But
32 texture units in the GeForce 9600 GT will not work faster in real
applications than 32 units in the GeForce 8800 GTX only because of higher GPU
frequencies. It may happen only with disabled trilinear and anisotropic
filtering, which is a rare situation, only in those algorithms that use
unfiltered lookups, e.g. parallax mapping. According to NVIDIA, another
advantage of the G9x, and the GeForce 9600 GT in particular, is a new
compression technology implemented in ROPs. It's 15% more efficient than the one
used in previous GPUs. Perhaps, they are caused by those architectural
modifications in the G9x, which should provide higher efficiency of the 256-bit
memory bus versus 320/384-bit ones described in previous articles. There won't
be a big difference in real applications. Even according to NVIDIA, new ROPs are
just 5% as fast in most cases.
>BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB PCI-E is a reference card (manufactured
by NVIDIA's orders, BFG just buys these cards) with slightly increased
frequencies. The company gives a 10-year warranty for its products (it replies
to messages of private users and can replace a defective product - you can read
the details on the vendor's web site). Unfortunately, it's not that easy to find
BFG products in our stores so far.
ECS GeForce 9600 GT Accelero Edition 512MB PCI-E is manufactured by ECS.
Besides, it's equipped with a unique cooling system. It's the best card among
today's contenders, except for its frequencies. Unfortunately, these cards are
extremely rare. Let's hope they will be imported in larger volumes.
Forsa GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI-E is also a reference card (it's
manufactured by NVIDIA's orders at third-party plants). I have nothing to add.
Just compare the prices and choose a card. If the price is adequate, it will be
a good choice, even though the only authentic Forsa here is the box.
Galaxy GeForce 9600 GT Overclocked 512MB PCI-E is manufactured by own
strength, it's also equipped with a unique cooler. Last time we had a lot of
gripes with this device, but this modification has all its problems fixed. The
cooler has become noiseless and very efficient. Yep, the card takes up two slots
now, but it's not a problem anymore. Besides, it operates at increased
frequencies.
Point Of View GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI-E is a reference card (the card
is bought from NVIDIA), so I have nothing to add. You should compare prices,
because it has a standard bundle. However, graphics cards from this vendor are
not very often available in stores.
Zotac GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition 512MB PCI-E is also a reference card.
They are manufactured at PC Partner plants - Zotac's parent company. But this is
a very interesting product — it operates at very high frequencies, so it can
even catch up and outperform the 8800 GT in a number of tests.
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