The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

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musashia

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Is it any good? Is there a website that will tell me what games I can run on max with this? Particularly, what i'm looking at are heavy games like...

- Bioshock
- Crysis
- Fallout 3
 
Well isn't the 9600GT just a better version of the 8800GT?

If so my 8800GT can run Crysis on Medium-High @ 1024x768 2x AA with 30 FPS

Bioshock is easily maxed by the card

Fallout 3 has Oblivion game engine so it should max it out too.


Though if I recall for a few bucks more the 4850 is suppose to blow it away.


Here is a benchmark on a few games to give you a idea.
http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-4270-view-9600-GT-benchmark.html
 
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Whats the most graphics intensive game? I want to play that.. with EASE. I'm guessing I can't do that with the 9600 GT? Maybe I will invest in that 4850.

Also, is it important for me to try and get 1gb over 512mb for the card?
 
Also, is it important for me to try and get 1gb over 512mb for the card?
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At higher resolutions, yes, definitely get the 1GB version. What resolution are you playing at (what's the native reso of your monitor)? I personally would get the 4850. As for 8800-9600 comparison, the 8800GT wins, especially at high resolutions, at low resolutions 8800GT wins only by a small margin.
 
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At higher resolutions, yes, definitely get the 1GB version. What resolution are you playing at (what's the native reso of your monitor)? I personally would get the 4850. As for 8800-9600 comparison, the 8800GT wins, especially at high resolutions, at low resolutions 8800GT wins only by a small margin.
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So the lower number is in fact better? Yeesh, this is why video cards are so confusing. All these ****ing numbers and letter types. Also, with what I have NOW, I typically play games at 800x600. But i'd like to play them on the monitors default resolution of 1268x768.
 
So the lower number is in fact better? Yeesh, this is why video cards are so confusing. All these ****ing numbers and letter types.
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Heh.
For NVIDIA cards (up to the GeForce 9 series), the first number simply denotes the Generation/Series (e.g. 9600 is part of the 9-series). the following numbers tell what league it belongs to - x400 and below is low-end (low power consumption & integrated solutions), x500 to x700 is midrange for medium-weight gaming and multimedia stuff (my 8500GT, for example), and the x800 and higher are the high-end of a particular series (such as the 8800GT).

Also, with what I have NOW, I typically play games at 800x600. But i'd like to play them on the monitors default resolution of 1268x768.
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That is considered a "low" resolution, as well as 800x600 is - 9600GT should suffice here.
 
musashia said:
Is it any good? Is there a website that will tell me what games I can run on max with this? Particularly, what i'm looking at are heavy games like...

- Bioshock
- Crysis
- Fallout 3
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im not sure about bioshock and fallout 3, but i can tell you that you can play crysis on high setting, with maybe 4x AA. as for warhead, on gamer setting.
 
Bioshock is half as demanding as Crysis.


Fallout 3 claims to be on the Oblivion gaming engine so at those resolutions it should EASILY handle it on max.
 
A 9600GT is good enough to max Bioshock, high settings for Fallout 3, and medium to medium-high settings on fairly low resolutions for Crysis (800x600 is definitely low, even 1280x768 is consider a little under average).

But the 8800GT is better, and if you can afford it, the ATI 4850 is going to be a noticeably better option than either.
 
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