Which one?

[alexyu]

So being the prices in my country, I have to choose between two video cards:

1.XFX GeForce 8600GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150285
2.ASUS EN9600GSO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121255

Please ignore the prices on newegg

 

[StrangleHold]

9600GSO is better. Its the same card as a 8800GS.

 

[ScOuT]

9600 is an alright card for the money and it will smash the 8600 in everything!

Overclock it a little and everything will be alright. Here is a chart to help you decide, the 9600 is clearly the winner.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=513&card2=557

9600 GT as follows
GPU: G94
Memory Bandwidth: 57.6 GB/sec
FLOPS: 208 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 10400 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 20800 MTexels/sec

8600 GT as follows
GPU: G84
Memory Bandwidth: 22.4 GB/sec
FLOPS: 75.52 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 4320 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 8640 MTexels/sec
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Case : XION II w/12” green cold cathode
Motherboard : Asus P5N-E 650i @ 1532 FSB
CPU : Intel Q9300 @ 2.875 GHz
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper TX2
RAM : Corsair XMS2 Pro/pc6400/ 4x1GB/ @800 MHz
Graphics : Evga 9800 GTX @ 760 MHz
PSU : Antec Neo Power 650w / modular cables
OP: Vista Home Pre 64 bit

 

[alexyu]

Whooa! Never knew the difference is so big! And they almost have the same price in here lol

 

[StrangleHold]

Yea, it will pretty much walk on a 8600GT. But the link above by ScOut is for a 9600GT, not a GSO. Two different cards.

 

[alexyu]

I have learned something:
The prices in Romania are really f***ed up.

 

[Ambushed]

The 9600 for sure!

 

[alexyu]

OK, I think there's no point waiting, I'm gonna go chck it out.

 

[ScOuT]

I could not find anything much on the 9600 GSO, thats why I posted the 9600 GT

 

[StrangleHold]

Same card, but GPUReview you have to take (overall) rating with a grain of salt, the (performance) rating is more to the point. But the 8800GS and 9600GSO is the same card with a name change.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=513&card2=551

 

[alexyu]

Same card, but GPUReview you have to take (overall) rating with a grain of salt, the (performance) rating is more to the point. But the 8800GS and 9600GSO is the same card with a name change.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=513&card2=551

that link is 8600gt and 8800gs

 

[StrangleHold]

Right beause there is not one for the 9600GSO, its the same card as the 8800GS.

 

[alexyu]

OK, I got it.