XFX PVT96GYDF4 GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: Shin on 10/4/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great card, looks good, doesn't take an extra power cord

Cons: Big, power-hungry

Other Thoughts: Won't work in any Shuttle computer, have tried in a 250w and a 300w version, ah well.

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9600GT

Reviewed By: Icipher on 10/3/2008

Tech Level: low - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Beats the **** out of an 8500GT

Cons: I once owned an 8500GT

Other Thoughts: With midrange products offering as much power as this PC gaming may be heading for a comeback

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XFX 9600gt review

Reviewed By: Hugo on 10/1/2008

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Was able to play UT3 and COD4 extremely well(all settings on max) on Samsung 21.6 inch screen and Dell 8400 with 3.8ghz pentium 4 (single core), 2gigs memory on XP. Very sluggish with Crysis. When placed in my new Dell XPS 420 with Duo Core 8400, 3gigs 800 speed memory on Vista, Crysis was very very playable at 1280 *960 with all settings on High except for water(Very High), with 2x anti-aliasing.

Cons: Absolutely none for $ spent. ($99 after rebate + tax). Need to wait for 45nm version of 260 to play Crysis on Very High.

Other Thoughts: Shining example of how a fast video card can excel when combined with a fast multi core-processor. Overclocks like champ using Nvidia nTune. Usually overclock GPU to 735 from 650 and memory about 4% with fan at 90-100% only when playing Crysis or Warhead. Sure it would probably go higher but no need.

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