9600 GT or 9600 GSO??

[Gavsman]

hey guys,
well i read in this comparision about the two cards here and the diff. was
1. Transistor count
2. Vertex shaders
3.texture/clock
4. Pixel shader engines
5. Fill rate

now i dont know about the release dates or prices either so if you could elaborate on these things as to which one is better and what it should be i'd be thankful

regards,
Gaurav

[jaketerminate]

1. Transistor Count is how complex a chip is in terms of transistors.
2. Vertex shaders is what used to for special effects in 3D environments.
3. The Texture/Clock is the rate at which textures are applied and rendered. (I think)
4. A Pixel Shader is a graphical function that calculates effects pixel by pixel. For example, depending on what resolution the graphical program is set to the pixels will be rendered, lit, shaded, etc. at say 30fps.
5. The Fill Rate is the number of pixels a certain card can render and write to the cards memory in a second.

9600 GT Specs

Stream Processors: 64
Core Clock (MHz) : 650 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz): 1625 MHz
Memory Clock (MHz): 900 MHz
Memory Amount: 512MB
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 57.6
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec): 20.8

=VS=

9600 GSO Specs

Processor Cores: 96
Core Clock (MHz): 550 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz): 1375 MHz
Memory Clock (MHz): 800 MHz
Memory Amount: 384MB
Memory Interface: 192-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 38.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec): 26.4

Looks like the 9600 GT wins.

Hope this helps.

[XJ.]

I have an EVGA 9600 GT and all I can say is that it rocks!

[Gavsman]

yep it has and i guess the mid range version of nvidia is good and i guess i'll go with that only
but if you have other cards to suggest, i'd be glad to look in to them

[simplyjoy]

In those two I vote for 9600 GT, but why not try a 8800gt card.

[XJ.]

Originally Posted by simplyjoy

In those two I vote for 9600 GT, but why not try a 8800gt card.

Good point, there are some good deals starting to show up on the 8800s.

[jaketerminate]

Originally Posted by XJ.

Good point, there are some good deals starting to show up on the 8800s.

Heres a good one with a cooling add on:

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N800-TR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Or if you need the extra slot:

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

[XJ.]

Dang, that around what I payed for my 9600GT - great deals!

[jaketerminate]

Originally Posted by XJ.

Dang, that around what I payed for my 9600GT - great deals!

Thats the egg!

[sammy2066]

Originally Posted by jaketerminate

Heres a good one with a cooling add on:

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N800-TR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Or if you need the extra slot:

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Those prices don't really apply here ... but things have bettered over the last few years to the point where you're definitely not paying 2x the US price.

[Gavsman]

yes the prices are also the concerned and also the power, while the 9600GT does go lower than a 8800 gt and that was the reason i chose it over a 8800