Classic continued: 9600GT reference/non-reference review

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Published on 2008/2/21 by Ice7blue

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PAGE1:9600GT reference/non-reference review

Foreword: NVIDIA GeForce x600GT series are the mainstream products. From GeForce 4 times 4600, GeForce 5600, NVIDIA GeForce x600 has become the started version of a new family. GeForce4600 and 5600 did not start well and the real classic generation is GeForce 6600GT and the following GeForce 7600GT and 8600GT. Today NVIDIA announced its new generation x600GT series product GeForce 9600GT.

8600GT is not so good for current demands

NVIDIA mid-end GeForce 8600GT series did a good job in current market by its good overclock and HD decoding abilities. Of course, though it is better than its component, its performances cannot feed the new DX10 games well, especially Crysis.

8600GTS/GT cannot feed Crysis well

8800GS showed up

After that, ATI strengthened its product line and released Radeon HD 3870/3850 products. Though NVIDIA has better performances 8800GT, its prices are higher. So NVIDIA released GeForce 8800GS to compete with ATI.

GeForce 8800 GS was OEM products but NVIDIA brought it to DIY market, there were not so many makers to produce and it just aim to HD3850.

GeForce 9600GT

NVIDIA reference GeForce 9600 GT

The NVIDIA product used to compete with ATI in future is GeForce 9600GT. It used G94 graphic core, 64SP, 650MHz core clock and 1650MHz shader clock.

Game+HD, future developing trend

In current, game performances and HD video play have been the main standard for the graphics. The GeForce 9600GT released today used G94 core and melted game and HD performances in one.

GeForce 9600GT used NVIDIA new PureVideo technology and it do well in SLI performances, even better than GeForce 8800Ultra.

Article Index

PAGE 01:-9600GT reference/non-reference review
PAGE 02:-New products of x600GT family
PAGE 03:-6600GT/7600GT/8600GT review
PAGE 04:-GeForce 9600GT specs introduction
PAGE 05:-9600GT component products and market trends
PAGE 06:-9600GT core structure and features
PAGE 07:-9600GT core structure analysis
PAGE 08:-New PureVideo analyses
PAGE 09:-Supports new PCI-E 2.0
PAGE 10:-Features (3): SLI performances doubled, better than 8800Ultra
PAGE 11:-Product introductions: reference/non-reference products
PAGE 12:-Reference products: NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT
PAGE 13:-Reference products: Colorful 9600GT-GD3 CH
PAGE 14:-Reference products: high clock version XFX GeForce 9600GT
PAGE 15:-Reference products: ASUS EN9600GT HDMI
PAGE 16:-Reference products: Yeston G9600GT-512GD3
PAGE 17:-Non-reference product: GALAXY 9600GT HDMI
PAGE 18:-All 9600GT Product Show!
PAGE 19:-9600GT 3D games test
PAGE 20:-basic 3D test——3DMark06 Pro Ver1.02
PAGE 21:-DX9 game——Half Life2:Episode 2
PAGE 22:-DX9 game——NFS11
PAGE 23:-DX9 game——COD4
PAGE 24:-DX9 game——UT3
PAGE 25:-DX10 game——CRYSIS
PAGE 26:-DX10 game——bioshock
PAGE 27:-DX10 game——Company of Heroes
PAGE 28:-DX10 game——WorldInConflict
PAGE 29:-OpenGL game——Enemy Territory：Quake Wars
PAGE 30:-9600GT SLI test
PAGE 31:-9600GT SLI basic 3D test——3DMark06 Pro Ver1.02
PAGE 32:-9600GT SLI DX9 game——Half Life2:Episode 2
PAGE 33:-9600GT SLI DX10 game——CRYSIS
PAGE 34:-9600GT SLI DX10 game——WorldInConflict
PAGE 35:-GeForce 9600GT overclock test
PAGE 36:-9600GT H.264 and VC-1 HD Decoder test
PAGE 37:-1080P HD BD movie——007:Casino Royale
PAGE 38:-1080P HD BD movie——Pirates of the Caribbean
PAGE 39:-1080P HD HD-DVD movie——King Kong
PAGE 40:-Power consumption and heat test
PAGE 41:-Conclusion

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