BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0,

[Mir96TA]

How much of a performance gain I will get if I upgrade the Video to BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC with512 MB from EVGA 8800 640 MB GTS ?

 

[geokilla]

The gain shouldn't be more than 10 to 20% I believe. 9600GT performs very well with just 64 shaders. How much are you getting the 8800GTS for?

 

[Mir96TA]

Heee
I paid $450 +15% Tax when it first came

 

[Denithor]

...well then, you got several years of good service out of it, right?

If you want to upgrade for real, step up to a GTX 260/275/280/285.

 

[brencat]

I recently retired my 8800gts 640 SSC (the special edition one with 112 sp like the 8800gt). It was a great card, but was starting to struggle a bit at 1920 x 1200 as I couldn't run COD4 maxed out at that rez. However it ran COD4 @ 60 fps vsynched great at 1680 x 1050.

The GTX 260 is quite a bit faster -- max settings at L4D I get near 70 fps minimum now everthing maxed @ 1920 x 1200, whereas my 8800 got 58 avg and ~ 41 fps during big zombie rushes...and that was only with 4xAA/4xAF. Can't wait to see how this card handles WIC, which I basically had to put aside when I bought my LCD.

Long story but the point is, if you need > 1680 x 1050 resolution or are planning on buying a 24" LCD, go with GTX 260 or 4870/4890 at a minimum. Below that, you could probably get away with a $100 card.

 

[Mir96TA]

See my upgrade was from ATi 850 with 16 Pipes. I wanted to Max out the y Command & Conquer 3.
At that time I had ViewSonic 19' (Actually I still have this) I been upgraded to 24' LCD DVi screen. (Running at 1900 X 1200) 16:9
However I really don't play any games; After those uprade I got married and got kids NOW
Now I do play HD content a LOT from Divx bit torrent to Blu Ray to Few HD DvD.
I think there is no point of me to even upgrade this Video Card to some thing else

 

[cusideabelincoln]

An 8800GTS to a 9600GT is a very lateral upgrade; I believe there would even be some circumstances where the 9600GT is slower. It would not be worth it, especially since you don't even play games anymore.