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qliveur

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I've heard that this makes a decent, low-power Phys-X coprocessor, too.
 
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Yes, because it has a relative high number of CUDA cores for the power draw/cost.
 
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Infrnl

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Overall price is not bad; but there were better deals over 6mos ago on this card or gt240's.
These cards make for a good bang for buck folding cards too
 
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It has 96 unified shaders, just like the 8800GS/9600GSO, but this model has a 128-bit memory bus with GDDR5, giving it more memory bandwidth than the older cards. Core and shader clocks are about the same. As a Phys-X copro it would roughly equal, if not a little faster due to the increased memory bandwidth while drawing ~15 watts less.
 
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gtd2000

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Well I have the 1GB DDR5 version and can say in reality (as opposed to marketing or benchmarks) the 9600GT performs better in my system... by a reasonable margin...I'm not too impressed at all really and that's me being nice here.... :(
 
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Got this card three weeks ago ($40 AR). Very nice upgrade from my onboard graphics.
 
qliveur

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It's neither. A 9600GT has 64 shaders; a 9800GT has 112 and this has 96. It's basically a 40nm 9600GSO, but with a 128-bit memory bus. GDDR5 gives it a memory bandwidth approaching that of a 9600GT or 9800GT.
edplayer said:
but a 9600GT is a little faster. Maybe averages around 5% faster
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At stock speeds, yes. Overclock it to the same clockspeed as a 9600GT (650/1625/900) and it should beat it.
 
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So the 9600GT is still faster. I'm sure you are already aware of it, but the 9600GT can be overclocked also
 
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Chocu1a said:
It is actually more like a 8800GT, which became the 9800GT, which became the gt240
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Not quite. 8800 became 9800 became GTS 250, they're all based off the G92 core. The 240 is a step below that line, but still makes a nice budget card or PhysX card. I got one for around $30 a while ago for an HTPC and haven't had any issues.
 
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9800 isn't the same as a GTS250. GTS250 has more shaders and texture units and a higher clock/shader and memory speed
 
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Infrnl

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any of you think the combo w/psu is worth it? I know the psu doesn't get the greatest review, but if you could get the rebates back it would make for a good deal. I was planning to keep the psu as a spare in the event my dad or someone else needs one in an emergency situation; I could sell it to them.
 
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qliveur said:
Did you overclock it?
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Not yet - I've heard via the video card forum the CPU in the system is possibly holding back the card.

I hope to receive an upgraded CPU this weekend and I'll report back with some overclocks too.
 
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Infrnl

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FYI: The XFX card had lifetime warranty; EVGA card only has 2 yr; if any of that is important to yo guys
 
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Zargon said:
you have to reg the xfx card within 30 days of purchase, or else you have ZERO warranty FWIW
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same with Evga; you have to register within 30 days or you get a 1 yr warranty I believe.

I would like to see this price with no rebate or a much smaller rebate; like $10
 
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