Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: jaredpace
inst an 8800gt faster than this? You can pick one up online for 188 right now. I don't see any better deal that this.
wow where can you get one for 188?
http://www.ncixus.com/products...X/Galaxy%20Technology/
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
200$ for an msi 8800gt OC, with zalman cooler, as long as that one is selling, nothing else is really word getting ...
Originally posted by: Aflac
The 9600GT for $164 out the door is a great price. It is a few paces ahead of the HD3870, and even almost matches the 8800GT in performance.
Originally posted by: bryanW1995
Originally posted by: Aflac
The 9600GT for $164 out the door is a great price. It is a few paces ahead of the HD3870, and even almost matches the 8800GT in performance.
take a standard 9600gt (not XXX) and it is about = 3870 or perhaps a half step behind, especially in higher res games. 3870 prices are down b/c 8800gt is now cheaper. I think that the really interesting battle will be 9600gt 512 vs 3850 512. AMD needs to be about $10 cheaper across the board on that to be competitive, getting us into that $150 price range.
Originally posted by: JACKDRUID
so 9600Gt is actually competing with 3870? which one is faster exactly?
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: jaredpace
inst an 8800gt faster than this? You can pick one up online for 188 right now. I don't see any better deal that this.
wow where can you get one for 188?
http://www.ncixus.com/products...X/Galaxy%20Technology/
That is not $181 that's $220 + $12 shipping and then $40 back 6+ weeks later. I really wish people would list the out of pocket expense.
In order to qualify for the rebate you have to purchase the product. In order to purchase the product you have to spend the full amount.
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: JACKDRUID
so 9600Gt is actually competing with 3870? which one is faster exactly?
From the reviews I have seen it's a toss up. I would say it's probably a close tie leaning towards the 9600gt with the 3870 catching up at higher res. Again it will come down to what games you will play and at what res. Looks like the 9600gt consumes less power (at load seems the 3870 is lees at idle) and runs cooler. The 3870 appears quieter and expels the heat out of the case. There are arguments for both cards if they end up being in the same price range. Since I game and watch DVDs 50/50 I like that the 3870 has UVD and on board audio through the DVI to HDMI adapter.
Originally posted by: trajan2050
The Anandtech review is the worst I've seen from them. Why didn't they test with AA when all the other reviews show the 9600GT matching or beating the 3870 when eye candy is on.
http://www.pcper.com/article.p...522&type=expert&pid=14
First looking at the most pertinent comparison, the 9600 GT can clearly be seen as a superior choice to the AMD Radeon HD 3850 256MB and Radeon HD 3870 512MB
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...w4LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
The first thing to note is that in all three games tested the 9600 GT was in fact faster than AMD?s fastest single GPU video card, the ATI Radeon HD 3870. At this price point of $169-$189, the 9600 GT competes more with the Radeon HD 3850, but lo and behold, it was besting the 3870 in our game testing. In Crysis it simply had faster shader performance which allowed several in-game settings to be set at ?High? versus ?Medium? on the 3870.
http://www.elitebastards.com/c...&limit=1&limitstart=10
It's the last of these decisions which is probably the smartest move of the lot, turning AMD's Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 into also-rans when it comes to gaming performance with AA turned on in this price range overnight. Although we didn't have a Radeon HD 3800 series board available for our full range of testing today, from the numbers we've compared even the Radeon HD 3870 often fails to keep pace with the GeForce 9600 GT once anti-aliasing is put to use.
Although we didn't have a Radeon HD 3800 series board available for our full range of testing today, from the numbers we've compared even the Radeon HD 3870 often fails to keep pace
Originally posted by: apoppin
What does this mean?
http://www.elitebastards.com/c...&limit=1&limitstart=10
Although we didn't have a Radeon HD 3800 series board available for our full range of testing today, from the numbers we've compared even the Radeon HD 3870 often fails to keep pace
Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: apoppin
What does this mean?
http://www.elitebastards.com/c...&limit=1&limitstart=10
Although we didn't have a Radeon HD 3800 series board available for our full range of testing today, from the numbers we've compared even the Radeon HD 3870 often fails to keep pace
I think he was smoking something funny when he wrote that.