9600GT or 8800GT

2008-04-19 19:28:17

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

If luck strikes, I'll soon have enough money to buy myself a new graphics card to replace my old 7600GS. I'm thinking of a 9600GT or 8800GT.

Here's the pros and cons that I've came up with:

9600GT:
+
Cheaper
Hardware overclocking
Completes the *600 series cards I own (4600, 5600, 6600, 7600, fuck 8600, 9600)
-
Slower

8800GT:
+
Faster
Widely used, performance proved.
Leet with two eights.
-
More expensive

I don't really have any income except from computers I sell, so price is a huge issue.

I propably won't get the money anyhow, so this'll propably end up as nothing but speculation, as most of my purchasing threads

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-04-19 19:30:03

#2

csmag: Member; +92|6718|Canada

Go for 8800GT.

Moar power

2008-04-19 19:33:25

#3

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6903

Freezer7Pro wrote:
If luck strikes, I'll soon have enough money to buy myself a new graphics card to replace my old 7600GS. I'm thinking of a 9600GT or 8800GT.

Here's the pros and cons that I've came up with:

9600GT:

Completes the *600 series cards I own (4600, 5600, 6600, 7600, fuck 8600, 9600)

Why the fuck is that a reason?

2008-04-19 19:34:51

#4

Stimey: +786|6391|Ontario | Canada

8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.

2008-04-19 19:35:24

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

Gooners wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
If luck strikes, I'll soon have enough money to buy myself a new graphics card to replace my old 7600GS. I'm thinking of a 9600GT or 8800GT.

Here's the pros and cons that I've came up with:

9600GT:

Completes the *600 series cards I own (4600, 5600, 6600, 7600, fuck 8600, 9600)
Why the fuck is that a reason?

I like collecting stuff and having full series of things. I also have almost all the Quantum Bigfoot hard drives <3 The third pro was mainly just because. "Leet with two eights" isnt' an all too good argument either

Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.

http://multitronic.fi

The only store I can buy from.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-04-19 19:36:57)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-04-19 19:35:26

#6

csmag: Member; +92|6718|Canada

Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.

There you go!

8800GT it is.

2008-04-19 19:36:26

#7

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6903

Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.

Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores! in southern Ontario... Where are you?

Last edited by Gooners (2008-04-19 19:38:19)

2008-04-19 19:37:45

#8

link52787: Member; +29|6793

well, my opinion would be bias because I have a 8800GT and it does everything I throw at it.

I play games at 1680x1050, good frames per second.

It is more expensive than the 9600GT so if you are on a budget than go with that instead of the 8800GT.

edit: if you go with one on Tigerdirect than disregard what I said and get the 8800GT

Last edited by link52787 (2008-04-19 19:38:38)

2008-04-19 19:38:14

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

Gooners wrote:
Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.
Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!

I live in fucking Finland. On a dirty little island with it's own tax zone. I can only buy from http://multitronic.fi without getting another 50% tax!

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-04-19 19:38:33

#10

Stimey: +786|6391|Ontario | Canada

Gooners wrote:
Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.
Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!

I believe we've had this conversation TiDi ftw

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.
Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!
I live in fucking Finland. On a dirty little island with it's own tax zone. I can only buy from http://multitronic.fi without getting another 50% tax!

Solution: Stop living in Finland

Last edited by Stimey (2008-04-19 19:39:08)

2008-04-19 19:41:47

#11

csmag: Member; +92|6718|Canada

Stimey wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.
Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!
I believe we've had this conversation TiDi ftw
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Gooners wrote:

Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!
I live in fucking Finland. On a dirty little island with it's own tax zone. I can only buy from http://multitronic.fi without getting another 50% tax!
Solution: Stop living in Finland

Yeah no kidding, 50% tax..WTF?

2008-04-19 19:48:45

#12

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6903

Stimey wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Stimey wrote:
8800gt
9600gt
8800gt is cheaper too.
Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!
I believe we've had this conversation TiDi ftw
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Gooners wrote:

Tigerdirect FTW, but Canada Computers has more variety and much cheaper deals. And lots of stores!
I live in fucking Finland. On a dirty little island with it's own tax zone. I can only buy from http://multitronic.fi without getting another 50% tax!
Solution: Stop living in Finland

Aha how did you find that? You till didn't answer it

2008-04-19 19:50:48

#13

Stimey: +786|6391|Ontario | Canada

Gooners wrote:
Aha how did you find that? You till didn't answer it

Google for the site

2008-04-19 19:51:31

#14

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6595|New Haven, CT

Get the cheaper card if you have no source of income.

2008-04-19 19:55:20

#15

Brasso: member; +1,549|6901

8800gt

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-04-20 00:54:13

#16

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6838|NYC / Hamburg

whatever you can afford

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2008-04-20 02:43:24

#17

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

So your gonna run a 8800GT on a P4 with 2GB RAM, talk about bottlenecking.

2008-04-20 03:12:43

#18

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

9600Gt voltmod-it easily OCs since with the mod you can raise vcore.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho … p?t=178298

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-04-20 03:13:33

#19

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6734|cuntshitlake

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
So your gonna run a 8800GT on a P4 with 2GB RAM, talk about bottlenecking.

E6600. And what is wrong with 2GB of RAM?

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-04-20 03:14:20)

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2008-04-20 03:14:32

#20

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

DeathUnlimited wrote:
_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
So your gonna run a 8800GT on a P4 with 2GB RAM, talk about bottlenecking.
E6600. And what is wrong with 2GB of RAM?

by Zimma

2008-04-20 03:15:19

#21

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

He doesnt have a E6600 yet.

2008-04-20 03:16:59

#22

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
He doesnt have a E6600 yet.

yet. he also doesn't have a xx00GT yet.

2008-04-20 03:18:55

#23

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6740

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
He doesnt have a E6600 yet.

But he's not going to get the GPU yet either...

2008-04-20 03:26:44

#24

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6734|cuntshitlake

Oh and for the choose, price difference between 9600GT and 8800GT is only ~20€

Then again 8800GS is an option too? http://www.multitronic.fi/?prod=90-C1CK50-Q0UAY00Z

8800GS in comparison with 8800GT: http://en.expreview.com/2008/01/02/8800 … 0gt-512mb/

8800GS (768MB version though) in comparison with 9600GT: http://en.expreview.com/2008/02/23/gefo … w/?page=13

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-04-20 04:17:24)

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2008-04-20 04:59:40

#25

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
He doesnt have a E6600 yet.

Just because it's a P4 doesn't have to mean that it's super slow. It's single core performance is faster than a stock E4300. Also, me and DU are sharing an E2180, which is faster than a stock E6600 if OC'd correctly.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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