9600 cards

[Amosmoses33]

Looks like the 9 series is out, i got an email regarding the 9600GT

see link; what do you think? will the be a 9800 too?

http://www.evga.com/articles/394.asp

[bean]

It's cheaper than the 8800gts but it has 64 stream processors compared to 128 on the 8800's. I am definately not an expert; but I think more is better if you can get close to the same clock and bit count. Of course those equal more cost.

[The Wise Monkey]

Its a lot cheaper than the 8800 series, so I think that the 9600 is more of a budget card as opposed to a gamers choice. However, I expect the 9800s to be good when they come out. :)

[Jamie Nixx]

They are the next budget/mid range cards, lot cheaper than the 8800GT.

The 9800GX2 is due out very soon.

[iiiprimeiii]

any new awesome ones coming out??? i can still step up from 8800gts!!! :D

[Barrister73]

Do the numbers an letters on video cards series mean something specific, or are they simply ID marks?

MRR

[The Wise Monkey]

1. The first number indicates the general series, e.g. 8xxx, 9xxx.
2. The second number indicates the model range - higher is better e.g. 8600, 8800
3. Any letters after the numbers indicate the specific model - for nVidia, Ultra>GTX>GTS>GT, usually e.g. 8800 GT, 8800 GTS

So they are just a way of easily keeping track of what type of card you are getting. :)

[bipolargraph]

The good thing about this is that the 3870 and the 3850's prices are going down.
3870- from 245 to 190
3850- from 200 to 170 (I think)
Hopefully the 8800gt's prices will go down in response to that :P.

[Barrister73]

So, is it the hundreds that are important?

Or; Why is 8800 more expensive (and I guess; better) than 9600? Because there's something in the 800 aspect that isn't in the 600?

MRR

[bipolargraph]

Well, the the 9600 is essentially just like 8800gt but they just reduce some stuff to make it cheaper. (they also called it 9600 but it's just like the 8800)

[shyster]

Here are links two the two types:

8800GTS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130312

9600GT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130330

The main difference between the two is the lowered stream processors count. This is however apparently an important thing in gaming so more is better... I have not looked in this much so I cannot give a more detailed explaintion at this time.

[Jamie Nixx]

They are very good apparently, and at almost $50 cheaper than an 8800GT, i think they are well worth it.

Reviews are good http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/21/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt/