7950 GX2 or 9500 GT?

Well...I just got this 9500 GT for free, but I don't know if I should use it instead of my currently installed 7950 GX2...What's better? What would be the difference? How will this 9500 GT help me if I installed it?

9500 GT Details : 550M 1GB DDR2

I only play games and watch movies, listen to songs that's all...

Thanks

Well, if you look at some reviews of the 7950 GX2, like this one:

http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA-GeForce-8800-GTX-and-8800-GTS-Unified-Powerhouses/?page=1

The 7950GX2 is roughly equivalent to a 1st generation 8800GTS 640, but it's not a DX10 part, only DX9.

A 8800GTS 640 has 96 stream processor, the 9500GT only has 32.

So, as long as you're happy with the lack of DX10 support, the 7950GX2 should be a lot faster than the 9500GT.

jjmcwill said:

Well, if you look at some reviews of the 7950 GX2, like this one:

http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA-GeForce-8800-GTX-and-8800-GTS-Unified-Powerhouses/?page=1
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Well you have to keep in mind that at that point 7950GX2 had good drivers and G80-drivers were still a "child". Driver support for 7950GX2 isn't that good these days and G80-8800GTS should be much faster.

..but 7950GX2 should be much faster than 9500GT even when 9500GT has good driver support and 7950GX2 not.

7950 GX 2 also has 1GB RAM which is essential for high resolution gaming purposes..

I say, stick with the 7950 GX 2..