9600GT ?

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Ok so tonight im going to tell the wife it is time for a new system build...

I thought I was going to get the following:

Q6600
GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38
XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB(2 x 2GB)
Western Digital Caviar 500GB Hard Drive
PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner 2-Tone SATA
600watt power supply

so I am rechecking prices and noticed the motherboard is gone from my cart.. replaced by a new one that is out of stock...

but I notice a Geforce 9600GT that is $100 cheaper than the 8800gt..... I searched here but found nothing?????? I found a 9800gt topic and all...


but should I consider this video card the 9600gt over the 8800gt????
hell since I could get it cheaper I would throw an additional $80 and buy 2 and sli right off the bat?!?!?!?!?!?
lemme know what you think I should do?
 
The 8800GT 512 is better than the 9600GT, but it's close. You'll have to decide if the extra $10 or $20 is worth it to get the 8800GT. Or you can wait until the end of March and get the 9800GT.
 
AndonSage said:
The 8800GT 512 is better than the 9600GT, but it's close. You'll have to decide if the extra $10 or $20 is worth it to get the 8800GT. Or you can wait until the end of March and get the 9800GT.
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yeah.. doubt ill be able to wait...

so im thinking.... 2 x 9600gt should be nice......
not sure how much better the performance will be but $360 for SLI on 2 cards seems like in the budget... :)
 
The cards are pretty close in performance. The 8800 excels in some games, and the 9600 excels in some games. The 8800 is better on paper, but the [H] review gave the 9600GT a silver award (gold if the price drops a little more). If you're on a budget, the 9600GT is a great value compared to the somewhat more expensive 8800GT.

It's roughly $180ish vs. $220ish.


In addition, the 9600GT consumes less power and runs cooler. Your 600W PSU should be fine for SLI, but make sure.
 
The Palit also has a 3-phase power supply and more outputs, which you pay a little extra for. If you don't need those outputs, you might as well go with eVGA.

1 x HDMI
1 x DVI
1 x Display port
1 x S/PDIF In port
 
jmackay said:
9600gt Prices
8800gt Prices

I'd go with EVGA / BFG / XFX for the lifetime warranties, or PALiT with the nicer cooler.
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the top quality I have had with XFX.... Geforce 6200 just died and replaced for free.... and my geforce 7950gt ... both I love and will definitely buy xfx as my next purchase...

so definitely going SLI XFX 9600GT......

how does the mobo and mem combination look in that list?

Thanks
~Jeff
 
You have an intel board on that list, and you want to do SLI, so you will need a nvidia chipset. I'd recommend the newer 780i since you are going with a PCI-E 2 card.
 
The intel boards (X38 / P35, etc) only do crossfire. The exception is Skulltail but its way expensive and multiprocessor as well.

The XFX / EVGA / BFG boards are all reference and made by one company afaik. They are just rebranded / badged and sold by those companies.

Asus, MSI and Gigabyte make their own boards, which can be good or bad.

List of 780i board prices

Since you like XFX I'd recommend their board or EVGAs, as they should have the same layout and all, just different price / warranty.
 
Also, I'd recommend you buy a cpu cooler as well. The tuniq 120 is good and can be found at newegg. The Thermalright Ultra 120 (Extreme) is better, but not at Newegg afaik. SVC.com is where I got mine.
 
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