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in my country 9500GT and 9400GT costs PKR 5200 n on the other hand 9600 costs 8000 (1 usd is equal to 80 rupees)
 
The 8800 is a MUCH better card then the 94/9500. Even the old G80 based 320/640MB 8800GTS cards are better then the ones your looking at.

As I've been trying to tell you, no. The 94/9500GT are NOT good gaming cards. You have to get something better. Save up more money if you have to.
 
i dun get it how could 8800 be better than 94/9500GT i mean 8800 is much older n xfx makes better chips every time n it also costs much than 8800.
 
actually its not the first number that shows how the graphics card performs. the first digit is the series number and the next numbers are actually the indicator of performance. Nvidia launch a newer series and in every series they launch some high performance card, some medicore performance card and some low end performance cards.For example 9500gt the first digit is "9" that means it is a geforce 9series card and generally is manufactured with the same die as other 9series cards(not all necessarily). the next digit "5" is actually the identifier of the performance. 2/3/4/5 is entry level cards or performer. they are just used for running pc and running old games like commandos3, maxpayne-1 etc. running newer games than that is a disaster with those cards they may run it but in low settings and even after low settings they will choke in games like assasin creed or lost planet etc. if u want some gaming performance u need to look for "8"(the 2nd digit) that means 8800gt or 9800gt. But if u want to go very low dont have much money now to spend but want good performance and in smaller resolution like 1024 or 1280 then at least look for "6" in the 2nd digit and in the first digit "9" that means 9600gt. i will not recommand 8600gt because in some games it chokes but really if u cant stress ur budget anymore and need a card now still 8600gt is not really a very bad choice it will run most of the games in lower resolution and lower settings. And u may wonder what about gt or gts. the general hirerchy is GTX> GTS>GT>GS>LE.

so the summary is u need to look at the 2nd digit to know what kind of performance it can provide. and u cant compare 8600gt with 8800gt. it will be make more sense to compare 8600gt with 7600gt with 6600gt - becoz all have the "6" in the second digit and means "medicore" performace" so u compare medicore cards with the same level of cards. so 8800gt will be compared with 9800gt. i hope this will clear why 8800gt is better than 9500gt.
 


i have heard that 7600GT is better compared to 8600GT, is that true? (though 8600GT can handle dx 10)
somehow i understand how the numbers in the GeForce series indicates the perforamance but your explanation makes things more clear with me. thanks man :)
 
depends more on games. as 8600gt has higher shader clock in more shader intensive games like crysis and newer games 8600gt perform much better than the 7600gt. But in some old games 7600gt shows a bit more than 8600gt. if it is 8600gt vs 7600gt i will tell u 8600gt is a winner becoz in newer games it performs better with more shaders.
 
well thx guyz i owe u all big time 😀 i guess if buying 94/9500GT is wasting my money the only choice for me is to buy 9600GT means i wont be getting a card for a long time :S
 
@ fahu u can also get 9600gso which have exactly simillar performace as 9600gt in lower resolution like 1280. the price is very similar to a 9500gt see what price is it there in ur country. And dont worry as new cards coming out within 2 month the price for gfx will go down and perhaps u may buy at that time if u have the cash.
 
Whoa, careful recommending the GSO. The 192bit memory bus GSO is good, the others are junk. The good GSO has a 192bit memory bus, DDR3 memory, and 96SP.

Fahu, what cards are available in your area? Please list full specs like you did the first time. (also list any AMD cards) Perhaps we can spot one thats a good deal. Look for any Nvidia series 8/9 cards, or cards from the AMD series 3xxx/4xxx. We might spot a gem in your price range.
 
XFX GeForce PCX 9600GT 512MB (256-BITS) DDRIII
XFX GeForce PCX 9500GT 1GB (128-BITS) DDRII
XFX GeForce PCX 9500GT 512MB (64-BITS) DDRII
XFX GeForce PCX 9400GT 1GB (128-BITS) DDRII
XFX GeForce PCX 9400GT 512MB (64-BITS) DDRII
XFX GeForce PCX 7200GS 256MB (64-BITS) TC 512MB
INNO3D GeForce PCX 8400GS 512MB (64-BITS) TC 256MB
 

There you go. [:mousemonkey]
 
Yeah. Its not the best card out there, but the 9600GT with DDR3 is going to provide the best experience of those cards. I've seen overclocked 9600GTs perform nearly as fast as an 8800GT, so it should be as good as an 8800GS/9600GSO.
 
Just wanted to add that I've got a 9400GT, it was a temporary card until I got a 4890 but ended up being 'meh this is fine'.

Played Prototype at 800x600 with 2xAA smoothly. I know for your PC gamers that might be considered god aweful, but it's still consideribly better looking than what most people are used to.

So yeah 9400GT isn't an amazing gaming card, but it stills does the job for most things. Mine is a 512Mb version. I will upgrade to a 4890 later, but 9400GT works fine so it's a luxury not a "must have", certainly impressive for what they cost (here anyway).
 
800x600? Only if I'm playing Diablo 2, LoD. Other then that, must be 1280x1024. I haven't played lower then that in perhaps 2 years now. I just moved off my 17" CRT monitor, and now game on my 20", 1680x1050.
 
hey guyz some one just said 9600 nearly performs as fast as 8800 so if 8800 gt is dt 8800 is better or same as 9600 so shouldn't i buy 8800?
 
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