NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GSO series GPUs get official
By Ryan Block 
posted Apr 28th 2008 12:51AM
posted Apr 28th 2008 12:51AM
[Thanks, Carlos]
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So will this perform better than 9600GT?
Mark, you're so 1337 I'm blinded by your comment.
First person to say ANYTHING about Crysis gets a swift kick in the face.
I guess you need a kick in the face.
Technically...
Kick yourself.
In the FACE.
OK.... (Gives a swift kick in the face to RattusP)
NVIDIA really needs a swift kick to the face.....there has been zero official stable drivers (whql) for the 8800GT or 8800GTS since the end of last year...
fail
its just a rebadged 8800gs. nvidia did so because they didnt sell as well as hoped. and no it has less performance than a 9600gt
Not very sure how its performance relates to 9600GT.
GSO has more shaders and higher texture fill rate than GT.
However memory bandwidth of GSO is lower.
So relative performance will depend on game.
See some benchmarks here :
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1370/9/page_9_benchmarks_crysis/index.html
3dmark appears to be almost the same. 8800GS beat 9600GT in crysis. Seems to be losing in AA. Now talk about confusing :)
The 8800GS/9600GSO (they're definitely identical, looking at the specs) was able to put up some higher frame rates at lower resolutions. Once you get to 1680x1050 or higher, the memory bandwidth limitation kicks in and the 9600GT pulls ahead.
I'm a bit disappointed in NVidia for pulling this, though. Looks like the lack of serious competition from ATI has stunted the 9 series cards. I guess my 8800GT and I will be happy together for another generation.
Just because it has the same speeds doesn't mean it has the same chips. And different chips probably means different features, like potential DX10.1 support. Hopefully.
Zorque: 8.2 seconds of research says you're wrong. Sorry.
The 8 extra seconds on your research came from a porn sidetrack?
Posted @ 12:57AM.
Yep. First ass of the day.
My face is kickproof.
Unfortunately, your brain also seems to be smartproof.
I call shenanigans.
i swear by the end of my life i WILL pistol whip someone for saying shenanigans! dont let me find you! :P
Hey RattusP what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
When are the low profile (half height) NVIDIA GeForce 9 series cards coming out? That's all I'm interested in. I've got a sweet HP slimline computer and would like a better card than an 8600GT, which is currently the best low profile card available.
Half height? As in half a slot, not a single slot? Or are you talking about length?
The 8600, perhaps other than its small size, is a horrible choice for a card at this point.
hey jeremy, is your icon Tuco?
@Syntax
Yes, as I said above, the 8600gt is the best card available in a low profile version. It's actually not that bad. I'm amazed by how many people don't understand what a low profile (half height) card is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect#Physical_card_dimensions
@Urban
Yes it's Tuco!
anyone else get a boner too?
no.
Just you, you should get that checked out!
Remember to use a match to get that baby back down.
Hopefully this isn't the can of whoop-ass they were talking about..
Another rehash 8-series card with a "9" on the label.
The 9-series has thus been disappointing so far, hopefully ATI will have a monster with their upcoming HD4800 series.
Is this faster than a 8800gt? is it true you can turn a 8800gt into a quadro flashing the card or something like that? does anyone know about this?
"Is this faster than a 8800gt?"
No.
"is it true you can turn a 8800gt into a quadro flashing the card"
Why would you want to? Quadro's suck for gaming. Oh, and no, you can't.
Nvidia tells me I should buy one of these to retire my Intel CPU. I'll go to the shops now.
GPUs have become like girls..
when you feel that you have the best one.. and you have done "playing" with her..
a better one comes around.....not affordable of course
Is there any market for used CPUs? Like Amazon or eBay?
I hate you so much.
Yet another release, and I can barely see the difference, or for that matter, the point of it.
but will it play doom?
(someone had to!)
No, actually no one had to.
*SIGH OF RELIEF*
For a second there I was freaking out because I just ordered an 8800gt for $140 after rebates yesterday.
F-That....where are my NVIDIA VISTA DRIVERS? Running 8800gt's in SLI and getting sh*t performance.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/dell-rumored-to-be-selling-xp-until-2012-ballmer-says-ms-can-w/
nvidia sees the writing on the wall for vista as well.
Have you tried the beta 174.74 drivers? A lot of people seem to be having better luck with them than with previous ones.
GSO's are renamed 8600GS parts, the ones that nvidia cant sell because of cheaper ATI cards
FAIL!
They are [b]8800GS[/b] parts so RTFA.
It's great that NVIDIA made it to the top by having great driver support, frequent updates, and great price for performance ratios. Since last December, they've refreshed and introduced new lines, yet we still haven't seen a WHQL driver release for the 8-Series cards.
As everyone has said, what's the point? The 9-Series GPU's don't have "new" architecture, only smaller chip sizes. Are they DX10.1 compatible? Does that even matter? Very disappointed in NVIDIA recently, it seems they're moving away from the direction that brought them to the top.
-m23