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Did anyone buy a 9600GT or am i alone?

The single slot cooler ones do have the `wooosh` until the driver kick in, as they are using a simular heatsink to 88xx. Not sure about the chunkier ones.
 
9600GT-SLI would wipe the floor with a GTS320, it offers roughly 3870x2 performance (and indeed is a bit more consistent).

It's one of the rare occasions when a couple of mainstream cards in SLI is actually a viable off-the-shelf solution in terms of how it performs relative to the high end cards i.e. it is much cheaper than the comprable solutions (8800u/3870x2).
 
How true, people always overlook that in order to go SLI, in general the motherboard will be a fair bit pricier. Fair enough the 650 SLI's aren't too dear, but they're also castrated somewhat compared to a good 680/780i.

Personally I will always (well, at least until Nvidia start making motherboards as stable with as few bugs) go for the Intel chipset + single card option as to me that makes the most sense form an overall system point of view.
 
ive got a

Asus M2N32 WS Proffessional AM2 Motherboard
AMD x2 6000+
4gb Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX
and a 8800GTS
320GB HD / and 2 160GB hds
730w Hiper PSU,

had it for over a year now, maybe more, buying a new power supply, so gettin a Corsair one, as heard they are ace :)

and just been toying with the idea of a new card, dont get me wrong, the 8800GTS has served me well, and still works great now :)

been thinking of making a new system anyway, Intel based one, with a p35 Motherboard, which may be round the corner :)

the 9600GTs look good so far though :)
 
creed said:
got to factor in the higher cost of sli mobos compared to single slot or xfire ones tho
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Obviously, but for people who already own an SLI board such as myself, it is finally a realistic option.

Of course, there are other factors to consider too, like the high power consumption and heat production, which is what puts me off. Also should I decide to upgrade in future, it will be harder to sell 2 cards than 1.
 
I am stuggling not to by 2 x 9600GT

For ~£220 it gives more or less the performance of 2x 8800GT in most games so I doubt it will be far behind the 9800GTX which will cost a lot more.

As I also have a N650i mainboard, I'm thinking this is a decent option for the next 12 months or so until a new hardware revision is available.

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