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8600 vs 9600
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Don`t agree. Physics wise this ain`t the case. Practically, I own an 8600GT (though don`t use it now due to an upgrade) and it performed admirably at 1680 x 1050.
The 9600GT is not an upgrade, end of and in most cases, it`s the same bloody card!!
That's just not true, look at benchmarks. The 9600GT 512MB is faster than a 8600GTS.
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_9600_gt_performance/page2.asp
The 9600GT is about 50% faster than a 8600GTS, which is faster than a 8600GT.
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They are nowhere near being the same card. The 9600GT is just shy of the 8800GT and in SLI perform not far off a 9800GX2!
The 8600GT, on the other hand....is not very good at all....and pretty terrible in comparison with the 9600GT
You're thinking of the 8800 series and the 9800 series. The 9600 series are based off a completely different core (G94) that is about twice as powerful as the 8600 (G84) series and a bit (scenario dependant, admittedly) slower than the 8800 GT. The 9500 GT on the other hand is basically an 8600 GTS
Please do some research before making ridiculous claims like that, it is nothing like the same card, see this comparison here if you really don't believe me. The 8600gt was never the best of cards when it came out tbh. Even 2 8600gt's in sli cannot compete with 1 9600gt see here The 8600gt was always severely crippled by its 128 bit memory bus.
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Aye, but still not much of an upgrade. In real terms it is not twice as fast and gets smacked all over the place anyway by the 3870 in that benchmark! Now that would be an upgrade 
Can be had for £7 more
Mmm, OK, I`ll concede that the 9600 is a better card, but upgrade wise? Hell no
Can be had for £7 more Mmm, OK, I`ll concede that the 9600 is a better card, but upgrade wise? Hell no
I know, I stand corrected ... hehe
Edit: Forgot to mention ... I completely was on the wrong track and about what Lightnix said, he knew what I was on about (thanx man) and admittedly should`ve read the OP properly.
Oh to be human ... ah well
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Aye, but still not much of an upgrade. In real terms it is not twice as fast and gets smacked all over the place anyway by the 3870 in that benchmark! Now that would be an upgrade
Mmm, OK, I`ll concede that the 9600 is a better card, but upgrade wise? Hell no
Not much between the 3870 and 9600gt to be fair, I would hardly say the 9600gt gets smacked all over the place, again I'll give you some benchmarks
Alreet, alreet ... bad night!
Wor lass was workin til 9, my 19 yr old lass just split up this afternoon with her lad of 1½ yrs, had to go to Tescos on my own and do a full shop, the pilot light on my brand spankin new boiler won`t come on and I`m ****** freezin though I`m chuffed I`ve got an immersion heater so I could at least have a David Gower, multiple ATi driver errors playin FO3 so I`m up a height anyway, lost £35 on 888 dot com playin Texas Hold `Em and I`ve had 11 bottles of Stella (2 x 18 bottles @ Tesco for £12).
On a plus side, it ain`t raining
But hey, wrong is wrong and I don`t mind hauling in a huge lump of humble pie
Wor lass was workin til 9, my 19 yr old lass just split up this afternoon with her lad of 1½ yrs, had to go to Tescos on my own and do a full shop, the pilot light on my brand spankin new boiler won`t come on and I`m ****** freezin though I`m chuffed I`ve got an immersion heater so I could at least have a David Gower, multiple ATi driver errors playin FO3 so I`m up a height anyway, lost £35 on 888 dot com playin Texas Hold `Em and I`ve had 11 bottles of Stella (2 x 18 bottles @ Tesco for £12).
On a plus side, it ain`t raining
But hey, wrong is wrong and I don`t mind hauling in a huge lump of humble pie
Hey, no problem coupe, I`ll feel worse when I read my subscribed emails tomorrow
Never mind, worse things happen at sea ... and when u got 2 teenage daughters ... and when u see that Michael Owen is going for his coaching badges. Is this in between injuries, **** me, it`ll take him 67 years!
Never mind, worse things happen at sea ... and when u got 2 teenage daughters ... and when u see that Michael Owen is going for his coaching badges. Is this in between injuries, **** me, it`ll take him 67 years!
Hey, no problem coupe, I`ll feel worse when I read my subscribed emails tomorrow
Never mind, worse things happen at sea ... and when u got 2 teenage daughters ... and when u see that Michael Owen is going for his coaching badges. Is this in between injuries, **** me, it`ll take him 67 years!
lol, Owen's past his best now anyway, what you need is a rich middle eastern sheikh with a bucket load of money, and get rid of Ashley 
Yeah, the 9600gt would, me thinks, perform substantially better. Be a different case if you were comparing the higher end 8800gt but the 8600 is really only entry level imo. Some people have had good success when enabling 8600 in SLI. Otherwise 9600 imo.