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8800GS 384MB & 9600GT 512MB

CaseyChaos

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now I know the 9600GT is the better card but which consumes more power, from what I found on google the 8800GS uses 102w yet the 9600 uses 95w. Is this actually true and how come?
 
8800GS has 96 SPs, the 9600GT only 64 - which will be a good part of the power difference... also which one is faster will depend on what kind of load the application puts on the card.
 
so it is correct that the 9600gt uses less power? if thats the case i may upgrade in the new year. is there enough difference between the 2 for me to spend £90 on the XFX 9600GT 512mb? bear in mind I'd be selling the 880GS, what price are they going for 2nd hand?
 
I wouldn't say the power useage between them is different enough to matter... I'd stick with the GS as its still a reasonable card and save your money until you can afford something a lot better.
 
I don't mean the power, I mean the speed wise, I'm a little limited on power due to psu so as long as it uses less or equal it doesn't matter. I've seen far cry 2 thrown in for free when buying it and I don't need that so could sell that too
 
There is some performance difference but it would be more of a sidegrade than upgrade... you'd be better off putting your money towards a 4830 or 4850 _if_ your power supply is upto it.
 
the 4850s do look good but how much more power would they consume? I'd most likely have to upgrade the psu as well, £150 for the gfx and a new psu might be out of budget for the moment, will wait a bit longer then. thanks for the help
 
a 250w shuttle lol, maybe the 300w model would be enough, although the 450w is only another £30 so maybe that would be more future proof
 
250 wouldn't really be enough - for a basic system built around a 4850 I'd say 325watt would be bare minimum to not over stress the PSU.
 
right well I'll save some money after the new year, I'm spending about £400 on a new camera in Jan so that's enough spending for now. cheers
 
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