NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Launch and 3-Way Shootout
by
Chris Connolly
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Thursday, February 21, 2008, 09:00 AM EDT
Half Life 2 : Episode Two
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Page 12: Half Life 2 : Episode Two
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Page 1: Overview
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Page 2: The Architecture
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Page 3: The Boards
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Page 4: Asus EN9600 GeForce 9600 GT
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Page 5: eVGA GeForce 9600 GT SSC Edition
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Page 6: Palit GeForce 9600 GT Sonic
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Page 7: Power Consumption
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Page 8: Testbed and 3DMark
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Page 9: Crysis
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Page 10: World In Conflict
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Page 11: Company of Heroes
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Page 13: Enemy Territory : Quake Wars
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Page 14: GPGPU Computing
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Page 15: Conclusion
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The 9600 GT handles Half Life 2 beautifully, and even can run this title at 2560 x 1600 at very playable speeds, although I found 1920 x 1200 to be the sweet spot. In this title, the 9600 GT is neck and neck with the more expensive GeForce 8800 GT card at lower resolutions, although the 8800 GT uses its horsepower to grab victories when the resolution gets pushed higher. Nevertheless, in this title, the 9600 GT boasts visible performance gains over the Radeon HD3870/3850 lineup.