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Originally Posted by Arclight
For about a $100,- you have an 9800GT, which is quite literally twice the card as a 9600GT. 
/smartass
* well make that 100-120 USD |
Arclight
Dont take this the wrong way but there are those like me here who thirty dollars may be the breaker on getting a new card or not for silent hunter five..I make good money but I am also a single father with two daughters in school..Trust me girls are not cheap..The 9600GT will run new games medium to high settings at a decent framerate..I do agree the 9800GT and GTS250 are faster but not that much more faster....
A 9600GT at $79.00 is a much better deal than 9800GT at $110.00..your paying thirty dollars more for a video card that gets about mabey ten frames per second faster on games such as fallout three...While the 9800GT is faster it is no where near twice as fast as the 9600GT...The same applies to the GT250..U have to go GTX280 and above to double the 9600GT framerate..Remember dont confuse factory overclock when looking at frame rates...U could compare a 9600GT not overclocked from the factory to a 9800GT overclocked from the factory and think your getting a card thats much faster..But if you overclock the 9600GT its not that much of a gap in speed (framerate)....Here is framerates from fallout3 and below a link to the whole chart...
Fallout 3
Fraps/TH-Savefile Tenpenny (1680x1050, 4AA, 8AF, Very High Quality)
Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT
Framerate 53.60
Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT
Framerate 49.60
Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT
Framerate 49.50
These are base 9600GT and 9800GT cards No OC or SLI...As you can see the 9800GT is slightly faster..this holds true in all charts..The point being if ur on a budget the 9600GT will play any game on medium to high setting just fine...
link to charts
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2high-009-quality/Fallout-3,Marque_fbrandx876,1315.html
Tim