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Originally Posted by darkone999

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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....

I know mate, just saying if you can afford it, go higher.



Say what you will about framerates, but fact is a 9800GT has almost twice the processors. That won't double performance, but it sure makes a difference. Keep in mind different cards perform different in every game, even on different settings for that game. A comparison of 1 game, run on 1 setting tells you nothing.

That chart is deceptive, as always; I can run F3 maxed out (not just very high, maxed). A 9800GT could do it too, but not without framerates below 25. A 9600GT would simply crap itself and put out a slideshow or not run it at all.