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XFX 9600GT XXX SLI
Date: 2008-04-11 | Author: Gregg Gonsowski
Company: XFX
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INTRODUCTION
When NVIDIA released the G80 core in late 2006 the enthusiast world rejoiced. New levels of image quality were in reach with a single card that used to require two or more. The mainstream market anxiously awaited its share of the G80 love only to be disappointed by the lackluster 8600GT/GTS. Fastforward to last year when the world was given the G92 core. Even more peformance was to be had by enthusiasts willing to shell out the $250 or more it would take to enjoy the pleasure of gaming on a 8800GT/GTS 512. And the mainstream market waited. Only this time things would be a little different. This time the mainsteam market would not take a step back but a huge leap forward, in performance that is, not price. Finally, we were given the card that all of us could afford and not be ashamed to put in our forum sig. The 9600GT from NVIDIA was just that card. Offering levels of performance usually enjoyed by the bigger boys at a price we all can swallow placed this card into unknown territory. As if that wasn't enough XFX got their hands on a few and cranked the heck out of the clocks even further. So I present to you the Alpha Dog 9600GT XXX from XFX. What could be better then having one of these cards in your rig? How about having two!?
Double the pleasure, double the fun.
SPECIFICATIONS
| XFX™ 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog | |||
| Specification | NVIDIA 8800GTS | NVIDIA 8800GT | XFX 9600GT XXX |
| RAMDACs | Dual 400 MHz | Dual 400 MHz | Dual 400 MHz |
| Memory BUS | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory | 512 MB GDDR3 | 512 MB GDDR3 | 512 MB GDDR3 |
| Memory Clock | 1840MHz | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 58.9 GB/s | 57.6 GB/s | 64 GB/s |
| Stream Processors | 128 | 112 | 64 |
| Shader Clock | 1625 MHz | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Clock Rate | 650 MHz | 600 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Chipset | G92 | G92 | G94 |
| Bus Type | PCI-E 2.0 | PCI-E 2.0 | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Fabrication Process | 65nm | 65nm | 65nm |
With 48 less SPs than the 8800GT and 64 less than the 8800GTS you might be quick to write this card off as an underperformer. Never underestimate the power of a redesigned core.
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