A look on 9600GT choice

[Titus]

A little panorama of 9600GT sold in France :

The Asus EN9600GT/HTDI/512M
Core 650/Mem 900/ Shader 1625
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/62/64/LD0000626484_2.jpg

The Gainward Bliss 9600 GT-512
Core 650/ Mem 900/ Shader 1625
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/62/64/LD0000626449_2.jpg

The Gainward Bliss 9600 GT 512 Golden Sample-512
Core 700/ Mem 1000 / Shader 1750
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/62/64/LD0000626474_2.jpg

The Gigabyte NX96T512H-B-512
Core 650/ Mem 900/ Shader 1625
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/62/64/LD0000626476_2.jpg

The Leadtek WinFast PX9600GT-512
Core 650/ Mem 900/ Shader 1625
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067229.jpg

The Point of View GeForce 9600GT-512
Core 650/ Mem 900/ Shader 1625
http://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/00/62/65/LD0000626563_2.jpg

The Wikoo 9600 GT-512
Core 650/ Mem 900/ Shader 1625
Zalman VF-900 Cu


The Wikoo 9600 GT Turbo
Core 700/ Mem 1000/ Shader 1750
Zalman VF-1000
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067215.jpg

Palit 9600 GT-Sonic
Core 700/ Mem 1000/ Shader 1750
http://www.korti.info/images/PCHC/palit_9600gt.jpg

Chaintech has a model too :
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067225.jpg

Zotac will release a super O/C version, the 9600 GT AMP! Edition @ 725/ 1000/ 1750

MSI will give us not less 3 models O/C which 2 with 1GB memory !
All are @ 700/950/1750
The N9600GT-T2D1G-OC
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067223.jpg

The N9600GTT2512-OC
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067221.jpg

The 9600GT-T2D1G-ZILENT ( with a Zalman GV-1000 )
http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/divers/000000067219.jpg

and the winner is ???? :D:D:D

[DaMulta]

Palit

[Titus]

It looks so different !
My pic' must be a pre-release one ;)

[erocker]

For some reason the middle picture of the yellow Palit card reminds me of a cheap plastic transistor radio for a child from the 1980's. It's the Tonka truck of video cards. It would look nice in a DFI board.

[Titus]

May be it's a toy for childs :roll:

[Tatty_One]

I like the look of the Palit, MSI and Gainward Golden Sample.....just for their cooling solutions.

[divinebaboon]

If I were you I would buy the cheapest card that has 1.0ns samsung memory modules and overclock the hell out of it. That's just me being cost conscious

[hat]

Palit

How much did they pay you to say that? :rolleyes:
IMO go with the Vikoo. All cards are essentially the same, they are all manufacuted by Nvidia, they the sub-vendors get them and do stuff to em, like give them a different cooler than reference (this one looks really good), flash the BIOS to higher clocks, etc...

Of course you will be overclocking it yourself, but the cooler will come in handy.

[divinebaboon]

It looks so different !
My pic' must be a pre-release one ;)
Naw homie, both of u is right. your pic is jsut a normal version (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261002) while his pic is the oc'd version (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261001)

[Paulieg]

I just picked this one up from clubit.com. It should be here next tuesday. MSI 9600GT OC..:D Newly designed cooler w/ rear exhaust.

http://img.techpowerup.org/080221/MSI-9600GT.jpg

[DaMulta]

How much did they pay you to say that? :rolleyes:
IMO go with the Vikoo. All cards are essentially the same, they are all manufacuted by Nvidia, they the sub-vendors get them and do stuff to em, like give them a different cooler than reference (this one looks really good), flash the BIOS to higher clocks, etc...

Of course you will be overclocking it yourself, but the cooler will come in handy.

Not the Palit cards, they make their own cards:).

[cdawall]

I like the look of the Palit, MSI and Gainward Golden Sample.....just for their cooling solutions.

seconded

[Gam'ster]

For some reason the middle picture of the yellow Palit card reminds me of a cheap plastic transistor radio for a child from the 1980's. It's the Tonka truck of video cards. It would look nice in a DFI board.


:roll::roll: LMAO, but yes it is a good cooling solution.
:toast:

[ShadowFold]

Definatly go with Palit, ASUS would be my next choice.

[Tatty_One]

How much did they pay you to say that? :rolleyes:
IMO go with the Vikoo. All cards are essentially the same, they are all manufacuted by Nvidia, they the sub-vendors get them and do stuff to em, like give them a different cooler than reference (this one looks really good), flash the BIOS to higher clocks, etc...

Of course you will be overclocking it yourself, but the cooler will come in handy.

And some vendors also put extra power phases on the PCB over the reference design which aid overclocking, it's those little things that help me decide which to buy.

[Titus]

+1 for the power stage on some O/C cards : better for high frequencies ( with water cooling solution :D ).

The first Palit pic' shows the standard version withe the O/C box :roll: ... sorry for my error :o

Wait effective releases and tests of all ones and the better choice will be 1.0ns chips with power stage and better heatsink solution ( zalman VF1000 and look like ones ) with rear exhaust.

IMO, this card will be the future best seller of the chameleon brand ;)

@today my choice is : Wikoo O/C version for his copper heatsink and dual HDMI with optical Toslink bridge for HTPC ( HT addict ;) ).

[divinebaboon]

the chick with the cherry blossom on the Asus is kinda lame imo. What kinda guy wants to put that sissy looking card in his wicked rig lol. I think I'ma buy a palit too,reviews show that their aftermarket cooler works way better than reference ones. And ya the extra phase of power is definitely handy.

[Esti]

Actually guys I think the EU gets shafted when it comes to Palit's offerings (though I'm not sure if any of you here are in the EU, 'cept me). I've looked at 2 UK vendors so far and they offer the Sonic edition with the smaller cooler as shown in the OP. The beastly cooler must be US only :(

[divinebaboon]

Actually guys I think the EU gets shafted when it comes to Palit's offerings (though I'm not sure if any of you here are in the EU, 'cept me). I've looked at 2 UK vendors so far and they offer the Sonic edition with the smaller cooler as shown in the OP. The beastly cooler must be US only :( Hmm yea i noticed that the normal version's heatsink doesn't have the same baswe as the oc euro version...and their position are slightly shifted
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-261-002-03.jpg
http://www.korti.info/images/PCHC/palit_9600gt.jpg
OOO that sucks..no orange forggie for you....
How about...Galaxy? Their cooler is wicked looking too
http://en.expreview.com/img/2008/02/22/galaxy_9600gt_512mb_06.jpg

[Titus]

The US version of O/C Palit model is more flattering and look serious !
Waiting for the real released model :eek:

[trog100]

unusual in the fact there are some many different variations right from the word go.. i dont see many "reference" designs.. he he

trog