NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT card is officially the new budget hotness

[Shrygue]

via Engadget




It's been a long time coming, but it looks like the GPU industry finally figured out the fact that most consumers don't want to blow a couple grand on an SLI setup, they just want to play Crysis debt-free. The new GeForce 9600 GT from NVIDIA is an answer to those prayers, offering solid performance ratings nearly in line with last-gen's 8800 GT, at a completely lovable $199 [£101.50] -and-under pricepoint.

For now the top of the performance charts is still the 8800 Ultra -- as NVIDIA will readily admit -- but the 9600 GT is just the first of NVIDIA's GeForce 9 series, and while it's sure to be followed by bigger, badder and more expensive versions, it's refreshing to see the 9600 hitting the market first.

[Harshboy]

I just bought an 8600 GT a month ago, but I don't care that much.

My card scored 5.3 (Out of 5.9) in Windows Experience Index and rips through every game I've played on it.