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Leadtek GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB Extreme Video Card
Video Quality, Power Usage & Noise, and Overclocking
HQV
130
128
128
128
0
Score (130 = highest)
149.5
HQV
100
100
95
95
0
Score (100 = highest)
115
Video playback is the first failing, although it's not major. Like other video cards of its generation, the 9600 GSO has a hard time with noise reduction. It's good, but short of perfect. This is true in both SD and HD playback, and at the very least, the GSO is no worse than the GT. 
Power Consumption
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39
39
45
67
0
Watts (lower is better)
119.6
67
69
95
104
0
Watts (lower is better)
119.6
But it's not an efficient card. Although it's the cheapest of the near-$100 cards, it's the most power-hungry. Sure, it's splitting hairs, but it consumes the most at idle as well as the most at load. It's not a huge amount in the end--good news for quiet enthusiasts. There's no electronic noise from this card, most likely because of some non-reference power hardware. I think the fan's a win. It's default speed of 50% never spun faster at any circumstances, and cooled the card fine even turned down as to be inaudible. It seemed to improve temperatures up to about 70, 75%, where the extra speed increased the noise without decreasing the temps. You could run it either way, silently or locking in an even greater overclock. 
Overclocking
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661
600
0
MHz (higher is better)
1207.5
1050
900
0
MHz (higher is better)
1207.5
A little more than a ten percent boost is good. If there were any gaps between this card and the others, that should close it.
Page 1: Introduction, First Impressions, Specifications & Test Setup
Page 2: DirectX 10 Titles Page 3: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 4: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 5: Conclusion 
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1 User Comment 1 - Posted by
Vasily Favoroff
on September 5, 2008 - 2:56 pm Got myself a 8800 GS card for 75$ with free shipping. Really can't complain about the performance at that price.
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