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Leadtek GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB Extreme Video Card
Conclusion
This is an excellent budget card! It plays old games well enough--which is absolutely to be expected--but it carries water right there with the more expensive cards, at least where it counts: DirectX 10. It would just be a matter of preference, this card or another, if it cost more. But there are no other "new" cards on the market, currently, at a hundred dollars. The closest performers all cost more. This should be a pretty simple decision. I just wish that NVIDIA took the extra measure to make it play HybridSLI. Aside from Leadtek's modifications and healthy overclock, the chip is exactly the same as an 8800 GS. Pity; people would flock to this card otherwise. Of course, someone out there might be thinking, "Boy, it would be sweet to have those in SLI." Let me smack down that idea right now: a good budget card does not mean a good dual-GPU card. Keep in mind that for $200, you can roll a 9800 or an HD 4850. That said, props to Leadtek for the overclocking and well-matched heatsink; maybe it's silly, but damn, it's slick. I'll take a tool over a chick any... never mind.  The Good  Non-reference design and great heatsink Plays DX10 games very well Industrial good looks Factory overclocked Cheapest of the 9000sThe Bad  No HybridSLI Un-power-efficient
Page 1: Introduction, First Impressions, Specifications & Test Setup
Page 2: DirectX 10 Titles Page 3: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 4: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 5: Conclusion 
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Vasily Favoroff
on September 5, 2008 - 2:56 pm Got myself a 8800 GS card for 75$ with free shipping. Really can't complain about the performance at that price.
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