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ZOTAC GeForce 9500 GT AMP! 512MB
Introduction
Every generation of video card gets its low-end. When ATI released their first part entry-level, part mainstream 4000-series cards, the HD 4600s, they painted a picture of creating cheap cards that could actually play current games. But then they followed it up with the 4550, and things went back to normal. NVIDIA, faced with the same conditions, went and decidedly did the same thing. On paper and in tests, the 9500 GT is half a 9600 GT--there's a lot missing in that last 100. It's got half the shaders (32) half the ROPs (8) and half the bandwidth (128-bit). Adding insult to injury, everything is clocked lower; GPU, memory, even the shaders are slower. It's more like two-fifths a 9600.  Maybe that's not completely fair. The card is, in fact, capable of playing games, at low-ish resolutions, without much or any anti-aliasing... If you in a position where you were happy with your 7600 or 8600, or for that matter, 1600, and have to get a replacement toot sweet, then sure. Get this, you'll be happy. Everyone else, you might as well keep these results in mind when you want to convince someone to get a better card. The Card & Bundle This little card is simple and clean. It's got a smaller heatsink and no auxiliary power connections. It's got two DVI connectors and comes with a VGA adapter, a video break-out cable, some thin documentation and a driver CD.   Manufacturer’s Website Interface: PCI Express x16 Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA GPU: GeForceŽ 9500 GT Core clock: 550MHz Stream Processors: 32 Shader Clock: 1350 MHz Memory Clock: 1600MHz Memory Size: 512MB Memory Interface: 128-bit Memory Type: GDDR3 3D API: DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0 Ports: DVI 2 TV-Out HDTV / S-Video / Composite Out VIVO: No General Tuner: None RAMDAC: 400 MHz Max Resolution: 2560 x 1600 RoHS Compliant: Yes SLI Supported: Yes Cooler With Fan Dual-Link DVI Supported: Yes Certified for Windows Vista Test Setup In this review, we'll be comparing the Zotac 9500 GT Zone to: A Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 A Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT A ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT AMP! Test Computer Specifications  Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz Asus Rampage Formula (Sponsored by Asus) 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 800 @ 4-4-4-12 (Sponsored by Crucial) Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 (Sponsored by Thermaltake) Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (Sponsored by Microsoft)
Page 1: Introduction, 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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