ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition: the new mid-range contender

[HEXUS]

NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT is set to give ATI's Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 a bloody good fight in the sub-£150 market.

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[Aez]

Considering you can get a 8800gt with after market cooler for around 140 this seems like a bad deal.

[davidcrofter]

I don't know about filling the price point between 8600GTS and 8800GT as it seems to be in direct competition with the 8800GT (£140 -150) - maybe the price point they were aiming at is for US consumers!!

[merlin2001]

maybe it's just me (okay it probably is just me), but I find it annoying that they have named if 9600 where it should be 8700 (as mentioned). Calling it 9600 seems to suggest it's a built on a whole new 'class' of chip rather than a revision of the existing '8000' series...

btw - seems to be a few reference to ATI in the review. shouldn't that be AMD? I miss the red canadian giant too, but bringing up the ATY stockticker on my screens just shows 'Acquired'....

[Nomadd]

maybe it's just me (okay it probably is just me), but I find it annoying that they have named if 9600 where it should be 8700 (as mentioned). Calling it 9600 seems to suggest it's a built on a whole new 'class' of chip rather than a revision of the existing '8000' series...

btw - seems to be a few reference to ATI in the review. shouldn't that be AMD? I miss the red canadian giant too, but bringing up the ATY stockticker on my screens just shows 'Acquired'....

I agree. I can only think that the reason it's called 9xxx is so they can charge so damn much for it! As other's have stated, it's a pretty poor deal at the currently listed prices - 8800GT is only £10 more.

I also can't understand why Hexus tested it against a 256MB 8800GT? Kinda makes the whole "review" bogus in my eyes.

Nomadd

[Methanoid]

I agree. I can only think that the reason it's called 9xxx is so they can charge so damn much for it! As other's have stated, it's a pretty poor deal at the currently listed prices - 8800GT is only £10 more.

I also can't understand why Hexus tested it against a 256MB 8800GT? Kinda makes the whole "review" bogus in my eyes.

Nomadd

Hmmm Scan prices...

256MB Asus 8800GT £134.88
512MB Palit 9600GT £117.45

I guess they chose a 256mb 8800GT to come CLOSE to the 9600GT price. I was surprised the 9600GT was much faster in tests!?!?

[Enverex]

The 9600 naming annoys the hell out of me and just undermines their whole numbering system. But yeah, it -really- would have been nice to see a 512MB 8800GT in there which is only £20 more expensive or so and is the other card people would likely be considering...

[pepsi_max2k]

is it just me or is anyone else really comforted by the fact there's a mid-range graphics card called the "9600" around again? it's like the last five years never happened...

[format]

the 9600pro was a great wee card.
I only upgraded 6 months ago

[h0mes]

oh yeah 9600 and 9800 were both great cards

i always wanted the 9800 pro but had the gfti4600 which weren't half bad!