Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic Graphics Card
Video Cards & GPUs
NVIDIA GeForce GPU
We have always loved Palit’s Sonic cards and we are confident this will carry through to their latest GeForce 9600GT.
Published Feb 27, 2008 11:00 PM CST | Updated Tue, Nov 3 2020 7:04 PM CST
Manufacturer: Palit
14 minute read time
Introduction
Palit are back at it again with another Sonic model, and in this case it comes in the form of a 9600GT which has just been released. The 9600GT is the latest card to come out of the NVIDIA camp and seems to sit in the market place in a bit of a weird position.
We had a look at the Galaxy card just last week and we can conclude that the card isn’t your standard mid-range performer. It seems to sit just behind the 8800GT and around the same performance as the HD 3870.
As with all Sonic models from Palit this card comes out with an increased core and memory clocks so we’ll just have to see how it goes today against the competition. But before we check that out, we of course need to have a look at the package and card which should prove to be very good. It’s clearly got some stand out features; what are they? Well, there’s only one way to find out and that’s by moving forward.
The Palit 9600GT could be one of the best graphics cards we’ve seen to date, so let’s see if first impressions hold up as we get stuck straight into it.
The Package
Woohoo! FroBot is back! — I don’t know what it is about the little guy, but he’s one of the coolest graphics card mascots around. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t try to be pretentious with a 2″ waist and 20″ boobs. Either way, we love the frog!
Apart from the cool looking frog on the front of the box we have the normal details displayed. There is a sticker in the bottom right corner that gives us all the main details on the card while around the rest of the box we have our other logos like NVIDIA, HDCP, Vista and more. The bottom left hand corner also gives us a sticker that makes note of the fact that Tomb Raider Anniversary is included within the package.
Turning the box over we have some more details in a multitude of languages. Across the bottom we have the website link along with some more logos that coincide with the technology on offer in the card.
Moving inside the package we have some cables that we aren’t used to seeing. Along with the standard DVI to VGA connector and Molex to PCI Express connector we have with us another cable that connects between your sound card and video card, along with a toslink cable as well.
Diving deeper in the package we have a quick installation guide, Driver CD and a copy of Tomb Raider Anniversary. The package isn’t too bad but what will be interesting is why we have a toslink cable. We’ll find out in a minute.
The Card
With the box out the way it’s time to move onto the actual card, and it’s another one that chooses not to use the standard cooler. Palit has gone for a gold cooler that takes up two slots and has an integrated plate that sits over the top of the memory.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this cooler and it tends to be the cooler of choice for Palit’s Sonic line-up of cards.
Having a look around the card there isn’t anything too out of the ordinary when it comes down to it. The back of the card has a single PCI Express power connector while across the top of the card we see a single SLI connector meaning that the card won’t support Tri-SLI. Next to the SLI connector we can also see another little white plug; this is used to hook up to your sound card.
This is where the card begins to get really interesting. Normally we would just find an overclock on the Sonic line-up of cards, but they seem to have gone well and above the call of duty on this one. We have the standard two Dual Link DVI connectors. We also have with it a HDMI port for people wanting to make use of what is considered one of the best connections currently available for home theater enthusiasts.
Also included is a S/PDIF port. The way this works is if your computer has an optical port on it you can use the provided cable and output the audio from your motherboard or sound card and into the graphics card.
That way you can have the audio going out the HDMI port and needing only a single cable to go to your AMP or TV.
If that wasn’t enough for you, Palit have also included display port which seems to be the next logical step for DVI. We’ve seen Dell release a 24″ and 30″ monitor with the connection, and we should see more and more companies jump on it soon.
Specifications
With the card being a Sonic model it comes as no surprise that it’s overclocked.
As you can see above, the core comes in at 700MHz while the memory comes clocked in at 2000MHz. The clocks aren’t too bad at all and we will see how it translates today.
Test System Setup and 3DMark06
Test System Setup
Processor(s): Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3GHz (333MHz x 9)
Cooling: Corsair Nautilus500 (Supplied by Corsair) with Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (Supplied by Arctic Cooling)
Motherboard(s): GIGABYTE X48-DQ6 (Supplied by GIGABYTE)
Memory: 2 X 1GB Kingston PC6400 DDR-2 3-3-3-10 (KHX6400D2ULK2/2G) (Supplied by Kingston)
Hard Disk(s): Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA-2 7200.
10 (Supplied by Seagate)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista
Drivers: Catalyst 8.1, Forceware 174.11 (9600GT Win XP), Forceware 171.16 (9600GT Win Vista)
Today we’ll be comparing the Palit 9600GT Sonic against the overclocked model from Galaxy we saw the other week, along with the Leadtek 8800GT just for comparisons sake.
We won’t go into too much detail in regards to our test system as we’ve pretty much covered it and the games that we’re now testing. So with that said, let’s just get stuck straight into it.
3DMark06
Version and / or Patch Used: Build 110
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/
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3DMark06 is the very latest version of the «Gamers Benchmark» from FutureMark. The newest version of 3DMark expands on the tests in 3DMark05 by adding graphical effects using Shader Model 3.
0 and HDR (High Dynamic Range lighting) which will push even the best DX9 graphics cards to the extremes.
3DMark06 also focuses on not just the GPU but the CPU using the AGEIA PhysX software physics library to effectively test single and Dual Core processors.
Straight away we can see nice gains over the overclocked Galaxy model.
Benchmarks — PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
Developer Homepage: http://en.akella.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.pt-boats.net/
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is a naval action simulator that places gamers in charge of a mosquito fleet of the Allied Forces, Russia or Germany during the height of World War II.
Using the latest Direct X 10 technology PT Boards — Knights of the Sea manages to apply a lot of stress to the components of today which in turn gives us quite an intensive benchmark.
The gains continue to be seen under our PT Boats benchmark. At the highest resolution we can see the cards sit quite close together though, this including the 8800GT.
Benchmarks — CINEBENCH R10
CINEBENCH R10
Version and / or Patch Used: Release 10
Developer Homepage: http://www.maxon.net/
Product Homepage: http://www.maxon.net
CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer’s performace capabilities. MAXON CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software, CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances.
The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).
We continue to see good gains from the Palit Sonic offering over the Galaxy model which is also overclocked.
Benchmarks — Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)
Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)
Version and / or Patch Used: Latest from Steam
Timedemo or Level Used: Custom Timedemo
Developer Homepage: http://www.valvesoftware.com
Product Homepage: http://www.half-life2.com
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By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism, responsiveness and new HDR technology, Half-Life 2 Episode Two opens the door to a world where the player’s presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies.
We benchmark Half Life 2 Episode Two with our own custom timedemos as to avoid possible driver optimizations using the «record demo_name» command and loading the timedemo with the «timedemo demo_name» command — For a full list of the commands, click here.
Moving over to our first real world gaming benchmark we can see the gains are shown at all resolutions on the Palit offering.
Benchmarks — World in Conflict
World in Conflict
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.0.0.5
Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
Developer Homepage: http://www.massive.se
Product Homepage: http://www.worldinconflict.com
World in Conflict is a real-time strategy video game by Massive Entertainment and to be published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows (DX9 and DX10) and the Xbox 360.
The game is set in 1989 where economic troubles cripple the Soviet Union and threaten to dissolve it.
However, the title pursues a «what if» scenario where, in this case, the Soviet Union does not collapse and instead pursues a course of war to remain in power. It is an intensive new game is sure to put plenty of stress on even the latest graphics cards and we use the built-in benchmarking for our testing.
The Palit manages to break that 30FPS minimum at the lowest resolution, and continues to keep a lead against the overclocked offering from Galaxy.
Benchmarks — Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Version and / or Patch Used: Latest Steam Version
Timedemo or Level Used: Custom time demo
Developer Homepage: http://www.splashdamage.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.enemyterritory.com/
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is the latest Quake incarnation to make it out of the iD labs and carries with it a fast paced experience that manages to place a good amount of strain on your graphics card.
We use a custom made time demo which shows a bit of everything and manages to give us a good solid benchmark for the graphics cards that we test.
We continue to see the performance increase from the overclocked Palit offering against the Galaxy OC model.
Benchmarks — Crysis
Crysis
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.1
Timedemo or Level Used: Custom time demo
Developer Homepage: http://www.crytek.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.ea.com/crysis/
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From the makers of Far Cry, Crysis offers FPS fans the best-looking, most highly-evolving gameplay, requiring the player to use adaptive tactics and total customization of weapons and armor to survive in dynamic, hostile environments including Zero-G.
Real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features the CryENGINE 2 offers.
The CryENGINE 2 comes complete with all of its internal tools and also includes the CryENGINE 2 Sandbox world editing system.
The Palit card comes out ahead at the top and bottom resolution while at the middle resolution it seemed to sit back a little.
Benchmarks — Unreal Tournament 3
Unreal Tournament 3
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.1
Timedemo or Level Used:
Developer Homepage: http://www.epicgames.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.unrealtournament3.com/
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Following the formulae that made Unreal Tournament so great the third installment to the series has hit us recently with better than ever graphics. The games uses the latest Unreal Engine which like most modern day games when maxed out puts the pressure on our lineup of graphics cards.
The overclocked Sonic from Palit manages to just sit behind the more powerful 8800GT and continues to beat out the Galaxy 9600GT OC offering.
Benchmarks — High Quality AA and AF
High Quality AA and AF
Our high quality tests let us separate the men from the boys and the ladies from the girls. If the cards weren’t struggling before they will start to now.
3DMark06
Turning on AA and AF doesn’t affect the Palit offering at all, and it continues to come out ahead of the Galaxy with no dramas at all.
Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)
Moving to Episode Two we see the Galaxy come out ahead. This isn’t all that unusual as overclocking seems to sometimes have some reverse effects on source based games.
World In Conflict
We can see the overclocked Palit 9600GT manages to score up around the same as the Leadtek 8800GT. You would still need to bump some of the settings down though, this in order to get a playable setup with any form of AA.
Benchmarks — 3DMark06 — XP
3DMark06
Version and / or Patch Used: Build 110
Developer Homepage: http://www.
futuremark.com
Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/
Buy It Here
3DMark06 is the very latest version of the «Gamers Benchmark» from FutureMark. The newest version of 3DMark expands on the tests in 3DMark05 by adding graphical effects using Shader Model 3.0 and HDR (High Dynamic Range lighting) which will push even the best DX9 graphics cards to the extremes.
3DMark06 also focuses on not just the GPU but the CPU using the AGEIA PhysX software physics library to effectively test single and Dual Core processors.
Moving over to Windows XP we see the higher clocked Palit continues to have no issues beating out the Galaxy at all resolutions.
Benchmarks — CINEBENCH R10 — XP
CINEBENCH R10
Version and / or Patch Used: Release 10
Developer Homepage: http://www.maxon.net/
Product Homepage: http://www.
maxon.net
CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer’s performace capabilities. MAXON CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software, CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).
We again see the Palit come out ahead. We can see though that there isn’t a big difference between the three cards and the 8800GT sits back slightly here.
Benchmarks — World in Conflict — XP
World in Conflict
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.
0.0.5
Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
Developer Homepage: http://www.massive.se
Product Homepage: http://www.worldinconflict.com
World in Conflict is a real-time strategy video game by Massive Entertainment and to be published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows (DX9 and DX10) and the Xbox 360.
The game is set in 1989 where economic troubles cripple the Soviet Union and threaten to dissolve it. However, the title pursues a «what if» scenario where, in this case, the Soviet Union does not collapse and instead pursues a course of war to remain in power. It is an intensive new game is sure to put plenty of stress on even the latest graphics cards and we use the built-in benchmarking for our testing.
We again see that the Palit offering is just able to beat out the Galaxy offering, though it sits 1 FPS behind at 1600 x 1200 in the minimum FPS score.
Benchmarks — Unreal Tournament 3 — XP
Unreal Tournament 3
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.
1
Timedemo or Level Used:
Developer Homepage: http://www.epicgames.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.unrealtournament3.com/
Buy It Here
Following the formulae that made Unreal Tournament so great the third installment to the series has hit us recently with better than ever graphics. The games uses the latest Unreal Engine which like most modern day games when maxed out puts the pressure on our lineup of graphics cards.
Performance gains across the board here; the overclocked Palit card once again beats out the overclocked Galaxy at all resolutions.
Benchmarks — Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR) — XP
Half Life 2 (Episode Two HDR)
Version and / or Patch Used: Latest from Steam
Timedemo or Level Used: Custom Timedemo
Developer Homepage: http://www.valvesoftware.com
Product Homepage: http://www.
half-life2.com
Buy It Here
By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism, responsiveness and new HDR technology, Half-Life 2 Episode Two opens the door to a world where the player’s presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies.
We benchmark Half Life 2 Episode Two with our own custom timedemos as to avoid possible driver optimizations using the «record demo_name» command and loading the timedemo with the «timedemo demo_name» command — For a full list of the commands, click here.
We continue to see the gains for the Palit offering in our final real world game test.
Temperature and Sound Tests
Temperature Tests
With the TES 1326 Infrared Thermometer literally in hand we found ourselves getting real-world temperatures from the products we test at load (3D clock speeds).
There are two places we pull temperature from — the back of the card directly behind the core and if the card is dual slot and has an exhaust point we also pull a temperate from there, as seen in the picture.
The aftermarket dual slot cooler from Palit manages to be the coolest out of the batch, significantly cooler compared to the Galaxy in fact.
Sound Tests
Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
The increased cooling doesn’t come at any real cost of noise. It puts out similar levels to the stock Leadtek Zalman cooler and is also quieter then the Galaxy aftermarket option.
Power Consumption Tests
Using our new PROVA Power Analyzer WM-01 or «Power Thingy» as it has become quickly known as to our readers, we are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed.
Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into AC wall socket).
There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.
The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum — only a 7,200RPM SATA-II single hard drive is used without CD ROM or many cooling fans.
So while the system might draw 400 watts in our test system, placing it into your own PC with a number of other items, the draw is going to be higher.
In our last test we see the Palit 9600GT power levels come in at the lowest.
Final Thoughts
This card really looked good as soon as we pulled it out of the box. For starters, you get display galore; Dual Link DVI, HDMI, Display port and your standard TV-Out port.
The cooler is also tried and tested with previous models and runs like a dream. If that doesn’t do it for you we also have a copy of Tomb Raider Anniversary to keep you occupied.
Now, if features don’t do it for you we have a nice overclock out of the box which really lets the card scream along when compared to the Galaxy 9600GT which is also overclocked.
This card is just truly kick ass, and Palit have gone out of the way to offer something that stands out from the competition. There is no doubt that this card has the potential to sell well, and with the aggressive pricing we see from Palit the card would suit everyone from a person who enjoys gaming to someone who wants to be display-proof to someone who’s just looking for an awesome card to suit their HTPC which is also capable of doing a bit of gaming.
This card really sets the benchmark for the 9600GT and it’s going to be hard to beat. Palit have done an excellent job of the card and no doubt it’s going to be the card of choice for anyone who wants a card that offers an all round experience that covers everything from outputs to out of the box performance.
The Palit 9600GT Sonic is probably going to be the card for you!
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.
Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark — G3D Mark, PassMark — G2D Mark, Geekbench — OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.
0 — T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
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Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 3x more pipelines: 192 vs 64
- Around 76% better floating-point performance: 366.3 gflops vs 208 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 5.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 96 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark — G3D Mark: 636 vs 504
- 3.8x better performance in PassMark — G2D Mark: 214 vs 57
- 14.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.705 vs 0.
465 - 11.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames): 1494 vs 127
- 11.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps): 1494 vs 127
| Launch date | 27 March 2014 vs 21 February 2008 |
| Pipelines | 192 vs 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 366.3 gflops vs 208 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt vs 96 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| PassMark — G3D Mark | 636 vs 504 |
| PassMark — G2D Mark | 214 vs 57 |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
6.705 vs 0.465 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames) | 1494 vs 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) | 1494 vs 127 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 954 MHz
- Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 15.26 GTexel / s
- 900x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
- Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1833
- Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1833
| Core clock speed | 1625 MHz vs 954 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 20. 8 billion / sec vs 15.26 GTexel / s |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) | 3161 vs 1833 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) | 3161 vs 1833 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark — G3D Mark | 636 | 504 |
| PassMark — G2D Mark | 214 | 57 |
| Geekbench — OpenCL | 2026 | |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
6.705 | 0.465 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 100.391 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.441 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s) | 8.146 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 20.64 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 977 | |
GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Frames) |
1494 | 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) | 1833 | 3161 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 977 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) | 1494 | 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) | 1833 | 3161 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score | 192 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Kepler 2. 0 |
Tesla |
| Code name | GK208B | G94 |
| Launch date | 27 March 2014 | 21 February 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $34.99 | $179 |
| Place in performance rating | 1359 | 1453 |
| Price now | $34.99 | $39.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 23. 15 |
23.72 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 1625 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 192 | 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 366.3 gflops | 208 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 95 °C | 105 °C |
| Pipelines | 192 | 64 |
| Texture fill rate | 15. 26 GTexel / s |
20.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt | 96 Watt |
| Transistor count | 292 million | 505 million |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | S / PDIF |
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI |
| HDCP | ||
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048×1536 | 2048×1536 |
| Multi monitor support | ||
| Bus support | PCI Express 2. 0 |
16x PCI-E 2.0 |
| Height | 2.713″ (6.9 cm) | 4.376″ (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7″ (14.5 cm) | 9″ (22.9 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 6-pin |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4. 5 |
2.1 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 57.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1.8 GB/s | 900 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| CUDA | ||
| FXAA | ||
| PhysX | ||
| PureVideo | ||
| SLI |
User manual BFG Tech GeForce 9600 GT (English
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BFG Tech GeForce 9600 GT specifications
Below you will find the product specifications and the manual specifications of the BFG Tech GeForce 9600 GT.
General
| Brand | BFG Tech |
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT | BFGC96512GTOCE |
| Product | Video Card |
| Language | English |
| Filetype | Usermanual (PDF) |
Memory
| Graphics card memory type | GDDR2 |
| Memory bus | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth (max) | 57. 6 GB/s |
Processor
| Graphics processor | GeForce 9600 GT |
| Graphics card RAMDAC | 400 MHz |
| Processor front side bus | 675 MHz |
| Stream processors | 64 |
| Shader clock | 1700 MHz |
| Maximum resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| Maximum displays per videocard | 2 |
| Graphics processor family | NVIDIA |
Ports & interfaces
| Interface type | PCI Express 2. |
| DVI ports quantity | 2 |
| DVI-I ports quantity | 2 |
| TV-out | ✓ |
Performance
| DirectX version | 10 |
| Video formats supported | H.264,VC-1,WMV |
| Shader model version | 4.0 |
| OpenGL version | 2. |
| Dual Link DVI | ✓ |
| PhysX | ✓ |
| Texture Fill Rate (TFR) | 21.6 GTexel/s |
| HDCP | ✓ |
Other features
| Mac compatibility | ✗ |
| Compatible operating systems | Win XP, Vista |
| Cable type | HDTV |
| Power requirements | 12V, 18A |
| HDMI | ✓ |
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System requirements
| Minimum system requirements | CD/DVD-ROM drive |
| Minimum RAM | 100 MB |
| Minimum storage drive space | 512 MB |
Design
| Form factor | Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL) |
| Cooling type | Active |
| Certification | ROHS, CE, FC |
| Bracket height | Full-Height (FH) |
Power
| Minimum system power supply | 425 W |
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Review of ECS GeForce 9600 GT c 2048 MB — Bigger Doesn’t Mean Better GECID.
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Video cards based on NVIDIA GeForce 9 chips600 GT has long gained popularity as a fairly productive and inexpensive solutions designed for a wide range of users. In our articles, we have repeatedly reviewed products based on this GPU, but until now, not one of the accelerators has had such interesting and unusual characteristics.
Today we have a guest from sunny Taiwan, ELITEGROUP GeForce 9600 GT (ECS N9600GT-2GMS-P) graphics accelerator in our laboratory.
What is so unusual about him? Firstly, until now we have not come across ECS video adapters. Secondly, the card has 2048 MB of GDDR2 memory, which is completely unusual for this series. And, thirdly, a passive cooling system is installed on the board, which makes the work absolutely silent.
But first things first, and let’s start with the manufacturer.
Founded in 1987, Elitegroup Computer Systems is primarily known to us as one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards. The company is headquartered in Taiwan and has offices in North America, Europe and the Atlantic region. The list of manufactured products of the company is quite large, it includes: motherboards for home and industrial use, video cards, servers, workstations and laptops. The company is constantly developing and expanding its range of products. That is why we continue to get acquainted with this company through the original video card.
Let’s move on to the technical characteristics of this graphics accelerator.
Specification
|
Manufacturer and model |
ECS N9600GT-2GMS-P |
|
Graphics core |
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (G94-300-B1) |
|
Process technology, nm |
55 |
|
Conveyors |
64 unified |
|
Supported APIs |
DirectX 10. |
|
Core frequency (shader domain), MHz |
650 (1625) |
|
Size (type) of memory, MB |
2048 (GDDR2) |
|
Real (effective) memory frequency, MHz |
400 (800 DDR) |
|
Memory bus |
256 bit |
|
Tire standard |
PCI Express 2.0 X16 |
|
Maximum resolution |
Up to 2560×1600 (Dual-link DVI) |
|
Outlets |
2x DVI-I (VGA via adapter only) |
|
HDCP support |
Yes |
|
Drivers |
Latest drivers can be downloaded from: |
|
Manufacturer website |
http://eu.ecs.com.tw/ |
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264, VC-1, MPEG2 and WMV9 The card has a core clock of 650 MHz, as many as 2048 MB of GDDR2 memory at 400 MHz (800 MHz effective) with a 256-bit bus. Here lies the first technical innovation of the manufacturer, i.e. we get a large amount of memory, but at the same time it is more than twice as slow as the GDDR3 chips, which in the «reference» accelerators operate at a frequency of 1800 MHz. But how this will affect the performance of the system, testing will show. Note that the graphics adapter supports DirectX 10.0, OpenGL 2.1, as well as hardware decoding of high-definition video with the most common codecs.
Packing and contents
The card is delivered in a dark, almost black, medium-sized cardboard box.
The front side depicts a creature resembling a black Nazgul knight who saddled a ferocious dragon from the immortal works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. On the top left is the ECS ELITEGROUP logo, on the right is the emblem of NVIDIA and patented technologies, at the bottom is the name of the chip on which the accelerator is made, and solid numbers 2048 MB indicating the amount of memory. In addition, the manufacturer highlights the cooling system used, and for good reason, because it is familiar to many, one of the best systems from Arctic Cooling — the legendary Accelero S2. But we’ll talk about cooling later, but now let’s turn the box over.
On the reverse side, it is described in detail in eight languages, including Russian, what is needed for the operation of the video card, screenshots of games are taken and details are given about the advantages of Accelero S2 and NVIDIA proprietary technologies.
In addition, the key features of the GPU, the minimum system requirements for the system in which the accelerator will be installed, and confirmation that the box contains an NVIDIA GeForce 9 graphics card are listed in black on bright green on the side of the box.
600 GT.
In addition to the accelerator, the package contains:
- user manual;
- driver disk;
- Power adapter from peripheral connectors to 6-pin PCI Express.
It is a pity that the package does not include an adapter for HDTV component output and a DVI to VGA adapter.
Taking out the video adapter, you immediately pay attention to the dimensions. Due to the cooling system, the accelerator looks much larger than its counterparts in the «reference» version. Although the board itself is unremarkable, it has standard dimensions and design, and is made on a blue textolite. But the whole assembly is respectful.
On the huge heatsink there is an advertising sticker with the ECS logo, the name of the video card and cooler, as well as an inscription that it must be removed before installing the accelerator in the system unit.
On the advice of the manufacturers, we have removed the label.
Through the gaps between the cooler fins, you can see the board and memory chips covered with heatsinks.
It is easy to see that the thickness of the cooling system fins is also not small and the whole structure will occupy at least two slots, and those who want to install an additional fan for blowing will most likely sacrifice one more.
The cooler rises high enough above the board’s textolite, and those who decide to use the video card in SLI mode will have to work hard putting a bridge between the radiator fins.
By the way, in the original, boxed version of the cooling system, the Accelero S2 logo flaunts instead of the ECS logo, however, it is still hidden under the sticker.
On the other side of the board, you can see the memory modules and yellow circle stickers, indicating the successful passing of numerous checks of a strict quality control system. It is noteworthy that no heatsinks are installed on the memory chips on this side, and for those who plan to seriously increase the frequencies, we recommend installing the missing cooling elements.
As mentioned above, the owners of the board will have two DVI-I and TV-Out outputs at their disposal, and the owners of other inputs on information display systems will have to spend money on the appropriate adapters, which are available in abundance in stores, but in the delivery kit unfortunately not available.
After unscrewing the four screws, remove the radiator. For a more rigid attachment to the board, plastic brackets are put on the radiator, fixing its upper part. The cooler is equipped with two heat pipes that transfer heat from the surface of the GPU to the aluminum fins.
The copper base of the cooler cannot be called polished; traces of factory processing are clearly visible on it. Thermal paste is applied in a thin, even layer and provides sufficient thermal conductivity.
Heatpipes are soldered to the base, traces of soldering are clearly visible in the photo.
But the radiator fins have contact with the heat pipes only due to the force of friction, hot glue or soldering could not be found.
Having removed the cooling system, we see an almost ordinary video card on GeForce 9600 GT with slightly modified PCB layout. Now carefully soldered connectors for connecting a fan and a digital audio input have become visible. Moreover, if it is problematic to use a four-pin connector to improve cooling when the Accelero S2 is installed, then the two-pin SPDIF connector is installed with the pins up, which greatly facilitates connecting to it.
Let’s look at the GPU. The G94-300-B1 marking indicates that we are dealing with a new revision of the GPU, which is manufactured using a 55 nm process technology, which means that this chip has lower power consumption and higher overclocking potential.
The memory chips installed on the board are produced by the Korean company Hynix and have an access time of 2.5 ns, which corresponds to a frequency of 400 MHz (800 MHz effective). Each chip has a capacity of 128 MB, and 16 of them are soldered on the board.
In total, we get a total amount of available video memory of 2048 MB. The figure is impressive, but is there any benefit from this?
The used version of the GPU-Z utility, unfortunately, could not correctly identify the updated version of the GPU, but other characteristics are quite true.
For monitoring, as usual, we used the Riva Tuner utility, which theoretically confirmed the values of the video adapter parameters. In passive mode, the Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 cooler does its job quite well, keeping the GPU temperature at 65 degrees without making a sound.
We were also interested in checking how much the efficiency of the cooling system will increase when installing the VIZO Propeller PCL-201 cooler under the video card. As you can see, at the minimum rotation speed of the additional fans, the chip temperature dropped by 12°C (from 65°C to 53°C), which is very good. Therefore, we recommend that all users, when overclocking a video adapter in cramped cases with poor air circulation, especially on hot summer days, use additional airflow, which will allow your accelerator not only to feel better, but also protect you from unexpected expenses for buying a new accelerator.
Compare NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT video cards by all known characteristics in the categories: General information, Specifications, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions, requirements, API support, Memory, Technology support.
Analysis of video card performance by benchmarks: PassMark — G3D Mark, PassMark — G2D Mark, Geekbench — OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T -Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
versus
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Benefits
Reasons to choose NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
- Newer graphics card, 4 year(s) 2 month(s) difference in release dates: 5% more shader processors 96 vs 64
- 50% better floating point performance: 311.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
- Newer manufacturing process allows the graphics card to be more powerful, but with lower power consumption: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- Approximately 48% less power consumption: 65 Watt vs 96 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size(s): 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 2x more memory frequency: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
- About 37% better performance in PassMark — G3D Mark benchmark: 688 vs 504
- 3.7x better performance in PassMark — G2D Mark benchmark: 210 vs 57
- Performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels) benchmark /s) 14 times more: 6.
498 vs 0.465 - 14.6 times greater performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames) benchmark: 1853 vs 127
- 14.6 times greater performance in GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) benchmark: 18530 vs 125
| Issue date | 15 May 2012 vs 21 February 2008 |
| Number of shaders | 96 vs 64 |
| Floating point performance | 311.0 gflops vs 208 gflops |
| Process | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 96 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| PassMark — G3D Mark | 688 vs 504 |
| PassMark — G2D Mark | 210 vs 57 |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
6.498 vs 0.465 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames) | 1853 vs 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) | 1853 vs 127 |
Reasons to choose NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- 2x faster core clock: 1625 MHz vs 810 MHz
- 60% faster texturing speed: 20.8 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
- about 52% more performance in GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) benchmark: 3161 vs 2073
- about 52% more performance in GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) benchmark: 3161 vs 2073
| 1625 MHz vs 810 MHz | |
| Texturing Speed | 20.8 billion / sec vs 12. 96 GTexel / s |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) | 3161 vs 2073 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) | 3161 vs 2073 |
Benchmark comparison
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
| PassMark — G3D Mark |
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| PassMark — G2D Mark |
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CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Fps) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark — G3D Mark | 688 | 504 |
| PassMark — G2D Mark | 210 | 57 |
| Geekbench — OpenCL | 2079 | |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
6.498 | 0.465 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 140.06 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.502 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition (Frames/s) | 9.613 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 12.49 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1151 | |
GFXBench 4. 0 — Manhattan (Frames) |
1853 | 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Frames) | 2073 | 3161 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1151 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan (Fps) | 1853 | 127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex (Fps) | 2073 | 3161 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score | 170 |
Performance comparison
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Codename | GF108 | G94 |
| Issue date | 15 May 2012 | February 21, 2008 |
| Price at first issue date | $99. 99 |
$179 |
| Place in the rating | 1333 | 1453 |
| Price now | $99.21 | $39.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price/performance ratio (0-100) | 8.89 | 23.72 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 1625 MHz |
| Floating point performance | 311.0 gflops | 208 gflops |
| Process | 40nm | 65nm |
| Number of shaders | 96 | 64 |
| Texturing Speed | 12. 96 GTexel/s |
20.8 billion / sec |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 96 Watt |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 505 million |
| Number of CUDA conveyors | 64 | |
| Maximum temperature | 105 °C | |
| Video connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTV Two Dual Link DVI |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | |
| Maximum resolution VGA | 2048×1536 | |
| Multi-monitor support | ||
| Interface | PCIe 2. 0 x16 |
PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 145mm | 9″ (22.9cm) |
| Additional power connectors | None | 6-pin |
| Tire | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376″ (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI support | 2-way | |
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.
|