9600 GT

The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT GPU offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for extreme high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest DirectX 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with brilliant clarity. Featuring next generation GeForce and PureVideo® HD technologies, the GeForce 9600 GT GPU puts amazing graphics performance within your reach.

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HD Gaming for the Masses Get the most graphics bang for your buck with a GeForce 9600 GT GPU. With a 90% performance increase over the comparable 8 series graphics card , PC gamers everywhere can now enjoy games at extreme HD resolutions without breaking their wallets.

A Powerful Entertainment Hub Experience the GPU’s power while enjoying HD movies or having a premium 3D user experience with Windows Vista and Windows Media Center. PureVideo® HD technology provides lifelike pictures and vibrant color while CPU-offload capabilities enable you to manage your photos and videos with ease.

Future-Proof Technology Get up to 2x the performance with NVIDIA SLI® technology when paired with an identical 9600-based graphics card, and PCIe 2.0 compatibility ensures you’re ready for tomorrow’s games and 3D applications.

• NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology¹
  The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
  
• Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
  Provides spectacular picture clarity with frame-by-frame optimization.
  
• NVIDIA SLI® Technology²
  Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on today’s hottest games.
  
• PCI Express 2.0 Support
  Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 products are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.
  

¹ Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.
² NVIDIA SLI certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only.

CNET: Asus EN9600 GT
"Nvidia's new GeForce 9600 GT graphics chip gives the Asus EN9600 GT some of the best bang-for-the-buck we've seen in a midrange 3D card."

FringSquad: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Performance Preview
"If you're a gamer on a budget who craves the best performance in DX9 and DX10 games, the GeForce 9600 GT is the best card on the market right now."

Toms Hardware: Nvidia's GeForce 9600 GT Tested
"This card is a valid replacement for the GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB, and is the best low-cost solution for gamers who play with antialiasing enabled."

HardOCP: BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC
"The GeForce 9600 GT is a great GPU."

Anandtech: Bringing Competition to Midrange: The GeForce 9600 GT Raises NVIDIA's Sub $200 Bar
"Thankfully, those who spend less than $200 on their new graphics hardware will finally have a reason to upgrade."

PC Perspective: BFG GeForce 9600 GT 512MB Review - NVIDIA G94 Tested
"...is in contention for the best price/performance and performance/watt we have seen in quite some time."

Extremetech: GeForce 9600 GT Graphics Card Review
"For its price, this is quite a fast card and a very good buy."

Legit Reviews: EVGA, PALIT and XFX GeForce 9600 GT Video Card Review
"After using these three GeForce 9600 GT video cards it's clear that 512MB is the sweet spot as it is ideal for higher resolutions that require larger frame buffers. All of the cards did great..."

Computer shopper: Asus EN9600GT Graphics Card Review
"Asus' EN9600GT is an under-$200 graphics card—based on nVidia's GeForce 9600 GT graphics engine—that offers good 3D performance even on the most demanding games."

NVnews: EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC GT SSC Review
"The EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC performed flawlessly during the course of this review and is recommended by nV News."

Ars Technica: Ars Technica reviews the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
"Simply put, the 9600 GT is one hell of a card."

Guru3d: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 6-Way Shootout review
"The GeForce 9600 GT series is a truly grand graphics card in the mid-range segment and we can recommend it a lot."

Main | Features | Reviews

	GeForce 9600 GT
Stream Processors	64
Core Clock (MHz)	650 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz)	1625 MHz
Memory Clock (MHz)	900 MHz
Memory Amount	512MB
Memory Interface	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	57.6
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	20.8

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