ExtremeTech reviews eVGA’s GeForce 9600 GT SSC
Here’s a rarity for me – a posting about a graphics card. Yeah.. I must say that I don’t follow the PC graphics industry as close as I used to. This is mostly because I don’t find myself gaming on the PC anymore. If there’s any gaming to be done in my household, it’s nearly all on the Xbox 360 console. Sorry to disappoint there!
However, with that said, I’ve been looking for a nice inexpensive upgrade for the integrated graphics found in my HP system (which I know I’ve yet to review here). There are definitely many options for me to choose from these days – everything from low end NVIDIA GeForce 8600 based cards to the Radeon HD 3850′s. The latest cards that are peaking my interest are based on the new NVIDIA G94 chip. An example of this can be found in eVGA’s GeForce 9600 GT SSC graphics card which is reviewed over at ExtremeTech.com. According to ExtremeTech, the GeForce 9600 GT SSC is similar to the G92 based GeForce 8800 GT graphics cpu except there’s a reduction in the number of shader units (down to 64) but higher clock speeds and a nice large 256 bit wide memory interface.
Here’s what they thought of the graphics card from eVGA:
EVGA’s factory-overclocked SSC model breaks the $200 barrier, but it still delivers a whole lot of bang for the buck.
A card in the $200 dollar price range with solid performance – definitely something to look at in the coming months for me.
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