For the price this card is awesome... I play all of the latest games on High or very high settings with this. Yes even Crysis i can play on Very High setting (DX9).

Believe me buy it if you can!

I just wanted to share my OC results for both 8800 gt and 9600 gt systems that I have. I built the 9600gt system for my Friend, and wanted to compare my 8800gt system with the new 9600gt System. Both machines are of Similar configuration except for the GPU. Here are the results:
System Profile:
Q6600 at 3.4ghz
P5K Deluxe Mobo

8800gt System (Quad-Fusion)
3DMark06: 14541
XFX 8800gt
Stock: 640/1600/900
Max Stable OC: 730/1825/1050
Accelero S1 Rev.2 w/ 120mm fan
Temp>> Idle:38c Load: 47c
9600gt System (Magnus-Machine)
3DMark06: 13312
XFX 9600gt
Stock: 650/1600/900
Max Stable OC: 821/2105/1050
Thermalright HR-03 GT w/ 92mm Fan
Temp>> Idle:33c Load: 46c


8800gt System (Quad-Fusion) 3DMark06: 14541




9600gt System (Magnus-Machine) 3DMark06: 13312

Only Configuration Differences between the two systems were:
8800gt powered by Rosewill Xtreme 750w, CPU cooled by Zalman 9700NT, Antec 900 Case
9600gt powered by PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W, CPU cooled by Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with Scythe 110cfm fan, Raidmax Smilodon Case

Well. go see www.guru3d.com they have a full review of this card, and yes it can compete with the 8800gt, except in extreme DX10 games, where the gt outperforms it (but not that much) and it is way better than the 8600!!!!

Just a thought

I just bought 2! :-D

Benchmarks:

Benchmark - 9600GT - 9600GT SLI - 8800Ultra
3DMark 03 1024x768 - 33325 - 55440 - 42469
3DMark 03 1280x1024 - 26138 - 44946 - 34409
3DMark 05 1024x768 - 17167 - 18805 - 17700
3DMark 05 1280x1024 - 16141 - 18427 - 17084
3DMark 06 - 10036 - 13080 - 12142

http://www.nordichardware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=9678&forum=30

P.S. Sorry bout the formatting

EDIT: This is only a mid-range card, so don't panic that one doesn't kill a 8800! It is supposed to compete with the HD3850.

Seems a bit overpriced but then again we are in SA. Better to get a 8800GT imo since it wipes the floor with this card for only R300 or so more.

EDIT: This is NOT better than a 8800GT, this is rather a replacement for the pathetic 8600 series so it's the new low end card. The only 8800 card this outperforms is the 8800GS which isn't even locally available.

Is this really good...is it beter than the 8800GT?? Please let me knw...have anybody tested the card yeat?

Probably a mistake. It's apparently meant to debut on Valentine's day.

Seems it'll be using a 65nm core with 64 processing units, 512mb of 256-bit GDDR2/GDDR3 (probably the latter) ram.

I think you're better off buying a 8800GT 512mb G92 over this; R400 or so more, and the perfomance ought to be somewhat greater.

Cool,

I cant find any other site that has it for sale.

Nice one for Take 2!!!!

Cant be right