Question and Advice for graphic card

There are a few other things to look into between these two cards. One the GPU the other the connection it uses to the board. think of it this way Bandwidth is like a highway, you can have 8 lanes but when it come to the toll you only have 6. See the bottle neck there the Toll would be your GPU and connection to the mobo. the 9600GT has a 500 clock and PCI-Express 2.0. The 9500GT has 550 clock and just a PCI-Express. With not knowing much about these type of cards and just the specs here I would choose the 9600GT.

To me the rule is bandwidth is nothing if your chip cant run at the same speed.
its like having a 20 inch water pipe but at the top is only a 1 inch output.

i cant believe you've settled for the 9500GT for so long (given your system specs) , im trying to work out why the cards have a different bandwidth..??, they're both running 1024mb of DDR2....the RAM on the 9500 must be clocked higher than the 9600, (or its a misprint)

''IMO'' forget the 9600GT, i'd look at the GTS250 or the GTX260 (budget & PSU permitting), the cards ive listed are pretty cheap now, the release of GT300 will see the current prices drop even further...

your Q6600 is SCREAMING for a decent GPU... dont dissapoint her.......lol

cptsianios said:

skunksmash said:

i cant believe you've settled for the 9500GT for so long (given your system specs) , im trying to work out why the cards have a different bandwidth..??, they're both running 1024mb of DDR2....the RAM on the 9500 must be clocked higher than the 9600, (or its a misprint)

''IMO'' forget the 9600GT, i'd look at the GTS250 or the GTX260 (budget & PSU permitting), the cards ive listed are pretty cheap now, the release of GT300 will see the current prices drop even further...

your Q6600 is SCREAMING for a decent GPU... dont dissapoint her.......lol

Do you know when Nvidia will release the new series?

were looking at Q4 of this year..... they're gonna want them out for Christmas no doubt......:)