Newegg: XFX 9600 GSO 768MB with free poker set

[slugbug]

Newegg is selling the XFX 9600 GSO 768MB graphics card for $102.44 with free shipping ending today Nov 21st. Newegg.ca - XFX PVT96OSDFH GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 192-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

A $30 US mail in rebate is available which is good until Nov 30th: http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/XFX14-150-320Nov1Nov3008lc77.pdf

XFX is also giving a free poker set with this graphics card.

 

[Cptn Vortex]

Quite the deal for a nice little card!

 

[lowfat]

How does this card compare to an 8800GS 384mb? As you could grab one of those for $55 shipped from DC (at least yesterday you could).

 

[Dead Things]

How does this card compare to an 8800GS 384mb? As you could grab one of those for $55 shipped from DC (at least yesterday you could).

For gaming - the 384MB one would be great at 1280x800 and below. But at 1440x900 or 1680x1050, the 768MB version should offer a significant improvement. I would imagine, though, that either card would struggle at 1920x1200.

For folding - basically no difference at all, maybe +5% max for the 768MB version. VRAM plays a very minor role with the nv core.

 

[matsta31]

XFX have their MIR company under chapter 11....

 

[Jonwall]

Kind of an odd freebie to give lol, a poker set with a video card

 

[yamawho]

How does this card compare to an 8800GS 384mb? As you could grab one of those for $55 shipped from DC (at least yesterday you could).

There is 4 left but the price 82.99 less 35$ MIR ...

The last poster at Newegg didn't like the card very much ...

 

[BALISTX]

Is not 768MB DDR2, pretty much the same speed as 384MB DDR3? Maybe this is a dumb question.