Upgrading to a 9600GT

I currently have the XFX 8600GTS XXX edition (which is OC from the factory):
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...tionId=1062796

I considering buying the XFX 9600GT XXX:
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...tionId=2037704

Which runs 2GHz/700MHz! (Memory/Core) :)

Was wondering:
1. I am a fan of XFX which usually provides good performance at a decent price, can anyone recomend an alternative?
I've noticed the eVGA card:
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...512-P3-N867-AR
Which runs at 1.95GHz/740Mhz and retails at 219US$.

2. I've noticed that the 9800 series is about to be released at the end of the month:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/..._got_9800_gx2/
and though i am definitely not going to purchase one, i was wondering on the effect it usually have on the price of the X600GT (9600GT in my case) series.

Thanks a lot! Best of luck!

I think the 8800GT > 9600GT.

See here.

Since they are both in the same price range, the 8800 seems like the better deal.

I just got the Evga 8800 GT and I think its great, as i understand it it has a lifetime warranty too.

BFG is another really good vga maker. i bought i defective 6800gt off ebay once and got it replaced with a 7800gt no questions asked. + msi, evga, pny are all reliable companies

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Originally Posted by clocker

I think the 8800GT > 9600GT.

See here.

Since they are both in the same price range, the 8800 seems like the better deal.

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Thanks for the help!
Yeah, the 8800GT and 9600GT go around the same price (9600GT is slightly cheaper). The 8800GT slightly ourperformes the 9600GT:
http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/i...3059.msg321149

However, i would not invest in a former generation (Unless its a 200$ GTX card... :)).

The 3870 is also out of the question since it doesn't deliver the goods nor has a significant difference in price. The only advantage it has over Nvidia cards is the HDMI output which is now part of the 9xxx series.

Looks like i'm treating myself with a VGA card... :P

My only worry is that as i can recall when the 8xxx series came out it was first the 88xx series then the 86xxx/85xxx/84xx (Which had an advantage over the 88xx, at that time, since it provided H264 hardware decoding acceleration which the 88xx did not).
I do not remember how it was for the 6xxx/5xxx series...
If anyone does recall, i would be happy to understand the effect it had on the price of the slower series.

Thanks again!