   NVIDIA Geforce 9600 or 9800?
  Hi everyone,I need to upgrade my graphics card, and I'm trying to decide between the Geforce 9600 GT or the Geforce 9800 GT. The 9800 that I'm looking at is this one.It seems like the 9800 would be the best choice but I heard that the 9800 is really just the 8800 with a new name.What do you think? Which should I get?   
  A 8800 GT?From what are you upgrading too? If it's a 8800 GT, don't bother, you'd be upgrading sideways. These cards are bottom of the barrel / last gen. You could probably nick one of those second-hand for peanuts. I wouldn't spend cash for one new. Anyway, It's not a hardware forums.   ;  indeed its not.. so this thread is being moved...If you throw us some more details about your system and what you plan to do then we can probably advice you better about getting a new card...Heck, the NV 9x00 isn't even 'last gen' now, with Fermi out the door its two generations old, and older in the case of the rebadged chips :o   ;  I went from 8500 GT to a 250 GTS 1GB.  I'm lovin it.  Of course, I had to move up to 64 bit Vista.  The process of buying a new graphics card, if you don't have tons of spare cash, is long process of scratching your head and reading benchmarks.   ;  theres a lot of better choices than thateg these are not only cheaper but theyre also betterhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500132http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130539   ;  deleted   ;Quote:Original post by zebesteThe GT 240 is not better: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=619&card2=575But the 250 is: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=606&card2=575The only things that make the 240 better than the 9800 GT is directx 10.1, 1 GB GDDR5 memory, and lower power use. But ultimately, the low 128-bit memory interface, fewer stream processors, etc., means that the performance is lower.The 250, on the other hand, is better except that it draws about 150 watts vs the 105 watts of the 9800, and only has 512 MB of memory. However, 512 MB is generally more than enough currently.Better yet, the Radeon 5770 performs exactly the same as the GTS 250, costs onyl about $10 more, has 1GB of VRAM, and supports DX11 natively...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141116&cm_re=5770-_-14-141-116-_-Product