It seems that the 9 series of the famous Geforce series of video processors isn’t going to be the end all of graphics power. That at least is the case in the 9600 GT.
The guys over at ExpReview have sneaked what seems to be a reference board from Nvidia and ran some 3DMark 06 tests on it. They tested the 9600 along side a 8800 GS and GT. What were the results? The card ran very similar scores the 8800 GS, but is still edged over by the 8800 GT.
The card is going to be faster then the current 8600 by a decent chunk, at least in 3dMark. The deal breaker could be the price point, because in the stat’s this card is going against the ATi 3870, which is already available and cheap. It will be much more interesting to see what the other 9 series cards benchmarks get, at the moment though, don’t expect it to be mind blowing.
For more info, jump over to The Inquirer.
It seems the GX2 has skipped a generation, landing in the 9 series Geforce’s instead of the current 8 series. Imagine if you took two 8800’s fabricated on the 65nm design (think 8800GT) and slapped together on a beastly PCIeX card. What you get is a card that should be 30% faster then a 8800 Ultra, with the option of running in Quad SLI for even more speed (maybe even Hex SLI?). Should really have been called the 8800 GX2, but who really cares?
For more info, click over to the Engadget Blog.