Sunday, January 18th 2009
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XFX Loads 1.5 GB of Memory Onto Special GeForce 9600 GSO
XFX released a special FarCry 2 themed graphics card based on the GeForce 9600 GSO graphics processor. The bundle includes a copy of the popular first-person-shooter title, FarCry 2. Its specifications are spiced-up by its memory: 1.5 GB. The memory however is DDR2 and is clocked at 800 MHz, with a bus width of 192-bits. This G92-based graphics card features 96 shader units clocked at 1,450 MHz, with the core running at 580 MHz. It sports a distinct XFX design with black-coloured PCB and single-slot cooling.
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Donanim Haber
39 Comments on XFX Loads 1.5 GB of Memory Onto Special GeForce 9600 GSO
On the other hand, I guess it's not a big deal for them since it's DDR2 which is ridiculously cheap.
Everywhere I turn it seems they are giving away FarCry 2 copies. What a shame they don't give out bundles like they used to. I remember buying an ASUS GeForce TI 500 many years ago and getting like 6-7 games with it.
Talk about all dressed up and no place to go,....
ddr2 doesn't have near enough bandwidth for this amount of memory to be used well, not to mention the fact they slapped it on a mid-range card. i could see a 9800/gtx280 with 1.5GB, but a freakin' 9600gso?
or know that more memory means better but when they got it they realise that a 256mb card is better than 1.5gb :nutkick:
is this card really 150 dollars, can someone verify that, thats crazy.
these companies are dogging out the GSO's now, xfx also has a 128 bit, 1GB DDR2 version, and thats just terrible.
i've told everyone this before, but i'll say it again.
i play a game called silkroad online, and i cheat at it with a bot. using the multi client hack i can only get about 4-5 chars logged on with a 512mb card(4870) and a guad core with 4 gigsof ddr2. one of my guild mates has a rig with a 2180 dualcore, 4gigs of ram and a 9500gt with 1gig of ddr2 on it. he can run 7 or 8 clients easily on his rig.
so a 1.5 gig card should let me get about 10 clients going. gold bots ftw lol