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Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
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Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
AMD is taking the whole concept of a next-generation product flying out of NVIDIA's factory doors with an unnerving level of calm. The main points of a press conference...
The validity of the second point can be debated, considering DX10.1 games are still a ways away, and most users are hard-pressed to find the exact difference between DX10.1 and DX10.
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- The 9600GT, in benchmarks scores roughly between an HD3850 and an HD3870. The HD3850 can be had for $169USD, and the HD3870 can be had for $189USD. Suggested MSRP for the 9600GT: $169-189USD.
- The current offerings from AMD are more feature rich than the 9600GT. Such features are DirectX 10.1, 55nm manufacturing, and built-in HDCP encoding.
- AMD's offerings currently beat the 9600GT in terms of heat, power consumption and noise.
The validity of the second point can be debated, considering DX10.1 games are still a ways away, and most users are hard-pressed to find the exact difference between DX10.1 and DX10.
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