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Offering an irresistible combination of performance and price, it is no wonder that the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT is perhaps one of the more popular GPUs at the moment. Launched slightly more than half a year ago, the GeForce 9600 GT was the first of NVIDIA's GeForce 9 series cards, and is targeted squarely at the lucrative mid-range mainstream market.
Since its launch, we have seen many variants from graphics vendors. To stand out, they often employ one of two commonly used methods, or sometimes even both. One of the methods is factory-overclocking. Zotac's AMP! Edition and Palit's Sonic series of cards are two such examples. Another method vendors use to differentiate themselves from the competition is the addition of customized cooling solutions. Think Zalman coolers, MSI Hybrid Freezers and ASUS Glaciators.
So what about the Zotac GeForce 9600 GT DP? What makes it so special? We are glad you asked. Not only does it sport a fancy Zalman cooler, it also comes factory-overclocked, but beyond this, it also has a host of video outputs. Apart from the usual two DVI and mini-DIN S/Video output, it also has one for HDMI, another for VGA and yet another for the newer DisplayPort interface. In short, the works.
Like all other Zotac cards, the Zotac GeForce 9600 GT DP comes in Zotac's familiar orange box.
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So join us as we take a look to see if this is one of the most complete GeForce 9600 GT cards that money can buy.
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Zotac GeForce 9600 GT DP and competitive comparison cards
| Model |
Zotac
GeForce 9600 GT DP 512MB |
NVIDIA
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB |
ATI
Radeon HD 3870 512MB |
ATI
Radeon HD 3850 256MB |
| Core
Code |
G94 |
G92 |
RV670 |
RV670 |
| Transistor
Count |
505
million |
754
million |
666
million |
666
million |
| Manufacturing
Process |
65nm |
65nm |
55nm |
55nm |
| Core
Clock |
675MHz |
600MHz |
775MHz |
670MHz |
| Stream
Processors |
64
Stream Processors |
112
Stream Processors |
64
Processors (320 Stream processing units) |
64
Processors (320 Stream processing units) |
| Stream
Processors Clock |
1625MHz |
1500MHz |
775MHz |
670MHz |
| Texture
Mapping Units (TMU) or Texture Filtering (TF) units |
32 |
56 |
16 |
16 |
| Raster
Opertating Units (ROP) |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Memory
Clock |
1800MHz
GDDR3 |
1800MHz
GDDR3 |
2250MHz
GDDR4 |
1660MHz
GDDR3 |
| DDR
Memory Bus Width |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
| Memory
Bandwidth |
57.6GB/s |
57.6GB/s |
72.0GB/s |
53.1GB/s |
| PCI
Express Interface |
PCI
ver 2.0 x16 |
PCI
ver 2.0 x16 |
PCI
ver 2.0 x16 |
PCI
ver 2.0 x16 |
| Molex
Power Connectors |
1 x
6-pin |
1 x
6-pin |
1 x
6-pin |
1 x
6-pin |
| Multi
GPU Technology |
SLI |
SLI |
CrossFire |
CrossFire |
| DVI
Output Support |
2 x
Dual-Link |
2 x
Dual-Link |
2 x
Dual-Link |
2 x
Dual-Link |
| HDCP
Output Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Street
Price |
~
US$100 |
~
US$120 |
~
US$130 |
~
US$100 |
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