Synaesthesia Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 This card with 512mb is awesome! Wonder if it will work in Mac OS X? Some reviews... At the same time, AMD has cut prices of it's 3850 and 3870 cards to combat the new threat. They now cost $170 and $185 at newegg, respectively. Impressive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 hey, good find. tested also here: http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/21/nvi...eforce_9600_gt/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshitcat Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Just read the reviews. Looks sweeeet! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.nomac Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 The 9600GT is slightly less powerful than the 8800GT so I guess an 8800GT is the better choice for any OSx86 interested User. If there will be no powerful and cheap 9800 card in the near future, then I think my new PC will be powered by a GeForce 8800GT, since you can also find this one in Apple's Mac Pro. .nomac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 no go in osx yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 no go in osx yet. That's a shame. It'll be interesting how much this card will be. Performance wise, it's nearly identical to the HD 3870. Im looking at getting a new card round about that performance this easter, so price and OS X compatibility will be the deciding factors Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanillaTbone Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I just bought the PNY model today from newegg... Hopefully it will get support from the OSx86 project soon... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RouteZeroDesign Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 How long until a 9800gtx? Im buying two 8800gtxs at the moment, should i wait for the 98@@ before making the plunge? Currently im running integrated gpu on my mac book......and a voodoo 3dfx card on my pc lol, the pci-e slots are very annoyed with me lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 As soon as someone receives it, please try it with nvinject And let us known how it goes ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Wont be supported because of the chipset. As of now, OS X only supports up to the G92 chipsets, these are G94's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrancew_hod Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 At first I thought there was a faster card on the market after I just paid for a 8800GT. Whew! I read the Tom's Hardware article and the the card is pretty good, but I should see better performance out of mine since it is overclocked at 700mhz. I have to get out of the Mac OS long enough to test it though... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Wont be supported because of the chipset. As of now, OS X only supports up to the G92 chipsets, these are G94's. My bad, thought they were G92 Yeah they won't work then. But you are wrong on one point, OSX supports G98 (9400 series) too, but not G94. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 My bad. lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0td0wn Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Wow.. can't believe 3870 killed it.. referring to benchmarks above. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Wow.. can't believe 3870 killed it.. referring to benchmarks above. Yep, I'm happy with my 3870. Great price to performance. Still, it's nice to know that the GeForce 9 Series will offer good midrange, something the 8 Series lacked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-636932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 The 3870 is just as fast as the 9600GT. Add the fact that it works in OS X and you have a winner! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-637395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Only $200 from TigerDirect.. I'd get one if I had PCI Express 2.0 on my motherboard.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-637459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermatea Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 You don't absolutely need PCI-Express 2.0 to run this card, because it'll still run great without it, however to get the most out it, you do need a PCI-Express 2.0 compatible slot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-638471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Wrong... Even most high end cards like 8800GTX are not using 100% of PCIe 1.0 x16, so don't expect ANY card, specially a mid range one like 9600GT to actually need PCIe 2.0 to fully run. It'll run the same on PCIe 1.0, exactly the same. Don't ask me why though this card is PCIe 2.0, that's another mystery Even the 8800GT... Since PCIe 1.0 cards are working on PCIe 2.0 slots... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-638646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torell Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 hahaha stupid numbering systems, anyone remember the Radeon 9600, 9700 and 9800 series? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-640592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Is the 8800GTX still the best card you can get though? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-640629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliber Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 No that would be the Ultra I think *-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-640718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 ya so my dad's iMac has a 9600. Can it match the 8800GT? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-641306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmoncu Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 got myself two of these... hope that OSX x86 support will apply to this card soon im still thinking what motherboard to use these cards at. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-651162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Why not just get a 8800GT or 8800GTS and be sure that it will work? SLI definitely doesn't work, but the 3870X2 and crossfire does... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89149-9600gt-launched/#findComment-651398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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