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EVGA GeForce 9600 GT SSC 512 MB Review
Packaging & Contents »Introduction
Recently NVIDIA launched their first card in the GeForce 9 Series. It is based on the new G94 core which uses the same architecture as G92, it actually is G92 with less shaders inside the die. The actual number of shaders is 64, versus 128 on G92. This helps bring down the transistor count and die size, resulting in a manufacturing cost reduction.
EVGA's GeForce 9600 GT SSC comes at greatly increased clocks over the NVIDIA reference design. Even though the cooler is the same, NVIDIA has beefed it up with some EVGA graphics and also adjusted the fan controller speeds it seems.
For reference please also consider reading our other GeForce 9600 GT reviews:
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| GeForce 8600 GTS | Radeon HD 3850 | Radeon HD 3870 | GeForce 9600 GT | EVGA 9600 GT SSC | GeForce 8800 GTS | GeForce 8800 GT | GeForce 8800 GTS | Radeon HD 2900 XT | GeForce 8800 GTX | GeForce 8800 Ultra | |
| Shader units | 32 | 320 | 320 | 64 | 64 | 96 | 112 | 128 | 320 | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 x2 | 24 | 24 |
| GPU | G84 | RV670 | RV670 | G94 | G94 | G80 | G92 | G92 | R600 | G80 | G80 |
| Transistors | 289M | 666M | 666M | 505M | 505M | 681M | 754M | 754M | 700M | 681M | 681M |
| Memory Size | 256 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 320 MB 640 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 768 MB | 768 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 320 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 512 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Core Clock | 675 MHz | 670 MHz | 777 MHz | 650 MHz | 740 MHz | 500 MHz | 600 MHz | 650 MHz | 742 MHz | 575 MHz | 612 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1000 MHz | 828 MHz | 1126 MHz | 900 MHz | 975 MHz | 800 MHz | 900 MHz | 970 MHz | 825 MHz | 900 MHz | 1080 MHz |
| Price | $110 | $170 | $210 | $169 | $179 | $260 $350 | $215 | $289 | $299 | $439 | $650 |