Zotac GeForce 9600 GT Amp! Edition

, on Feb 21st, 2008, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: ZOTAC

Introduction

Today NVIDIA introduces the first card of the GeForce 9 Series. The GeForce 9600 GT we have on the testbench today is based on the new G94 core which is basically a cut down version of the G92 used on several GeForce 8 products like 8800 GT and 8800 GTS 512. NVIDIA took most of the G92 design and removed 64 shader pipes. The render backend has remained the same. From an engineering standpoint there is absolutely no reason why this product should be called GeForce 9 and not be a GeForce 8 product. However, since the GeForce 8 lineup is already quite crowded and GeForce 9 needs a lower midrange product anyway, NVIDIA chose to call it Geforce 9600 GT. When comparing GeForce 8600 GT with 9600 GT, NVIDIA claims that performance will double just by moving one generation ahead.

Zotac has taken the NVIDIA reference design and increased the clock speeds by over 10% to have a product that stands out from the crowd of reference designs that other manfuacturers offer.

	Radeon HD 2600 XT	GeForce 8600 GTS	Radeon HD 3850	Radeon HD 3870	GeForce 9600 GT	Zotac 9600 GT Amp	GeForce 8800 GTS	GeForce 8800 GT	GeForce 8800 GTS	Radeon HD 2900 XT	GeForce 8800 GTX	GeForce 8800 Ultra
Shader units	120	32	320	320	64	64	96	112	128	320	128	128
ROPs	4 x2	8	16	16	16	16	20	16	16	16 x2	24	24
GPU	RV630	G84	RV670	RV670	G94	G94	G80	G92	G92	R600	G80	G80
Transistors	390M	289M	666M	666M	505M	505M	681M	754M	754M	700M	681M	681M
Memory Size	256 MB	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	128 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	320 bit	256 bit	256 bit	512 bit	384 bit	384 bit
Core Clock	800 MHz	675 MHz	670 MHz	777 MHz	650 MHz	725 MHz	500 MHz	600 MHz	650 MHz	742 MHz	575 MHz	612 MHz
Memory Clock	1100 MHz	1000 MHz	828 MHz	1126 MHz	900 MHz	1000 MHz	800 MHz	900 MHz	970 MHz	825 MHz	900 MHz	1080 MHz
Price	$90	$110	$170	$210	$200	$220	$260 $350	$215	$289	$299	$439	$650