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BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2 REVIEW

"BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 review also featuring the HIS Radeon HD 3870. The BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 has a 15% higher clock speed than the HIS Radeon HD 3870 and 6% higher memory speed. Software used for benchmarking was Bio-Shock and Quake Wars."

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2
HIS RADEON HD 3870
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v9.1 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

BIO-SHOCK

NORMAL QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC266
HIS RADEON HD 387084

HIGH QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC256
HIS RADEON HD 387069

EXTREME QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC241
HIS RADEON HD 387060

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC HIS RADEON HD 3870

COMMENT - "After the good Battlefield 2142 result I expected better from the BFG GeForce 9600 GT which loses to the HIS Radeon HD 3870 by 24% with Bioshock."

ENEMY TERRITORY
QUAKE WARS

NORMAL QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC259
HIS RADEON HD 387056

HIGH QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC232
HIS RADEON HD 387042

EXTREME QUALITY

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC228
HIS RADEON HD 387036

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC HIS RADEON HD 3870

COMMENT - "The BFG GeForce 9600 GT put in a good fight but was outperformed by the HIS Radeon HD 3870 by 12% with Enemy Territory Quake Wars."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 put in a good early performance and it was a close result with the HIS Radeon HD 3870. The reason the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 was not always able to beat the HIS Radeon HD 3870 was because the BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 has 12% lower clock speed, 17% lower memory speed, 256 less pixel shaders, uses Gddr3 memory instead of Gddr4 and has DirectX10 instead of Directx10.1. The BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 does have an advantage and this is Physx which is the reason for the very strong 3dmark Vantage performance compared to the HIS Radeon HD 3870 which doesn't have Phsyx. The BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2 is a very good video card which is faster than the other GeForce 9600 GT video cards thanks to it being factory overclocked and is competitive against the HIS Radeon HD 3870!"
BEST BUY
BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2 SCORES 8/10!

BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - BFG GEFORCE 9600 GT OC2 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND BATTLEFIELD 2142
PAGE 3 - MORE GAMES BENCHMARKS AND FINAL RESULT

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