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    nvidia 9600M GS

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by posiden5665, May 18, 2009.

  1. posiden5665

    posiden5665 Newbie

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    Alright well i need some input on the nVidia 9600M GS is this good enough for most games? I may be getting it with an Acer laptop and was wondering if anyone had any issues or complaints with it. And if you could help, the sooner the better cause I have to get the laptop tonight if I am to get it at all

    Oh and hi im new :p
     
    posiden5665, May 18, 2009
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  2. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Hello and welcome to NBR.

    What games are you looking at specifically?

    I don't think it will have problems playing anything at the moment; but you might have to switch to medium settings for some of the latest stuff
     
    Fragilexx, May 18, 2009
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  3. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    The 9600m gs is a nice mid range gpu and should handle newer games.
     
    Luke1708, May 18, 2009
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    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    It'll run pretty much any game out right now, but with more demanding ones you'll have to lower the graphics quality settings.
     
    MidnightSun, May 18, 2009
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  5. posiden5665

    posiden5665 Newbie

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    would i have to drop say crysis down to lowest settings possible or will it run on medium fairly well?

    Thanks for the welcome
     
    posiden5665, May 18, 2009
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    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    Unless you are on a tight budget, I would look for a better GPU.
     
    LaptopNut, May 18, 2009
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    snowfree52 Notebook Geek

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    I run Crysis on low to medium with my Mac's 8600m GT in 1440x900. You should be able to put at least medium then. ;)
     
    snowfree52, May 18, 2009
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    Company of Heroes 1400*900 maxed, no AA

    Orange Box maxed , AA

    Cod4/War medium/high 1200*768, no AA.
     
    ARom, May 18, 2009
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    RainMotorsports Formerly ClutchX2

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    My 9800M GS runs it at 1280x720 medium within playable fps (min 24 average 35ish). High puts it down to 24 fps and thats with the GTS clock speeds and voltages. Tested on several drivers all clean installed dox 182.05 seemed to be the best on high but stock 179.14 believe it or not was better in medium didnt retest the new 185.85 in crysis yet.

    The 9600M will play nearly every racing game out there on high settings as I know this will play them max'd out. DiRT/DiRT 2 is/will be a bit of a challenger tho.

    As i found out today GTA4 is 99% cpu 1% GPU dont buy it lol, console version is much more enjoyable.
     
    RainMotorsports, May 18, 2009
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    Thanks guys this really helped out :D
     
    posiden5665, May 18, 2009
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    Altair4 Notebook Consultant

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    Altair4, May 18, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Don't rely on notebookcheck rankings, they're pretty useless unless you take them with the specific components of the notebook in question and hence can be inaccurate.
     
    sgogeta4, May 18, 2009
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