NVIDIA's sub-$100 GeForce 9500 GT gets introduced and reviewed

Should the GTX 280 be a bit too rich for your blood, NVIDIA's lookin' out. Introduced (and reviewed) today, the PCIe 2.0-compatible GeForce 9500 GT checks in a few bucks south of $100 depending on where you go and provides a 550MHz core clock, 1,400MHz shader clock, 32 stream processors, 800MHz memory clock, 256MB / 512MB of RAM and twin dual-link DVI ports. Assuming the specifications meet your standards, you're probably curious about performance. Based on the first reviews, it was found to be "measurably faster than the Radeon HD 3650, and pretty much on par with the GeForce 8600 GTS."
For under a C-note, it's a solid buy for those okay with being a few steps behind, and HTPC builders will find the low power consumption, quiet operation and small size to be quite appealing.







Here i am giving below some bechmarks between the following cards

Radeon HD 3650
Radeon HD 3850
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 9600























Performance Summary:
Thanks to extremely consistent performance across our battery of benchmarks, it is very easy to summarize the new GeForce 9500 GT's capabilities. The GeForce 9500 GT is measurably faster than the Radeon HD 3650 NVIDIA is targeting with this release, and it performs about on-par with the GeForce 8600 GTS, which debuted at a much higher price point. The GeForce 9500 GT, however, is no match for the somewhat more expensive GeForce 9600 GT or Radeon HD 3850. Based on 3D performance alone, we suspect the GeForce 9500 GT's price will probably settle in below the Radeon HD 3850

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So here im guesing that perhaps we will very soon have a competitor in the budget graphics card segment. I think that it will be priced similarily to the 8600GT. What say Marun ?

feel free to leave your comments below

zotac 9500gt is priced at 4999 INR so i guess thats a very budget card and vfm in low segments

eh dude, is it better than a 8600 GT 256 MB GFX card ?

Rahul wrote:eh dude, is it better than a 8600 GT 256 MB GFX card ?

yes it matches 8600gts performance