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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: This review is from: EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/HDTV SLI Ready Graphics Card, 512-P3-N954-TR (Personal Computers) The price of the latest cards are always quite high, so I opted for a decent one that supports directx 10 that didn't hurt my wallet too bad. After installing in a Vista system, the Windows experience rating for gaming graphics is 5.4
It came with drivers dated July 2008 and I downloaded the lastest ones from EVGA's website that are dated November 2008. Its a good sign that the drivers are updated because I once bought a video card that never had a driver update. This card will give the same frame rates as the GeForce 8600 GT, but at a slightly cooler temperature. Playing Crysis on 1400 x 900 with all settings high except sound. I averaged 60 FPS with no AA. Still playable with 2X AA. So its basically an update to the 8600 GT. So maybe buy whichever has the lowest price or best rebate at the time. I picked this one because it had a rebate in December. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: By Dave "hikingmonk" (Centreville, VA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/HDTV SLI Ready Graphics Card, 512-P3-N954-TR (Personal Computers) I bought this card as an upgrade to the on board video for my Dell 530 Inspiron PC. It doesn't require additional power which makes it an easy install (plus you don't have to worry about the size of your power supply)
I like it so much I bought a second card to put in my newer Dell 518 Inspiron PC. I just downloaded the latest driver from nvidia's website for XP and Vista and they both have worked well for all the games I play. Some older games don't auto-set the highest graphics preferences, but the card is more than capable of it (at least for the slightly older games I usually play). 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/HDTV SLI Ready Graphics Card, 512-P3-N954-TR (Personal Computers) I bought this card to upgrade from an onboard graphics card. I was hoping for just a minor upgrade to graphics and framerates for games like World of Warcraft and Guild Wars. My expectations were blown away when I popped this card in my system and on high detail has a normal of 60 fps(thats way up from 15 on lowest settings) This card probably wouldnt be great for the newest games out there, but i bet it would be fine for mid-range games if you have the ram and processors to handel them too. Intall was easy too. This card is great!!! |