Home > Consumer Reviews > EVGA 512-P3-N862-AR e-GeForce 9600 GT SuperClocked 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card - Lifetime Warranty

I got this card purely because I couldn't even LOAD Assasin's Creed with my old card (GeForce 6150). Now it runs smooth as can be with no problems. Guild Wars, my mmo of choice is running like it never has before with maxed out settings and the highest aliasing available. I couldn't even believe how beautiful it was really. And yeah, my photoshop isn't laggy anymore either. I know most people are buying this for games but you do get a boost in this area as well. I'm going to be checking if it's going to speed up my Maya as well, but I get the feeling it will.

I had my power supply upgraded as well, as a reminder that has been reiterated here over and over again. No problems with overheating and I rarely here the fac go, when it does it's not as loud as my old graphics card so I'm fine with it. I certainly can hear over it without problem.

It's beautiful too, but it hides in my case so I don't see how relevant that is :)

I personally have two of these video cards doing sli. bout my first one when it released and very good specs for mid grade card for its price.

First off, for all you gamers out there looking to buy a cheap but great graphics card.. this is the one to buy. I know most people are all wondering how Crysis runs on this, well.. here's my review: All settings on Medium at 1920 x 1200 resolution runs like a dream. All high settings with 1024 x 768 runs pretty smooth with little to no lag. And with all settings set to Very High plays, but does lag, depending on the res you set it for. Not recommended to try and run this card on Very High for too long. Overall it smokes every other game on their max settings, easy to install, and the CD installation takes no time. 5/5 stars!

I got this because my 7300GT caused me a lot of headaches in a PC with Vista Ultimate.
I've really put this card through its paces and its performed admirably.
Here is one purchase I don't regret.

I bought two of these for SLI mode, my system specs -

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (Overclocked to 2.68GHz)
Mother Board Asus P5NSLI
RAM Crucial DDR2 533 (Overclocked to 600MHz)
Hard Drives 2 Western Digital 80GB RAID 0
Power Supply ULTRA 700W Modular Power Supply

Previously I was using two 7600GT cards in SLI mode, after Call of Duty 4 came out it was time for an upgrade :-)

Pros -

Price
Warranty
90 Day trade up program
Fairly Low power requiremnts
Low fan noise
Single Slot design (this is a plus for me as my case is a bit on the small side)
Do not generate too much heat (Ditto)
Overclocked by the Factory :-)

Cons
These cards are long, I had to re-arrange my hard drives when I installed them.

Now I can run all my favourite games at 1280x960 or 1280x1024 with all the details turned up :-)

Call of Duty 4 (absolutely amazing game, runs amazingly well on these cards)
First Encounter Assult Recon (F.E.A.R / F.E.A.R. XP / F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate)
Portal (Uses the Half-Life 2 engine)
Far Cry (an oldie but a goodie)
Quake 3 Arena
Gears of War (Runs superbly)
Unreal Tournament 3 (Simply amazing)

Also does well with the only RTS games I play -

Warcraft III - The Forzen Throne
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War & Winter Assult

If you're buying one card, make sure that your power supply has the 6pin PCI-E power connector, for SLI make sure your supply is SLI rated and has the power connectors for both cards.

Keep in mid you may have to move you hard drive / drives to allow the cards to fit.
Also, be sure to register your card or cards online at the EVGA website for warranty purposes.

If these are out of your budget, get a couple of the 8800GS cards by XFX they are not quite as fast, but are cheaper.