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Reviews for GigaByte GIGA-BYTE Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Card128MB 128bit - DVI-I - MPN: GVR96X128D 
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Reggie220
- Aug 15, 2005
best 9600xtStrengths: Quiet, afordable, great software bundle Weakness: None This card comes with a great software package and is probably the best buy out there for the money. Had another brand 9600xt with heatpipe cooling and it burned out due to temps. This card has a great fan/heatsink cooler that is quiet and cools extremely well. Plays even the newest games on high. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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lightmywifire
- Jun 17, 2005
GigaByte GIGA-BYTE Radeon 9600 XT Graphics CardStrengths: Durable, customizable, appears to be of quality construction. Runs any game to date very well. Runs quite well with AF. Weakness: A little slow in comparison to the 9800's and up. Higher resolutions and anti-alansing tends to make the card hiccup. Doesn't seem to like some VIA chipsets. This card is great for the price. It has played everything ive thrown at it, most notably Doom 3 and Half-life 2. The usual game resolution that i run is 1024x768, simply because i know that it can play with that resolution quite well. I've ventured into the higher resolutions and turned on AF and its worked pretty well. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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taztonio
- Mar 1, 2005
9600 XT was a great card!Strengths: Powerful 128MB of Ram, Cooling fan on graphics card, comes with a DVI to VGA converter, and the ability to do dual monitors Weakness: packed games are weak, gigabyte videocard software is crap This is a great mid-range video card. I bought mine in March 2004 for $169 and it is still a great powerhouse. I don't do a lot of video gaming but I do watch a lot of DVD's. I have 1GB of RAM on the mobo and have no problems at all. You won't find a better ATI 9600XT for the price, and let me remind you there is a big difference between the 9600 and the 9600XT 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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clawdiuswrecks
- Apr 22, 2004
GigaByte GIGA-BYTE Radeon 9600 XT Graphics CardStrengths: Fast, pretty quiet, 3 bundled games, DVI port, 8xAGP Weakness: Still looking This is an upgrade from a ASUS GeForce 2 Pro (64MB) card. It was reviewed very well on Anandtech's 1st Quarter 2004 card roundup, where it has one of the best scores for 9600XT cards. Performs great for what I need it to do, without requiring direct power from the PSU. Has S-video and DVI. The three bundled games is an added bonus. 73% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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GigaByte GIGA-BYTE Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Card
Strengths: Great performance for the money, quiet, OverDrive, AGP 8x, 3 bundled games
Weakness: None yet
I bought this as an upgrade from an XFX GeForce4 64MB, and I was amazed at what this card can do. I can play Battle Field:1942 at 1600x1200 with all settings on high without a hint of lag. It can run dual monitors, which is nice, and it includes a DVI-VGA converter so you can run 2 CRT monitors too. GigaByte includes a 'V-Tuner' utility that lets you overclock the card, but I like to enable OverDrive and let the card OC itself. If you buy this card, be sure to check at ATi's website and get the latest catalyst drivers.
Overall, this card is a great performance card for people on a tight budget.
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