does this card have Shader Model 3.0 and how do u know it has Shader Model 3.0 im still a noob to this stuff so i dont know where to look^^
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While DDR3 and GDDR3 have about the same bandwidth the half century old GDDR3 will perform much better. GDDR3 latency is probably less than half that of desktop standard DDR3. This is because Graphic memory is static based and GDDR3 has only one prefetch split while DDR3 has two. GDDR3 is more closely related to desktop standard DDR2 memory is this regard and probably shares similar (actually better) latency timings.

Dunno 'bout you guys, but here in merry old Britland, you'd be hard searched to find a 9600 GT for under £70, let alone $79 (which'd put it at about £50-something).

This card will be priced around 30-35% cheaper than 9600 GT and 15-20% cheaper than 9600 GSO in Indonesia, truly a key winning formula in most developing countries like mine for example.

Isn't DDR3 still 2x as much as DDR2 now. That chart doesn't seem to be accurate in the present, let alone the near future. I find it hard to believe that much GDDR5 and DDR3 is shipping. I know it will happen eventually, just seems a little soon. Maybe I'm wrong, do you have another source we could check? I'm guessing these were projections made a while ago that just didn't quite pan out.

They are best for synthetic images or anything with text.

JPG is best for natural images like photos but it blurs text so it can't be read easily.

1050 x 768 should score very close to the old 1024 x 768 resolution. I would say performance is likely very good at your stated res.

Charlie compares the card to the 95gt, Which can be had for $69, Shouldn't the comparison be against the 96gt which can be found for $79. Then let's see which card is better in the "bang for buck" category.

I'd love to hear how this does at 1050x768, which is my cheap 22" widescreen.

Ze bird is a very very rich Has Been ....

"Once you take retail pricing into account, the 4870s will likely lose $10 off the MSRP, putting them on the shelves against the much slower 9500GT/DDR2 parts."

Where can I get one of those for less than $100?

Forget Crysis its so badly written it doesn't run properly on anything.

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405&p=10

Crysis @ 1280x1024, medium detail, runs at about 53 fps on this card. Make it high detail, and the fps is 25. Incredible performance for such a part, to be honest.

and given that *I* do not need 1920x1200 or 25602x1600 to cap a head shot in Q4/HL2 or Crysis-medium-eye-candy, is this a good card?

Charles! The 98% of the world who won't buy a 30" monitor want to know!

BTW, who's the bird in the side bar with the excessive cosmetics? Her eyes say she does not want to do a head shot even if it is at 1280x1024.