Foxconn 9600GT 512 MB Review

ccokeman - March 10, 2008
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Testing:

At OverclockersClub.com, we use a series of benchmarks to stress the graphics card. We will use a series of newer, as well as a few more seasoned gaming benchmarks, to show how well the Foxconn 9600GT compares to some of the other enthusiast video cards on the market. All driver settings and clock speeds will be left at factory default settings on both the CPU and GPU to minimize or eliminate any variables from impacting the results. The test system used in this review is listed below. After testing the card at stock speeds, I will overclock the video card to see what kind of performance can be gained. When originally tested, the XFX 9600 was reviewed on an X48 chipset board. To provide an accurate test that card was retested on an X38 platform to eliminate any testing variables.

Processor: Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad 266x9
Motherboard:Abit IX38 Quad GT
Memory: Mushkin HP2 6400 5-4-4-12
Video Card(s): Foxconn 9600GT 512MB 171.16 Drivers
Power Supply: Mushkin 650watt Modular Power supply
Hard Drive: 1 x Seagate 320GB SATA
Opticals: NEC DV5700
O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Comparison Video Cards:

Overclocking:

Overclocked settings:

Foxconn 9600GT 512MB 749/1100

To overclock the Foxconn 9600GT, I used Nvidia's Ntune software. I started at the stock clock speeds and just kept increasing the core and clock speeds until I had reached a point that the graphics benchmarks would not complete or have corruption. 749 MHz is a 99MHz overclock over the stock speeds of 650MHz on the G94 core. The memory just kept scaling upwards until I reached the end of the scale. The scale ended at 1100MHz, a 190 MHz increase over the factory memory clock speeds. The Foxconn 9600GT was able to complete the entire benchmark suite at these speeds. Hoping that the overclocked settings would not fail, or more specifically, trying to make them fail, I played an hour long round of Call of Duty 4 just to be sure the settings were good. They were! At these overclocked speeds, the 9600 GT decreased the performance gap between it and the 8800GT. Pretty amazing results.