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Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT DDR2 – better than GeForce 9500GT DDR-3
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Date: 25.11.2008 |
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While choosing an inexpensive video card, we are unlikely to expect speed records in most recent games from it. We would rather want it be cheaper and operate stably. GeForce 9500GT cards of which we are talking today are rather weak in terms of modern gaming standards but are also cheap enough. But the snag is that these video cards are equipped with both DDR-2 and the faster DDR-3 memory. The latter is of course more expensive, but is it worth the extra dollars paid? We'll try to answer this and other questions in our today's review. As a video card of the GeForce 9500GT DDR-2 type, we'll be using Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT.
The box for Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is of small size and is styled in mostly green tints. On the front side of the box, the manufacturer displayed the key specifications of the video card, its photo, and an image of a combat robot with a proprietary emblem.
Looking at the rear side of the box, we can explore the "anatomy" of the video card and go deep into its technical details.
Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is equipped with an adapter from S-video to the composite output plus an S-video connector, as well as a disk with drivers, and a user's manual. The package bundle is not rich, but the price for Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is also lower that it could be, due to that.
Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is equipped with a D-sub connector, which allowed the manufacturer to give up the respective adapter in the bundle. Due to the "single-storeyed" cooling system and the small length of the PCB, the new product will take up one expansion slot and fit even within a tight computer housing.
The cooling system of Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is fastened reliably with four springed screws, and the PCB almost does not bend.
Under the cooling system, there is a GPU NVIDIA G96 and eight DDR-2 video memory chips.
The GPU NVIDIA G96 belongs to the first revision and contains 32 active unified processors. Its operating clock speeds are 575/1400 MHz, which is a bit higher than the recommended 550/1400. The increase of the clock speed of the raster domain by 25 MHz let the manufacturer declare the overclocking, but that almost did not affect the speed of the video card.
The DDR2 video memory chips are made by Qimonda and offer 2.0 ns access time, which is equivalent to the effective clock speed 1000 MHz. It is just the frequency at which it runs.
Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT, cooling system
The cooling system of Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT is unusual in not only that its fan is shifted relative to the GPU chip, but also in that its copper insert to dissipate heat from the GPU is not glued, not pressed into the main aluminum radiator, but fastened with four screws. However, that is unlikely to affect the efficiency of the cooling system.
We are now bringing in a table of detailed specifications for Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT, GeForce 9500GT DDR-2, and GeForce 9500GT DDR-3.
| Video card |
Leadtek WinFast
PX9500 GT |
GeForce 9500GT
DDR-3 |
GeForce 9500GT
DDR-2 |
| Code name of the GPU |
G96 |
G96 |
G96 |
| Universal processors |
32 |
32 |
32 |
| Texture units |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| ROP units |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| GPU blocks clock speed, MHz |
575/1400 |
550/1400 |
550/1400 |
| Effective frequency of the video memory, MHz |
1000 |
1600 |
1000 |
| Video memory type |
GDDR -2 |
GDDR -3 |
GDDR -2 |
| Video memory capacity, MB |
512 |
256/512 |
256/512 |
As you can see, the difference in the video memory frequency between GeForce 9500GT DDR-2 and GeForce 9500GT DDR-3 amounts to 600 MHz.
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