How much do one of these cards cost? just wanted to know the difference in cost between the Ti and 9600XT.
Save yourself time & trouble: go with the 9600XT or a 9800. It's cheaper, faster, and it fully supports DirectX 9. There are no Nvidia cards in the world that fully support DirectX 9 (yet), not even one. Besides, ATI cards have a higher level of visual quality. I'm not an ATI fanboy, but the way Nvidia has been lately, I feel like I'm becoming one.
Asus Ti4200: $125 at newegg Sapphire 9600XT Retail: $152 at newegg Grab the 9600XT. It's better in every way and it comes with HL2. Be advised that the overdrive function might not work with this card. Rage3d has a list of 9600XT with the default speeds and whther the overdrive works or not. http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33735317&perpage=30&pagenumber=1
The Ti's are the previous generation of nVidia cards, and honestly, a little better quality. However, they're still outdone by the current Radeon's. To give you a picture, the Radeon 9600 series is on par with a GeForce 4 Ti4600---which is the top performing GF4 card.
Cool. I've heard that the Ti cards were real good, and thought i'd be able to grab one of them for a lot less money than what i was going to pay for a 9600XT($170). But seeing as the price difference isn't much and that the 9600 series is a lot better, i'll stick with the XT.
Good Choice. If you absolutely want the overdrive feature (temp monitoring + dynamic oc) and do not want to have to guess on which card has it, grab a BBA one. They are pricier though.
