In late February NVIDIA had introduced the GeForce 9 series with the introduction of the mid-range GeForce 9600GT 512MB graphics card. Earlier this week they then introduced the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card, which consists of two NVIDIA GPUs bridged together with SLI support. We have been quiet on how the GeForce 9 series performs under Linux, but this morning we are providing our initial GeForce 9600GT results using an ASUS EN9600GT TOP HDMI and comparing its Linux desktop performance to its GeForce 8 sibling and the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and 3870. On Windows the GeForce 9600GT has been able to outperform the Radeon HD 3850/3870, but on Linux an entirely different story is rendered.

GeForce 9600GT Features:

- 650MHz Core Clock
- 1625MHz Shader Clock
- 900MHz Memory Clock
- 512MB GDDR3 Memory
- 256-bit Memory Interface
- 57.6GB/s Memory Bandwidth
- PureVideo HD
- HybridPower Technology
- SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Support
- Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
- PCI Express 2.0

ASUS EN9600GT TOP HDMI 512MB:

- HDCP Compliant
- Dual Dual-Link DVI Support
- ASUS Exclusive Glaciator Fansink
- Included HDMI Adapter
- 10% Factory Overclocked

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