EVGA GeForce 9500 GT – Mini Review

October 24th, 2008 | by TK |

 I just bought the EVGA GeForce 9500 GT video card from Amazon and so far I’m quite impressed.  For a budget video card it is quite capable of running many of the newer games, even if they do have to be set on low to medium settings [Keep in mind, this is all based on when the game was made and how graphically-detailed it was made to be]. I got it for $65 with free shipping, so you can’t beat that.  I’m playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Fallout 3 without a problem what so ever.  My temperatures seem to be keeping cool, and I haven’t had to adjust fan speeds.  This is a great card if you don’t want to spend a lot but are looking to play some of the newer games. 

Product Features

  • PCI Express 2.0 Support
  • GeForce 9500 GT with 550MHz clock
  • 512MB 256 bit 0.8ns GDDR2 memory
  • 800 MHz clock with 1600 MHz effective memory rate
  • Full DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.1 support
 

Technical Details

  • GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
  • RAMDAC: 400 MHz
  • Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
  • Video Memory: 512MB
  • Memory Type: DDR2
  • Memory Interface: 128-bit
  • Stream Processors: 32
  • Core Clock: 550 MHz
  • Memory Clock: 1000 MHz
  • Shader Clock: 1400 MHz

 This is definitely not a card for hardcore gamers (unless you decide to run 2 at a time), but it’s also enough for mid-level gamers to enjoy some decent graphics at a great price.  Plus you can watch HD quality movies on your PC or HDTV.  It will eventually be put into my media/game entertainment station.

Update:  Call of Duty: World at War works with this card, but I couldn’t keep the resolution too high. 

Crysis works as well, but the Optimal Settings are set as Low.  It will run higher for sure, but will depend on your CPU for performance.  If you have a dual-core or better,  you could run Medium/High settings no problem.


  • http://everybodygeek.blogspot.com EverybodyGeek

    That looks like a very nice card for it’s price. Even it’s bigger brothers (9600gt and 9800gt) are reasonably priced for it’s performance.
    Enjoy your new card!

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    hello there! dropping by to check how you’ve been doing! have a great day!

  • http://www.buscarletras.com.br/ de musicas

    very good Graphics Card has attained…
    put I using Linux….
    hahahah

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  • http://nature-adventures.blogspot.com Joyce

    Thanks for the tip…keep it up!

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  • http://forevergeeks.com Nelson

    Now that my son is growing up I need to get him a computer for gaming.. I already have a computer that probably I could refurbish with a new Video card and new motherboard.

    I should look into a video card last this one.. I don’t think my son is a heavy gamer yet.

    thanks for the posting

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  • http://www.geekiegadgets.com Cool Gadgets

    i’ve this on one of my computers.

    i agree it really works so well in call of duty.

    it is awsome.

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    Yeah, i’m thinking of upgrading my VGA to play online games! :D

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  • http://www.tvshark.com/ Penny

    Definitely a good buy in my experience.

  • http://geekadviser.com Walter

    I just upgrade to the Nvidia 260, with 896 ram. It runs 1920×1080 just fine on my 37″ Westinghouse monitor.

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  • http://www.look.co.uk/news/fashion fashion news

    For the price conscious gamer this has to be one of the best purchases out there at the moment.

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    This is awesome, best purchase!

  • http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/pregnancy GoodToKnow.co.uk

    Looking at the spec of that “budget” card I think it is time I replaced my old brick….

    Thanks for the review.

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  • http://www.mattessons.co.uk/recipes.cfm Free Easy Recipes

    delighted with this graphics card. COD:WW is awsome on it

  • http://www.lovingtech.net/ Tech Forum

    Quality post! I sent you an email too to try and get you onto our tech board. Please do join!

    Keep this writing up.

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  • http://erdbeeren-rezepte.de/ Barbara

    thank you for this review, very useful. :)

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    having a good video card will really boost computer experiences… I remember my first budget video card “MX400″ by Nvidia. It was good during that time but not anymore :(