9600 or 9800?

So my 8600GTX is REALLY starting to show its age, and is im now returning to PC gaming ive decided to upgrade it. Now, im on a tight budget (going to uni in a few weeks) but im selling a few things and getting to together £80. I can get a 9800 for £73 but a 9600 for £50. So my question to the fine people here at gamespot is:

"Will a 9600 cut it?"

Thanks guys

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Drgoth

Nope, you have to get the 9800.

The 9600 is not that good.

The 9800 is better than the 9600.

You should never cheap out on graphics cards!

With poor graphics cards you'll have poor gaming performance. That's why Console gamers hate the PC because they think it sucks due to their bad graphics cards in their system.

You need to have a decent graphics card to play games! Only then will you appreciate PC gaming!

By the way I am also going to University this september. I also upgraded recently to a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 OC card from an old 8600GT.

The 4890 OC card only costs £179.99 and is hell lot better than the 9800GT!

That really would be stretching the budget a long way... I have to spend 3k on a new saxophone as well! haha

Why not sacrifice?:D

I believe the graphics card is more important than a saxaphone at this stage.

Because with a saxaphone you will only be instrumenting on it really.

If you get a decent graphics card I can almost promise you that you wouldn't want to buy anything else, because you'll be hooked into gaming!

By the way, don't get too addicted to gaming.:P Concentrate on your degree at University, that will earn you tons of money when you graduate!:D

You should never cheap out on graphics cards!

With poor graphics cards you'll have poor gaming performance. That's why Console gamers hate the PC because they think it sucks due to their bad graphics cards in their system.

You need to have a decent graphics card to play games! Only then will you appreciate PC gaming!

By the way I am also going to University this september. I also upgraded recently to a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 OC card from an old 8600GT.

The 4890 OC card only costs £179.99 and is hell lot better than the 9800GT!

BLaZiNg_SPEED

Why not sacrifice?:D

I believe the graphics card is more important than a saxaphone at this stage.

Because with a saxaphone you will only be instrumenting on it really.

If you get a decent graphics card I can almost promise you that you wouldn't want to buy anything else, because you'll be hooked into gaming!

By the way, don't get too addicted to gaming.:P Concentrate on your degree at University, that will earn you tons of money when you graduate!:D

BLaZiNg_SPEED

Going to music college to study the saxophone :P

But I think ive decided to go for the 9800 when i get the money in. Should keep me going for quite a while by the looks of it :)

Thanks for the help guys