Ati Radeon 9600 (pro)

[Keikan]

Ok for my new pc i need a graphics card and i'm not made out of money so no Saffphire 9800pro for me, so i looked at the ATI radeon 9600PRO 128mb around $280 cnd is the 9600pro any good?

[mogadishu]

I think thats the best one out there thats not above 300 bucks. I personally have the geforce fx 128mb.. got it for 60$ works like a charm.

[Keikan]

I'm like ATI better, i always had ATI like the one i have right now ATI Rage 128 it's a good card well ofcourse not now

[adamp2p]

The Radeon 9600 is a nice selection, but I would still go for the 9500 pro if you can find one cheaper, as it has 8 pixel pipelines as opposed to the 9600 pro.

[Keikan]

There are no 9500pro's at my local stores

[adamp2p]

Do you have a credit card?

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?...56&refer=Nextag (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-102-256&refer=Nextag)

[Keikan]

No i'm 13 and my mom won't use her credit card for shopping on internet/tv

[Wolfmight]

I heard 9500 Pro is faster than 9600 Pro.. it costs more too.
ATI took away the 8 pixel pipelines on 9600 Pro and used 4 instead.. it is slower. :(

[Keikan]

9500pro is like rare here :blink:

[adamp2p]

You could ask you local vendor if they will open a regular 9500 box for you and then see if if the ram chips look like:
http://duhvoodooman.com/9500mod/9500.jpg

If so, buy it and you are very likely to be able to mod it to a 9700 pro.

If it looks like this
http://duhvoodooman.com/9500mod/9500pro.jpg
you can read about this more here (http://duhvoodooman.com/9500mod/9500mod_1.htm)



then you might be able to convert it to a 9500 pro for the price of the 9500 non pro.


What is up with all of you youngsters on this board?

[mogadishu]

wut if you explain it all to ur mom.. let her order it

[Keikan]

Her mind is made

[MUSLEMAN]

i got the radion 7500 and love it man they are great.

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by Keikan@10 September 2003 - 04:22
9500pro is like rare here :blink:
The 9500Pro is more expensive because ATI took them off the market, and it IS faster than the 9600Pro

The 9600Pro is the fastest card below the idiot price range, so I like it

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Wolfmight@10 September 2003 - 04:19
I heard 9500 Pro is faster than 9600 Pro.. it costs more too.
ATI took away the 8 pixel pipelines on 9600 Pro and used 4 instead.. it is slower. :(
dude, not really.
http://dealsonic.com/poweredbyati.html
the 9600 still costs more

although it's more expensive on newegg

[lynx]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@10 September 2003 - 13:02
http://dealsonic.com/poweredbyati.html
the 9600 still costs more

although it's more expensive on newegg
There's no 9500 Pro on there, only a standard 9500, and that's on back order.

[vader]

I have had an all in wonder 32 mb ddr for years and now have the all in wonder 9000 pro and have to say very nice cards, never had an issue

[McNutter]

The 9600 Pro is a cracking card for Half Life 2. It astonishingly performs just a tiny bit below Nvidia 5900Ultra. Great Value for money.

[ooo]

i heard that u can tweak a 9500 or a 9600 forgot which one to a 9700?

[m16]

u can try ati 9800se,it better than 9600pro ;)and u can mod. to 9800pro.

[Kunal]

Its A Good Graphics card for the price! got it one of me systems!

[Wolfmight]

Yea, i heard ATI took out the 8 Pixel Pipeline on the Radeon 9600 models (it has 4)
9500 pro is actually faster with 8 pixel pipeline.

dunno about 9600 pro.. maybe it's the same.. with higher Mem and Clock speed

Some people claim Radeon 9500 Pro,maybe 9600 pro, 9700 Pro, 9800 Pro are faster than the Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 128mb. I sorta agree cause i think that 5600 only has a 4 pixel pipeline. (having an 8 pixel pipeline dramaticly increases fps and benchmark scores)