OK guys what is the scoop here. The 9600 seems to be a better v-card than the 9500, but at the smae price! What is going on here!
I have enclosed these results:
ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9500 PRO ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Chip Technology 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Process 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.13 Micron
Transistors -unknown ~107 Mio -unknown
Memory Bus 128-bit DDR 128-bit DDR 128-bit DDR/2
Memory Bandwidth 8.8 GB/s 8.8 GB/s 9.6 GB/s
Pixel Fillrate 1.1 Gigapixel/s 2.2 Gigapixel/s 1.6 Gigapixel/s
Anti Aliased Fillrate - unknown 13.2 Billion AA Samples/s - unknown
AGP Bus 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x
Memory 64MB 128MB 128MB
GPU Clock 275 MHz 275 MHz 400 MHz
Memory Clock 270 MHz (540 DDR) 275 MHz (550 DDR) 300 MHz (600 DDR)
Memory -unknown BGA 3.6 ns -unknown
Vertex Shader 4 4 4
Pixel Pipelines 4 8 4
Texture Units Per Pipe 1 1 1
Textures per Texture Unit 16 16 16
Vertex S. Version 2 2 2
Pixel S. Version 2 2 2
DirectX Generation 9 9 9
FSAA Modi MultiSampling MultiSampling MultiSampling
Memory Optmizations Hyper Z III Hyper Z III Hyper Z III
Optmizations SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.0 SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.0 SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.1
Display Outputs 2 2 2
Chip Internal Ramdacs 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz
Chip External Ramdacs - - -
Bits per Color Channel 10 10 10
My question is this: Is ATI's 9600 in your opinion a better buy than the 9500?
Chaos
:flames:
I have enclosed these results:
ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9500 PRO ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Chip Technology 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Process 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.13 Micron
Transistors -unknown ~107 Mio -unknown
Memory Bus 128-bit DDR 128-bit DDR 128-bit DDR/2
Memory Bandwidth 8.8 GB/s 8.8 GB/s 9.6 GB/s
Pixel Fillrate 1.1 Gigapixel/s 2.2 Gigapixel/s 1.6 Gigapixel/s
Anti Aliased Fillrate - unknown 13.2 Billion AA Samples/s - unknown
AGP Bus 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x
Memory 64MB 128MB 128MB
GPU Clock 275 MHz 275 MHz 400 MHz
Memory Clock 270 MHz (540 DDR) 275 MHz (550 DDR) 300 MHz (600 DDR)
Memory -unknown BGA 3.6 ns -unknown
Vertex Shader 4 4 4
Pixel Pipelines 4 8 4
Texture Units Per Pipe 1 1 1
Textures per Texture Unit 16 16 16
Vertex S. Version 2 2 2
Pixel S. Version 2 2 2
DirectX Generation 9 9 9
FSAA Modi MultiSampling MultiSampling MultiSampling
Memory Optmizations Hyper Z III Hyper Z III Hyper Z III
Optmizations SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.0 SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.0 SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.1
Display Outputs 2 2 2
Chip Internal Ramdacs 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz
Chip External Ramdacs - - -
Bits per Color Channel 10 10 10
My question is this: Is ATI's 9600 in your opinion a better buy than the 9500?
Chaos
:flames:
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