I currently have a GeForce 4600 Ti card - wondering if i will notice much
difference upgrading to the ATI 9600 XT

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Byron Hinson
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I don't think this upgrade would please you.

Why?:

- in raw performance, the 9600xt is not that much better than the Ti4800
- 9600xt is significantly more expecsive than the 9600pro, for an
essentially neglible improvement in performance
( http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphi...9600xt-07.html )


More here:
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread/t-58932.html


If you want a real upgrage, the 9800pro is a great buy atm.


"Byron Hinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I currently have a GeForce 4600 Ti card - wondering if i will notice much
> difference upgrading to the ATI 9600 XT
>
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> Byron Hinson
> ActiveMac: http://www.activewin.com/mac
> Designer Dream: http://www.designerdream.co.uk
>
>
>

"Byron Hinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<W2zJb.15944$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I currently have a GeForce 4600 Ti card - wondering if i will notice much
> difference upgrading to the ATI 9600 XT

DX8 ? not much....I self have a 9500 Pro and my performance is around
the same as the 9600XT/Pro. DX8 is on the FIRST eye not faster, but
you now can user higher anti aliasing/ more Aniso ... it just make it
look better.

DX9, ah yes, ATI as is known makes card very capable of showing DX9
effects without losing much performance.

It's not a direct upgrade... from a GF4 ti to a 9600XT/Pro it's a
sidegrade. But a sidegrade to DX9. And i'm sure the 9600Pro/XT will be
fine for atleast 1,5 year to come :-)

"Dark Avenger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Byron Hinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<W2zJb.15944$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > I currently have a GeForce 4600 Ti card - wondering if i will notice
much
> > difference upgrading to the ATI 9600 XT
>
> DX8 ? not much....I self have a 9500 Pro and my performance is around
> the same as the 9600XT/Pro. DX8 is on the FIRST eye not faster, but
> you now can user higher anti aliasing/ more Aniso ... it just make it
> look better.
>
> DX9, ah yes, ATI as is known makes card very capable of showing DX9
> effects without losing much performance.
>
> It's not a direct upgrade... from a GF4 ti to a 9600XT/Pro it's a
> sidegrade. But a sidegrade to DX9. And i'm sure the 9600Pro/XT will be
> fine for atleast 1,5 year to come :-)

The 9600XT is the card I've been waiting for. How they managed to pursuade
people to buy a card that was slower in DX8 than there GF4 I shall never
know. And Nvidia where also as bad with their 5200.

given the strengths/weaknesses of drivers I think you may see a little
better performance in D3D but you'll certainly loose in OpenGL and as for
Dx9 - whoppee f***in doo!


"Dark Avenger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Byron Hinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<W2zJb.15944$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > I currently have a GeForce 4600 Ti card - wondering if i will notice
much
> > difference upgrading to the ATI 9600 XT
>
> DX8 ? not much....I self have a 9500 Pro and my performance is around
> the same as the 9600XT/Pro. DX8 is on the FIRST eye not faster, but
> you now can user higher anti aliasing/ more Aniso ... it just make it
> look better.
>
> DX9, ah yes, ATI as is known makes card very capable of showing DX9
> effects without losing much performance.
>
> It's not a direct upgrade... from a GF4 ti to a 9600XT/Pro it's a
> sidegrade. But a sidegrade to DX9. And i'm sure the 9600Pro/XT will be
> fine for atleast 1,5 year to come :-)

So in the real world for games like Deus Ex 2, Star Wars: Galaxies and other
DX 9 titles - there should be improvement?

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Byron Hinson
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