what is the pipeline difference?

[smoove]

what is the pipeline difference for the 9800 - 9800pro - 9800xt

and is the difference great enough to make me want an XT vs pro



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[Augustus]

what is the pipeline difference for the 9800 - 9800pro - 9800xt

and is the difference great enough to make me want an XT vs pro

The 9800, 9800 Pro and 9800XT all have 8 pipelines and 256bit memory. The
differences are in GPU core and memory speeds. The 9800SE only has 4
pipelines. Of late, apparently, Sapphire has been putting out some 128bit
"9800 Pro" cards, but even these have 8 pipelines.

 

[Les]

what is the pipeline difference for the 9800 - 9800pro - 9800xt

and is the difference great enough to make me want an XT vs pro

For the (current) price of a 9800XT you can get a X800 Pro. Which has 12
pipelines in case your interested

 

[smoove]

I thought the 9800xt was supposed to 12pipeline and that was why it was
supposed to be so much better.

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

No. # of pipes is the same. Core and mem clocks are different.

 

[We Live for the One we Die for the One]

No the XT version is fore the idiots that need that little bit extra,
Overclockers with more money than brains,

 

[Ben Pope]

No

You mean yes, since he is correct.

Ben

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

You mean yes, since he is correct.

Ben

No No yes No yes yes nes yo no no yes.

Now that that is cleared up we can get back to the facts yes?

9800, 9800pro, 9800xt both (128mb and 256mb versions of each) are all 8 pipe
configs.

 

[Lee]

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html this has a nice
table you might want to check

 

[smoove]

So is the pipeline why the 8500 has a better pipeline than a 9600xt
card
proc speed mem speed pipeline
Radeon 8500 128 ATI R200 DX 8.1 250 500 128-bit 4x2

Radeon 9600 XT ATI RV360 DX 9 500 600 128-bit 4x1

 

[Augustus]

So is the pipeline why the 8500 has a better pipeline than a 9600xt
card
proc speed mem speed pipeline
Radeon 8500 128 ATI R200 DX 8.1 250 500 128-bit 4x2

Radeon 9600 XT ATI RV360 DX 9 500 600 128-bit 4x1

Yes, it has a better pipeline architecture, and in fact the 8500 128Mb is
very slightly slower than the 9600 Pro in a lot of games and benchmarks
because of this. But when DX9 benchmarks or games are involved, the 9600 Pro
pulls ahead. A 9600XT is a LOT faster than an 8500 doing anything, even
though it only has 1 TMU per pipeline.

 

[DaveW]

They ALL use 256 MB wide memory bandwidth. The difference is that each
successive model is clocked faster.

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

shaddap! and take your thorazine drip damnit.

 

[patrickp]

shaddap! and take your thorazine drip damnit.

Lay off the guy - he's trying... very trying, I must admit...

patrickp

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