9600 pro SEC - what's that then?

[well known jockey Keiron Fallon]

I've just installed a Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro with the drivers from
the disc. Device Manager shows both the 9600 Pro and a 9600 Pro SEC.
I expect I pressed the button to install it, but what is it?

BTW, I ordered a 9500 Pro from Simply Computers (UK) on Tuesday
evening, because they seemed to be the last dealers who had them. The
card arrived this morning and despite all the paperwork describing it
as a 9500 Pro, I got a 9600 Pro. They don't actually have them in
stock at all, and they're sending the 9600 out to purchasers instead.
The person I spoke to at Simply this morning recognised immediately
what I was about to say when I mentioned that I had ordered a 9500.
She actually finished my sentence for me " ...and you got a 9600?"
They've obviously had a few people calling them to moan. She offered
to arrange collection of the 9600 and give me a full refund.

If you're after a 9500 Pro, Simply isn't the place to go.

It's very quiet, though. Added no discernable extra noise to my
fairly quiet machine. I might keep it.

 

[John of Stoke]

You won't be disappointed with the 9600 - I doubt if you'll get the 9500 - I
couldn't in the UK.

I would download the latest drivers from the Sapphire site - the work well
with my XP.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/downloads/downloads.asp

JS