Radeon 9600(non-pro) seems a bargain now?

[Erik]

Hi folks I have seen some Sapphire 9600 128Mb selling for about $115,
wouldn't
you say thats a good bang for the buck ? Anyone seen any benchmarks of the
9600 against the 9600 PRO ? Same chip just downclocked GPU and MEM ?

 

[Rockin Ronnie]

Hi folks I have seen some Sapphire 9600 128Mb selling for about $115,
wouldn't
you say thats a good bang for the buck ? Anyone seen any benchmarks of the
9600 against the 9600 PRO ? Same chip just downclocked GPU and MEM ?

The nonPro is nowhere close!

 

[Bob Knowlden]

http://www.rage3d.com/reviews/Sapphire/sapphire9600s/

Basically, yes, the two models are the same, with lower clocks on the
non-Pro. Same number of pipelines (4).

However, the clocks are 400/300 and 325/200 MHz, so the clock reductions are
substantial.

HTH.

Bob Knowlden

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