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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
What do you video card experts think of this... ?
I'm getting a new card, not spending too much - I'm currently looking at either an All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro, or an All-in-Wonder 9800 SE. They're about the same price. I know the 9600 Pro AIW's have some features the other AIW's don't, and that they are clocked slightly faster than the regular 9600 Pro. I don't know how much slower the "SE" variants are than the rest...
Does anyone have any idea how these two cars would compare, performance-wise? If they are close, I will probably go for the 9600, since it has slightly better features and is a little cheaper. |
Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:53 pm |
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
I am not 100% sure but I dont think the 9600 implements DirectX9 effects. I have a 9700 Pro and I think that the 9700 was the first card released by ATI that implemented DirectX9 effects.
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Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:32 pm |
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Remus
Overgrown Cat
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
I don't like Radeon with "SE". Check review at Anandtech, Rage3D, Guru of 3D.
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Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:44 am |
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vaticide
Put food in here
Joined: 21 Feb 2002
Posts: 1122
Location: One step behind a toddler bent on destruction. |
I THINK (but I'm not certain) that all of the 9000 series Radeons support DX9, with the exception of the 9200. I think they were trying to stick with a standard naming system. I wouldn't be suprised if Chekote was right though.
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Sat Feb 28, 2004 3:48 am |
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
Thanks for the advice, guys. I've changed my mind and gone for the 9800SE AIW 
afaik, the 9600 does support dx9, and it has a really nifty feature that the higher models don't - it can do dual-monitor and tv-out/theatre mode, all at the same time, which would be great for me as I currently use both dual-monitor and tv-out, but alternately. The 9800 (and 9700) has no dual-monitor support, but I guess if I miss it that much I can just get a cheap PCI gfx card.
But on the other hand, the 9800SE looks a bit quicker, even if it is an SE. And there is a "tweak" out there that works on some of these cards that makes it function just like a 9800 Pro! I'll keep my fingers crossed for that, but even if it doesn't work it should still be pretty quick. |
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Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:52 am |
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