Simviation Forum - Radeon 9600XT Graphics card?

Dec 30^th, 2004 at 5:50pm

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Hi all.

More graphics card woe's!
I'm looking to get rid of my Nvidia Gforce 4 MX440 se 128mb and replace it with a Radeon 9600xt.
I've found one by Crucial with 128mb for £105.74, but have also found a Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 256 MB at overclockers for £102.17.
My MoBo will only support 4xAGP at 1.5v. Both cards seem to support this.
I'm hoping for a serious boost in Frame rates. Oh and some reflections would be nice!

Not looking to spend much more than £100 ish.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.

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Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2004 at 6:03pm

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This one

Connect3D ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-025-CO)

Is only £100.76 at Overclockers, there are a few to choose from there.

Just dont go for any ATI card that ends with SE.

A 9800pro would be nice as its has a 256bit interface where as the 9600xt only has a 128bit interface. Bit over your budget though they are going for about £140.

If your gonna spend that though

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html#a...

XFX GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (PVT43A-NDF7) (GX-024-XF)

this week only, £147. Should outperform the 9800pro.

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Reply #2 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:18am

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This one

Connect3D ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-025-CO)

Is only £100.76 at Overclockers, there are a few to choose from there.

Just dont go for any ATI card that ends with SE.

A 9800pro would be nice as its has a 256bit interface where as the 9600xt only has a 128bit interface. Bit over your budget though they are going for about £140.

If your gonna spend that though

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html#a...

XFX GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (PVT43A-NDF7) (GX-024-XF)

this week only, £147. Should outperform the 9800pro.

It outperforms it by far. Don't bother with a 9800 if you can get a 6600 GT.

As for 9600, go with the one with 256 mb. Its the same chipset, but one has more ram and could possbily offer a small performence increase, especially at higher resolutions.

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Reply #3 - Jan 2^nd, 2005 at 6:16am

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Thanks Guy's.

It really is quiet mind boggling and of coarse then there's the thorny question of fitting the blooming thing.

Watch this space.

All the best and a happy new year.

Zaphod

P.S.

I was flying arround Las Vagas last night. I had my frame rate locked at 25 as ussual. They actually hovered arround 24.8 but never reached 25. I then changed the lock to 50 and was amased when my actual frame rates went up tp 30+

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