Difference between radeon 9200 128-bit & 9250 64-bit

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"Kid-A" <trailerzzz66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi. My Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200 broke and I took it to the shop as it was
> still under warranty. They gave me brand new 9250 instead saying it's the
> same as 9200.
> 9200 I had was 128 MB, 128-bit. And this 9250 is also 128 MB but 64-bit.
> Will this card have the same performance as the old one, did I got
> something
> better or worse? Please let me know and let me know if there's any
> comparison chart that I can use. Thanks.

You got something worse by a fair bit. A straight 128bit 9200 has double the
bandwidth. The card they replaced it with is without question the lowest of
the low currently available and costs about $39. Your original one is about
2 notches up and a better performer.

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Kid-A wrote:
> Hi. My Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200 broke and I took it to the shop as it was
> still under warranty. They gave me brand new 9250 instead saying it's the
> same as 9200.
> 9200 I had was 128 MB, 128-bit. And this 9250 is also 128 MB but 64-bit.
> Will this card have the same performance as the old one, did I got something
> better or worse? Please let me know and let me know if there's any
> comparison chart that I can use. Thanks.
>
>

They lied to you. Memory bandwidth is very important, a 64bit card is
the very low end and is crippled, even if the core is faster.