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ASgolfr   06-01-2004 at 12:45:44 AM

I am ready to buy a new ATI card. Is a 9600 with 256 ram better than a 9800 with 128 ram for the value?
I'm more interested in visual enhancements over additional FPS.

Thanks

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entium   06-01-2004 at 12:49:40 AM
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9800 :) the 9600 with 256 vram doesn't have enough juice to play newer games. the 256 vram will really only come into play when ya have everything turned up high too and since the 9600 won't be able to do that anyways 9800 is a better way to go

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Snorkius   06-01-2004 at 01:03:40 AM
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RAM does (almost)nothing to increase performance, especially on a card like the 9600.

Your choice is between the 9600(pro? xt?) 128mb or the 9800 128mb. The 9800 is obviously better, but more expensive. The decision is entirely up to you.

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Cleeve   06-01-2004 at 01:08:24 AM
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9800, HANDS DOWN!!!!

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coolsquirtle   06-01-2004 at 01:50:22 AM
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like he said extra ram is useless period.

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ASgolfr   06-01-2004 at 02:53:56 AM
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Thanks!
9800 pro 256 meg ATI Radeon"Saphire" seemed like a good deal...is there a major boost with the XT over pro?

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Vapor   06-01-2004 at 03:20:27 AM
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I wonder if the 6800UE and X800XTPE would be noticably slower w/ only 128MB....

Maybe it's not as useless as you think.

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Vapor   06-01-2004 at 03:23:13 AM
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Most Pros can overclock to XT speeds....the 128MB version is your best bet, though. (and it can OC to XT speeds anyway).

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Crashman   06-01-2004 at 06:00:07 AM
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You'll often find the 128MB cards are clocked higher than the 256MB versions and therefor perform better.

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Confoundicator   06-01-2004 at 06:11:47 AM
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Was the same with 64MB and 128MB versions of cards, for example the GF4 Ti4200's.

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hjs2   06-02-2004 at 06:58:23 AM
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my mates 9600 xt 256 performs better at best settings on farcry than my 9800 with 128 ram.

ram plays an important role at those levels.

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