Any benchmarks for Pro EZ?

[kchen]

I'm in the market for a 9800 Pro and noticed on Pricewatch that the cheapest models are "Pro EZ". There doesn't seem to be much info on this but from what I can tell, the difference is that the EZs have only 128-bit memory bus. Are there any benchmarks to measure real-world performance of the Pro vs. Pro EZ?

 

[pauldh]

I've looked plenty, but there are very few reviews. In one review I saw it gets easily beat out by a Radeon 9700 (Non Pro.)

Also, it was just disgussed <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=413370#413370" target="_new">here</A> yesterday. The link is in Russian, but the benchies scores are understandable.

Basically STAY AWAY FROM THOSE CARDS. If you can get one just as cheap as a radeon 9600XT, fine. But the 128-bit (EZ) are NOT 9800 Pros and will perform like crap for the few dollars in savings.

<A HREF="http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3628345" target="_new">This</A> is the best price I know of and it is a retail BBA card with 3 year warranty. It is a real 256-bit pro and well worth the $20-30 or so over those crippled crappers. By the way, no pressure, but this will be out of stock soon I bet, so act fast if you want a 9800 pro right now, grab it before it's gone.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 1GB Corsair XMS 4000 Pro Series, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Pauldh on 09/19/04 11:08 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Crashman]

EZ cards generally use inferior RAM clocked at super low speeds. Like 200MHz (DDR400).

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