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Difference between radeon 9200 128-bit & 9250 64-bit
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. |
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"Kid-A" wrote in message ... 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 in message ... 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. Your new card has half the memory bandwidth and thats a big performance drop on an already slow card. Go back and raise hell. |
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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. |
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