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Which Radeon 9600 Pro
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I have just rebuilt my pc with a asus A7N8X V2 Deluxe, Athlon Barton 2500, 2 x 512MB Crucial PC3200 (in dual channel mode), Western Digital 120GB SATA HDD 8MB cache at 7200rpm and a Enermax 350W PSU but I have an old Elso Gladiac GTS 32MB graphics card which I am looking to upgrade. A friend may be selling me a Gainward Geforce4 TI4600 Golden Edition for £60 but this may not happen. Is this a good card? Will the 4X AGP peformance be affected when compared to the 8X Radeaon 9600 Pro? I have been looking at the Radeon 9600 Pro and get confused at some of the versions out there and their memory speeds. The ones I have found are branded PowerColor 9600 Pro Bravo priced from £121 inc VAT and delivery from avco.biz and several brands from overclockers.co.uk. What is the best option for the money at the momement? Gigabyte 9600 Pro 128 MB Saphire 9600 Pro 128 MB Connect 9600 Pro 128 MB PowerColor 9600 Pro 128 MB Tyan Tacheon 9600 Pro 128MB. I have heard that it can be found for £117 but cannot find the supplier for this price. I have been looking for days but each time I find a deal they are for OEM's and quote memory speeds 340 and 400. I though the 9600 Pro specifications are 400 core with memory speed at (2 x 300) 600. Any advice? Bryan |
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Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK!
"Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Hi I have just rebuilt my pc with a asus A7N8X V2 Deluxe, Athlon Barton 2500, 2 x 512MB Crucial PC3200 (in dual channel mode), Western Digital 120GB SATA HDD 8MB cache at 7200rpm and a Enermax 350W PSU but I have an old Elso Gladiac GTS 32MB graphics card which I am looking to upgrade. A friend may be selling me a Gainward Geforce4 TI4600 Golden Edition for £60 but this may not happen. Is this a good card? Will the 4X AGP peformance be affected when compared to the 8X Radeaon 9600 Pro? I have been looking at the Radeon 9600 Pro and get confused at some of the versions out there and their memory speeds. The ones I have found are branded PowerColor 9600 Pro Bravo priced from £121 inc VAT and delivery from avco.biz and several brands from overclockers.co.uk. What is the best option for the money at the momement? Gigabyte 9600 Pro 128 MB Saphire 9600 Pro 128 MB Connect 9600 Pro 128 MB PowerColor 9600 Pro 128 MB Tyan Tacheon 9600 Pro 128MB. I have heard that it can be found for £117 but cannot find the supplier for this price. I have been looking for days but each time I find a deal they are for OEM's and quote memory speeds 340 and 400. I though the 9600 Pro specifications are 400 core with memory speed at (2 x 300) 600. Any advice? Bryan |
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"Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. |
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A friend of mine did some research on this about 2 months ago and came up
with the belief that the Connect 3D 9600 Pro 128MB on sale at www.overclockers.co.uk for about £120 was the best card available... at the time... in terms of performance and price. The 9800s are simply ovver the top in price. He has two now and they are superb. I also have heard that Sapphire are excellent cards. OCers sells a wide range of cards. "Skid" wrote in message news:6tjdb.599549$Ho3.116718@sccrnsc03... "Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. |
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Hi all,
I bought a Tyan Tachyon 9600PRO from Ebuyer for £99.95 + VAT and I'm delighted with it. Regards, Col "John Smith" wrote in message ... A friend of mine did some research on this about 2 months ago and came up with the belief that the Connect 3D 9600 Pro 128MB on sale at www.overclockers.co.uk for about £120 was the best card available... at the time... in terms of performance and price. The 9800s are simply ovver the top in price. He has two now and they are superb. I also have heard that Sapphire are excellent cards. OCers sells a wide range of cards. "Skid" wrote in message news:6tjdb.599549$Ho3.116718@sccrnsc03... "Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. |
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"Skid" wrote in message news:6tjdb.599549$Ho3.116718@sccrnsc03... "Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. Had my Sapphire 9600Pro from Overclockers.Co.Uk. Its the genuine article with 400/300. Its £141 including VAT. Just took a look for you and unfortunately they're currently out. Nice system BTW. |
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Shawk,
Does your Sapphire come with a fan or a heatsink? I can't stand fan noise and my interest in the Connect 9600s is that they have heatsinks although I think the Pro might have a fan. I would be interested to know what the Sapphire has. John. "Shawk" wrote in message ... "Skid" wrote in message news:6tjdb.599549$Ho3.116718@sccrnsc03... "Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. Had my Sapphire 9600Pro from Overclockers.Co.Uk. Its the genuine article with 400/300. Its £141 including VAT. Just took a look for you and unfortunately they're currently out. Nice system BTW. |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Shawk, Does your Sapphire come with a fan or a heatsink? I can't stand fan noise and my interest in the Connect 9600s is that they have heatsinks although I think the Pro might have a fan. I would be interested to know what the Sapphire has. John. "Shawk" wrote in message ... "Skid" wrote in message news:6tjdb.599549$Ho3.116718@sccrnsc03... "Bolton Gate" wrote in message ... Sorry I meant to tell you I am posting from the UK! I can't help with U.K. prices or avilability, but the Sapphire cards are generally the pick of the OEMs, with better quality memory that can usually be overclocked without much trouble. If you can get that G4 4600, it would be a decent cheap stopgap until you could save up for a Sapphire 9800 non-pro, which can often overclock to 9800 Pro and beyond. Had my Sapphire 9600Pro from Overclockers.Co.Uk. Its the genuine article with 400/300. Its £141 including VAT. Just took a look for you and unfortunately they're currently out. Nice system BTW. John, the Pro comes with a fan - I think all Pro's do? AFAIK only the NP have heatsinks and you dont want anything less than a 9600 Pro in that system - 9800 be better if you had the money. Having said that the loudest thing in my system is the PSU fan - cant hear the Sapphires fan over that (and the PSU is pretty quiet) Shawk. |
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Had my Sapphire 9600Pro from Overclockers.Co.Uk. Its the genuine article with 400/300. Its £141 including VAT. Just took a look for you and unfortunately they're currently out. Nice system BTW. I got a Saphire 9600Pro Fireblade from kimplett a couple of days ago. £150 delivered. The Fireblade is guarenteed overclockable by Sapphire, if you are that way inclined Not tried myself yet. Oli |
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