Any good - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB???

Hi,

I saw this card advetised - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB - for £99
and wonder how good it is in terms of performance, etc. Could I run Doom III
on it when it comes out?

Are PowerColor any good as a make? I assume all their cards come with fans
and not heatsinks?

Thanks,


John.

THE 'EZ' tells me some kind of value card.....look at the specs of the non-EZ compared to the 'EZ' and see what your missing...

"John Smith" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I saw this card advetised - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB - for £99
and wonder how good it is in terms of performance, etc. Could I run Doom III
on it when it comes out?

Are PowerColor any good as a make? I assume all their cards come with fans
and not heatsinks?

Thanks,


John.

It will run Doom3. The question is how much eye candy will it allow? My
feelings are it is not a good card when a 9600 Pro 128mb can be had for
about the same price. The EZ means it's memory is clocked at the same speed
as a 9600 non Pro. So it's performance will be somewhere between a 9600 Pro
and a 9600 np. The extra memory is not of much use when you consider that
the high resolutions supported will be too slow to be useful.

Dave


"JAD" wrote in message
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THE 'EZ' tells me some kind of value card.....look at the specs of the
non-EZ compared to the 'EZ' and see what your missing...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I saw this card advetised - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB - for
£99
and wonder how good it is in terms of performance, etc. Could I run Doom
III
on it when it comes out?

Are PowerColor any good as a make? I assume all their cards come with
fans
and not heatsinks?

Thanks,


John.

Thanks both - so a 128MB Pro would be better?

John.


"DaveL" wrote in message
...
It will run Doom3. The question is how much eye candy will it allow? My
feelings are it is not a good card when a 9600 Pro 128mb can be had for
about the same price. The EZ means it's memory is clocked at the same
speed
as a 9600 non Pro. So it's performance will be somewhere between a 9600
Pro
and a 9600 np. The extra memory is not of much use when you consider that
the high resolutions supported will be too slow to be useful.

Dave


"JAD" wrote in message
ink.net...
THE 'EZ' tells me some kind of value card.....look at the specs of the
non-EZ compared to the 'EZ' and see what your missing...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I saw this card advetised - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB - for
£99
and wonder how good it is in terms of performance, etc. Could I run
Doom
III
on it when it comes out?

Are PowerColor any good as a make? I assume all their cards come with
fans
and not heatsinks?

Thanks,


John.

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Thanks both - so a 128MB Pro would be better?

John.


"DaveL" wrote in message
...
It will run Doom3. The question is how much eye candy will it allow?
My
feelings are it is not a good card when a 9600 Pro 128mb can be had for
about the same price. The EZ means it's memory is clocked at the same
speed
as a 9600 non Pro. So it's performance will be somewhere between a 9600
Pro
and a 9600 np. The extra memory is not of much use when you consider
that
the high resolutions supported will be too slow to be useful.

Dave


"JAD" wrote in message
ink.net...
THE 'EZ' tells me some kind of value card.....look at the specs of the
non-EZ compared to the 'EZ' and see what your missing...

"John Smith" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I saw this card advetised - PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB -
for
£99
and wonder how good it is in terms of performance, etc. Could I run
Doom
III
on it when it comes out?

Are PowerColor any good as a make? I assume all their cards come
with
fans
and not heatsinks?

Thanks,


John.








Definitely.