Which card should I buy...

WarAngel · Sep 10, 2004

Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 128mb

or the ATI Radeon 9600XT 256mb

the price is roughly the same at $200

Yankee · Sep 10, 2004

they arent even comparable, get the 9800

GoKu · Sep 10, 2004

Yankee said:
they arent even comparable, get the 9800

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WarAngel · Sep 10, 2004

thanks Yankee!

Ixiterra · Sep 10, 2004

MAKE SURE it is not the shitty Sapphire 9800 Pro. I fell for that scam, 128-bit memory bus instead of 256-bit. I think they say "Atlantis" or something now on the box/ad.

Defaced · Sep 10, 2004

9800 pro for sure.

I mean, No contest.

WarAngel · Sep 10, 2004

Ixiterra said:
MAKE SURE it is not the shitty Sapphire 9800 Pro. I fell for that scam, 128-bit memory bus instead of 256-bit. I think they say "Atlantis" or something now on the box/ad.

What? It is the Sapphire 9800 Pro 128 that I am considering

the 256 is like $400 bucks and I am not spending that much

Ixiterra · Sep 10, 2004

WarAngel said:
What? It is the Sapphire 9800 Pro 128 that I am considering

the 256 is like $400 bucks and I am not spending that much

Bus, not memory size. 128-bit or 256-bit memory bus. It was on the 128MB version that they did this.

Yankee · Sep 10, 2004

how do you tell that Ixterrra? If you have one installed

WarAngel · Sep 10, 2004

Ixiterra said:
Bus, not memory size. 128-bit or 256-bit memory bus. It was on the 128MB version that they did this.

ok, I got it. I will be looking out for that.

Viggy · Sep 10, 2004

How do you tell after the fact if you have one of those?

Ixiterra · Sep 10, 2004

Yankee said:
how do you tell that Ixterrra? If you have one installed

I don't know if you can without looking at the serial number on the card.

This topic tells you how to do it with the memory layout: http://www.sapphiretech.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5213

And has a link to this: http://www.webattack.com/get/aida32.shtml which can supposedly tell you.