9500 pro or 9600 xt?

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J.Clarke said:
On 3 Dec 2003 04:53:46 -0800


But to what speeds can the 9600XT be overclocked? Don't assume it has
the same limitations as the other 9600s which use a different processor
chip.


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All 9600's use the same chip revision and all are pretty high clocked
to start with!

So you might be able to overclock it but I'm sure you won't get to the
9700 Pro levels in performance, wich is something a 9500 Pro actually
may get to with good cooling!
 
The XT is (almost) the same chip... Probably the yields have gone up,
so they could clock it a bit higher.
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The ability to clock it higher has nothing to do with yields going up
and everything to do with a new substrate with lower capacitance.
 
J.Clarke said:
Are you sure about that? The XTs use a different chip from the
earlier 9600s.
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The XT is (almost) the same chip... Probably the yields have gone up, so
they could clock it a bit higher.

The radeon 9500 Pro does overclock a bit, but not too much. But hey, it's
got 8 pipelines, where the 9600 (np,p,xt) has only 4. Standard clock is 270,
but it will do 330 without a problem. I haven't seen a 9600XT hitting 660
yet ;-)

Them memory might be another story, though... i haven't really seen a
comparing benchmark yet, but the XT's memory should be a bit better..

Thomas
 
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