9550 256mb Any Good?

[crystalskull]

Any info on this card would be be nice. thx

 

[JimBob]

Any info on this card would be be nice. thx

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=9550+256MB&meta=
Google is your friend.

 

[crystalskull]

i tried that already and there was nothng of any real help. i was hoping for
first hand info from some real person that had one.

 

[Jonathan Eales]

Posted by me a while ago, but still valid...



Disappointing. This card gives a standard 3Dmark2001SE score of only 6215
compared to the Radeon 9200 (a repackaged Radeon 8500) score of 5789. So
for the £20 extra you get a slightly higher performance, double the amount
of memory, DirectX 9 support, and a small fan with a blue LED light.



Even when overclocked to the Radeon 9600 stock speed of 325MHz core and
400MHz memory and a 10% increased FSB you only get a 3Dmark2001SE score of
7563 with this card. The board does remain stable (at least for one day) at
this speed however.



You do not get a manual with this package and there is no 9550 manual on the
enclosed CD-ROM.



I continue on my quest to find a good quality, higher performance, mid-range
3D graphics card. Neither nVidia nor ATI offer a card at the £50-£60 price
point that improves dramatically on my present choice of Sapphire Radeon
9200 with 64Mb DDR for only £36 inc VAT.



This card/chip has been created by marketing not by design. Avoid.



Jonathan

i tried that already and there was nothng of any real help. i was hoping
for first hand info from some real person that had one.

 

[crystalskull]

thx

Posted by me a while ago, but still valid...



Disappointing. This card gives a standard 3Dmark2001SE score of only 6215
compared to the Radeon 9200 (a repackaged Radeon 8500) score of 5789. So
for the £20 extra you get a slightly higher performance, double the amount
of memory, DirectX 9 support, and a small fan with a blue LED light.



Even when overclocked to the Radeon 9600 stock speed of 325MHz core and
400MHz memory and a 10% increased FSB you only get a 3Dmark2001SE score of
7563 with this card. The board does remain stable (at least for one day)
at this speed however.



You do not get a manual with this package and there is no 9550 manual on
the enclosed CD-ROM.



I continue on my quest to find a good quality, higher performance,
mid-range 3D graphics card. Neither nVidia nor ATI offer a card at the
£50-£60 price point that improves dramatically on my present choice of
Sapphire Radeon 9200 with 64Mb DDR for only £36 inc VAT.



This card/chip has been created by marketing not by design. Avoid.



Jonathan

 

[Thomas]

Posted by me a while ago, but still valid...

Disappointing. This card gives a standard 3Dmark2001SE score of only
6215 compared to the Radeon 9200 (a repackaged Radeon 8500) score of
5789. So for the £20 extra you get a slightly higher performance,
double the amount of memory, DirectX 9 support, and a small fan with
a blue LED light.

Small remark: the 9200 isn't a repackaged 8500, it's a repackaged 9000. The
9100 was a repackaged 8500.

Thomas.