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I've just bought a set up using a Radeon 9600 (with Athlon 2.8 chip and a
Philips17" true digital tft screen). I don't see much comment here about
the 9600. Any advice welcome.

Bob
 
Maybe the less you see here the better. Hopefully not many people are
having problems. I've had my 9600 Pro for a couple of weeks now with my
high-end system and I like it. The performance is good, and I like the fact
that it doesn't need the extra power connector like the 9700 and 9800.
 
I've just bought a set up using a Radeon 9600 (with Athlon 2.8 chip and a
Philips17" true digital tft screen). I don't see much comment here about
the 9600. Any advice welcome.

Bob
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I was thinking the same thing. I just replaced my Hercules 8500LE
with a ATI 9600pro and am tickled to death. Even though the 3dMark
scores are not that much improved, games are. Especially GTA Vice
City. With the 8500LE it was playable but would jerk and hesitate
periodically. Much too often in fact. Resolutions of 6x4, 8x6, and
10x7 all seemed to play the same. Now, with the 9600pro, I'm playing
at 11x8 w/ things cranked up and it's much much smoother. Only just
an occasional jerk. Looks really nice, too.
So, I'm beginning to believe that the 3dmark scores are not a true
test as to how your system will perform. This is what I was getting.

No o/clocking of video cards

3DMark 2001SE
8500LE 64mg - 8083
9600pro 128mg - 9744

3DMark 2003
9600pro 128mg - 3115

System is a XP 1600+ cpu o/c to 1700+ by way of bus
512mg of pc2100 @ cas2

The card added some heat to my box cause all my temperature controlled
fans (5 of them) spin faster. It added some noise. That was one of
the reasons I went with the 9600. It has the new 0.13 micron chip
which requires less juice. Less juice = less heat. Less heat = less
noise for my setup.

The swap-out was uneventful.
I'm happy with my ATI 9600pro.
 
Bob said:
I've just bought a set up using a Radeon 9600 (with Athlon 2.8 chip and a
Philips17" true digital tft screen). I don't see much comment here about
the 9600. Any advice welcome.
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Pro versions are much better, nonpro sucks (slow memory, not possible
to overclock it under anything newer that Cat. 3.4, and if you make it,
440/250 is max. you can get).

I got myself a Gigabyte R9600 Pro and it works fine at 450/325,
original cooler (a bit noisy for my taste) replaced with Zalman ZM50-HP.
It really doesn't generate to much heat (compared to my old R8500).

As Stifler said, it's not that good at 3DMark, but games run more
fluid, even if you turn on 4xFSAA, it's only a 10-15% performance hit
(at 1024x768x32), nothing to worry about.
 
Bob Roberts said:
I've just bought a set up using a Radeon 9600 (with Athlon 2.8 chip and a
Philips17" true digital tft screen). I don't see much comment here about
the 9600. Any advice welcome.

Bob
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I guess very few people have issues with this card.

I got this card (ATI 9600pro) after recently replacing a Sapphire Radeon
7500. Reasons: runs cool, uses less juice (no power connector a la
9700-9800) and runs very smoothly and all game settings can be max'ed out.
Also, no more jaggies.

Am using 7.91 drivers.

Ron
 
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