9600xt vs 9800se ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dimitar Georgievski
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Dimitar said:
Please can someone tells me what is better 9600xt or 9800se ???


I really looked into this before ending up buying the 9800pro, but only
because I picked up the 9800pro for ~US$170.

If you want to take your chances with the softmod option the for the 9800se
money you can end up with a 9800pro.

http://www.ocfaq.com/softmod/faq.php

If it fails you still end up with a "reasonable" card but the 9600XT is
slightly faster.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-03.html#unreal_tour
nament_2003
 
If it fails you still end up with a "reasonable" card but the 9600XT is
slightly faster.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-03.html#unreal_tour
nament_2003
Faster by 1.7FPS in UT2003, slower by over 6FPS in Quake 3. Looks like
a swings and roundabouts situation UNTIL you softmod the 9800SE and
then you get an instant 50% increase.

OTTOH those benchamrks are at stock 9800SE speeds. THere's not many
9800SEs that won't run at 9800XT Core/Mem speeds.
 
Faster by 1.7FPS in UT2003, slower by over 6FPS in Quake 3. Looks like
a swings and roundabouts situation UNTIL you softmod the 9800SE and
then you get an instant 50% increase.

OTTOH those benchamrks are at stock 9800SE speeds. THere's not many
9800SEs that won't run at 9800XT Core/Mem speeds.
Just to add..

THose tests were done on Radeon 9800SEs with 128bit Buses. Quite a few,
like mine, have a 256bit bus the same as the Pro/XT so would give a
higher score.
 
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