ATI Radeon 9600EZ PRO?

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Can anyone comment on this card please? I'm thinking of buying it (rather
than an FX5600XT).

Cheers.

Bobby
 
Bobby said:
Can anyone comment on this card please? I'm thinking of buying it (rather
than an FX5600XT).

Cheers.

Bobby
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Hi m8,

I had one of these cards (PowerColor 9600pro EZ 256mb) and found it to be OK
for most games. I got the chance to upgrade to a Sapphire 9600XT 128mb, if
you can afford it go for this one, the difference is very noticeable
especially in games like Halo.

3dmark 03 score for the EZ = 2611 against 3846 for the XT

System
MSI K7N2 Delta
AMD 2500+ Barton
512 mb (running single channel)
Sapphire 9600XT 128mb

Steve



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I almost got the Radeon 9600 Pro EZ, but after I read some reviews, I
decided against it and bought the 9600xt. The reason is that the memory on
the EZ models is considerably slower. It runs at 2 * 200mhz (effectively
making it 400mhz memory), where the regular pro and xt versions run at 2 *
300 (which makes it effectively 600 mhz memory). On video cards memory speed
is important. However, I have not had any first hand experience with the
9600EZ or the fx5600xt so i cannot judge the performance on either.

-Josh
 
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