powercolor 9600XT Bravo

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anyone got one of these cards? are they worth the extra money for the bigger
heatsink and ramsinks as they seem to be clocked the same as a normal XT (i
may have seen one clocked at 650MHz mem, but i`m mot sure). I`m thinking of
getting one or should i stick to a stock XT or o/c a PRO instead? Or even a
9800SE?
TIA
 
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Sunbow said:
anyone got one of these cards? are they worth the extra money for the bigger
heatsink and ramsinks as they seem to be clocked the same as a normal XT (i
may have seen one clocked at 650MHz mem, but i`m mot sure). I`m thinking of
getting one or should i stick to a stock XT or o/c a PRO instead? Or even a
9800SE?
TIA
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mmm, sounds good enough to me, unmodded the 9800SE will be slower as a
nice 9600XT!

Yes you can mod the 9800 making it potentially a 9800 or 9800 Pro. But
ofcourse changes are low you succeed!

If you don't wish to have to juggle your way into a performer...mmm
9600XT
 
Don't buy an ATI 9600XT based video controller unless it is a genuine retail
ATI 9600XT, as most other "builders" that are using the ATI 9600XT chipset
have not fully followed the ATI reference design, used old PCB's that were
"in stock"
to rush product out for Christmas holiday, and have not enabled the ATI
"OVERDRIVE"
feature.

I too was "duped'" by C.P.Technology Co., Ltd. aka/dba in United States as
Power Color USA Corp. in purchasing a R96A-C3T in a new system I had built
by Future Technologies International, Inc. (FTI), Great Neck, NY about two
weeks ago, who is an "authorized" distributor/reseller" Power Color
products.

The cost to me between the Power Color R96A-C3T and a genuine retail ATI
9600XT was less than five dollars, but I went ahead with the Power Color
Product since it seemed to have a better bundle. I was not aware that there
were any differences in the cards, as Future Technologies International,
Inc. (FTI) web site (as do most other resellers) still to this day state the
fact that the Power Color R96A-C3T has "OVERDRIVE", as does C.P.Technology
Co., Ltd. Main web site, only in the last week has the Power Color USA Corp.
web site quietly removed the statement about the Power Color R96A-C3T having
'OVERDRIVE" ability.
 
are you sure?

you're the first person i've seen to write a bad report
...what is overdrive, and if im running a 4x agp mobo would i even benefit
from it?
.....and besides there being differences between powercolor and ati the price
on the powercolor is what turns me on
 
He's right. Many OEM like powercolor, hercules etc did not include overdrive
in first series of xt series. Many xt cards now contain overdrive, but you
never know untill you buy one.
 
Overdrive is only in XT cards. It monitors thermal state of gpu, and
accordingly increase/decrease clockrate when needed. Saves gpu from
overheat. When you browse Internett, gpu clocks down, when start
needforspeed, gpu gets jazzed up. It's quite neat actually. Reduces heat in
your chassis a bit.
 
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