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9700 to 9700pro would I notice a big difference?

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swtwc
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9700 to 9700pro would I notice a big difference?

Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:29 am

So on my new system I want to go to ATI and ditch Nvidia. Will I see a big difference between the 9700pro to the 9700? I'll be running Asus A7V8X Deluxe board with 2500+ (Barton core) and 512 3200 ddr. Any thoughts on this one? Any brands in particular? :-?
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Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:39 am

- The only time you'll probably notice is in benchmark tests.

- Stay away from "power color"!
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Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:42 am

At the moment, probably no. There aren't that many games that use that kind of grunt power yet.
*yawn*
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Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:52 pm

8) Diffs are small for the added cost. If you can handle flashing the BIOS and o/c'ing the Rad9500PRO achieves Rad9700 perf while the Rad9700 achieves Rad9700PRO perf ... no point getting the top chip esp with the FX & 9800 street release so close! All brands are virtually identical for the Rad9500 & up so price and bundle should be by FAR your top priorities.
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Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:33 pm

The only thing with the 9500 to the 9700 is 9500 has 4 pixel pipeline while the 9700 has 8-pixel pipeline. I'm in no way a over clocker. Plus the 9700 comes with 256bit mem, 9500 is 128 so is that a really big difference?
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Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:14 pm

9700PRO (0.15) 325/310 256bitDDR 8pipes 2.6GB/s 19.8Gp/s
9700 . . . (0.15) 275/270 256bitDDR 8pipes 2.2GB/s 17.6Gp/s
9500PRO (0.15) 275/270 128bitDDR 8pipes 2.2GB/s 8.6Gp/s
9500 . . . (0.15) 275/270 128bitDDR 4pipes 1.1GB/s 8.6Gp/s

:wink: Check any of the many reviews to see what diff it all makes ... 4 vs 8 pipes and 128bitDDR vs 256bitDDR. 4 pipes will always hold you back significantly regardless of o/c, 128bitDDR (with 8 pipes) isn't nearly as limiting and 128bitDDR+20% faster clocks equals 256bitDDR perf. You definitely want 8 pipes and 256bitDDR but you have to question the perf gains against the added cost.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20 ... index.html
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1756
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/ ... efault.asp
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Mzk2
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDA5
http://www.gamingnexus.com/Review.asp?ID=165&page=2
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=481
http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/radeon9500-9700/
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