Opinons On Ati 9600xt

[Spaz]

i was interested in buying this video card i was just wondering if anyone has this card, or knows any info on it. i just want to make sure i'm getting the best card for my money.

by the way its

$242 cdn, with 256mb of ram on it :)

thanks guys

[skat 325is]

I always check reviews done to hardware before buying, this is a good site that reviews pc hardware:

http://www.pcstats.com/

[spencers]

Why 256mb?

What games do you expect to play on it?

[bimmerphile]

yeah 256MB has been out for almost a year, and still almost no games take full advantage of it.

The real question is your CPU...if that's going to be your bottleneck, there's no point in you buying a super-nice card.

That said, I love my 9800 Pro

[LikeCDoos]

my buddy just bought that 9600 xt and seems to like it alright...he hasn't complained about anything yet. And yes 9800 pro is sweet. I still like my old school GeForce 4 Ti4400 128MB. I just wish i had a second LCD up at school, cause dual monitors is soooo nice.

[James Crivellone]

excellent card, although see if you can find an old 9700 Pro, or a 9500 Pro, both are faster in most benchmarks.

256mb for the 9600XT is overkill, and simply not needed, so I would save money and go with 128mb

[Werksmini]

I have a 9600xt that I got for xmas. Its the 128 and I love it. Every game I play is on highest setting and they look the tits. So thats my opinion. I would buy it if I didnt get it free.

[Spaz]

well my systems specs are as follows

amd 2500xp barton 1.84ghz (planning on overclocking it to 2.0ghz)
asus a7n8x
pc3200 512mb of ddr400
high speed adsl
logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers
mag innovision 17" flat screen
seagate 80gig harddrive
Lg dvd/cd-rw split drive. (can';t remeber speeds buts its brand spanking new)
panisonic floppy drive
shity 32mb 2xagp tnt2


do you think my computer will be a bottle neck??

by the way the prices for the video card is as follows

ATI ( original built by ATI ). We are the ATI SI partner in Vancouver
Radeon 9200SE 128M DDR, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( OEM ) $68
Radeon 9200 128M DDR, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( OEM/ retail ) $98/160
Radeon 9600 Pro 128M DDR, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( retail) $230
Radeon 9600 XT 128M DDR, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( oem/retail) $208/245
Radeon 9600 XT 256M DDR, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( oem ) $245
Radeon 9800 Pro 128M DDR-2, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( oem ) $380
Radeon 9800 Pro 256M DDR-2, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( oem ) $580
Radeon 9800 XT 256M DDR-2, VGA, DVI, TV-O, AGP8x ( oem / retail ) $590/610
DV-Wonder PCI (firewire) $75
TV-Wonder PCI (TV Tuner) $95
TV-Wonder USB (Retail ) $115
Radeon 9200 DVi Adaptor $5
Remove Wonder: USB RF receiver, 6 buttons (OEM ) $55
All-in-Wonder Radeon 9600Pro 128MB DDR, ViVo, TV-tuner, remote controller, AGP8x (retail ) $290
All-in-Wonder Radeon 9800Pro 128MB DDR, ViVo, TV-tuner, remote controller, AGP8x (retail ) $448


so what should i get??

[Spaz]

oh yah wait till half life 2 comes out then it will need some 256 they want you to use an 9800xt...heh