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[Avalon]

Well, I've been looking of pics of the X600 series of cards on retailer sites such as this one, and they all appear to have L-shaped memory. Does this mean the X600 cards in this configuration have 256bit memory?

 

[Super56K]

I don't know about the memory, but that is a LOT of games to bundle with a graphics card. All 17 of them.

 

[StrangerGuy]

No.

Remember that the 9600s also have L-shaped memory and they all have 128bit memory buses.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
No.

Remember that the 9600s also have L-shaped memory and they all have 128bit memory buses.

Really...interesting.
So, does the L-shape configuration that indicates 256bit vs 128bit only apply for the high end line of cards, or is the L-shape just a misconception of an indication of memory bit-width (is that even a word? ) ?

*Edit*
Wow, just looked at the game bundle. That's an assload of games...

 

[Bateluer]

Its from GameVE . . . . nuff said.

 

[bcoupland]

No. It's core (the 9600, 9600 pro, 9600XT, X600) is optimized for a 128 bit bus. There's no way in hell a company
would sell a card that has a higher clock speed than its highest end card (X800 line) with a memory bus of the same width.
Also, I highly doubt a card with a 256 bit-wide bus and 740 mhz ddr would have a mem. bandwidth of 11.8 Gb/s

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: bcoupland
No. It's core (the 9600, 9600 pro, 9600XT, X600) is optimized for a 128 bit bus. There's no way in hell a company
would sell a card that has a higher clock speed than its highest end card (X800 line) with a memory bus of the same width.
Also, I highly doubt a card with a 256 bit-wide bus and 740 mhz ddr would have a mem. bandwidth of 11.8 Gb/s

Yeah, but it's got 4 pipes...where as the X800 line, at the moment, has a minimum of 12.
Anyway...I only gave GameVE as a link out of several that I found...go to pricewatch.com and look at all the sites offering the card. The pictures are all the same, just about.

 

[Pete]

That "14 in 1" CD probably contains just demos.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Pete
That "14 in 1" CD probably contains just demos.

LOL- saves you the DL though for the modem impaired.