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$160 for a 9800SE? Steal or Swindle?

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chazdraves

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Scoping around Pricewatch.com I've noticed Radeon 9800SE's going for $160(US). I've heard the 9600SE isn't the stud that the 9600Pro is, but how does the 9800SE compare to a 9800Pro? Anyone care to comment? Thanks in advance!

- Chaz
 
Save $20 and get a 9600 pro instead. For $160 I'm sure the 9800se is the 128 variety, which will be slower than a 9600 pro.
 
Originally posted by: modedepe
Save $20 and get a 9600 pro instead. For $160 I'm sure the 9800se is the 128 variety, which will be slower than a 9600 pro.
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What modedepe said.

Yup, there are 2 versions of the 9800SE ? fti?

9800SE ? 380/340?.256bit bus? $239 ? ? (= 9600pro?s performance)
9800SE ? ? 325/250 ? 128bit bus ?$151 ? (much slower than 9600pro)
PowerColor 9600pro ?400/300 ? ? $145

I would really avoid 9800SE?s (unless I was pretty well guaranteed a softmod to a 9800pro which only the faster 9800SE can do AFAIK.). 9600pro is less expensive, probably consumes 1/2 the power, and is just as fast as the faster version of the 9800SE.



 
Is the 9600Pro fairly overclockable? I run RageTweak 3D and would probably be looking at using that with the new card. Thanks for the tips!

- Chaz
 
9600 pro may very well be the best overclockable card ever made. Thats about how good it overclocks 🙂
 
Here?s a quick rundown on the 9600?s ?

The best 9600 pro?s generally come with 2.8ns rated Samsung memory and cost a little more ~ $170 -180 ?this includes ? Powercolor ?Bravo?, Sapphire 'Fireblade', Gigabyte R96P (R96P128D), FIC, Hercules 3D Prophet, and HIS.

The 9600pro?s around $150 will usually have 3.3ns Samsungs which includes ? the Connect 9600pro, Sapphire, GigaCube, and PowerColor. TYAN Tachyon G9600 PRO 128MB has 3.6ns Hynix.

Built By ATI retail 9600pro?s used to come exclusively with 2.8ns Samsung?s but now I think they are shipping with 3.3ns Samsungs --- they cost about $170 but come with a 3 year warranty (most cards only have 1 year). Finally, Gigacube makes a ? ?Ultimate Extreme Version??of the 9600pro which comes with 2.5ns Samsungs and is clocked 400/365 DDR --- quite a bit faster than the normal 9600 pro?s 400/300. The Gigacube runs about $180.

The 2.8?s don?t seem to overclock (345 - 365) a heck of a lot more than the 3.3 Samsungs (320 - 340). So you can decide if the extra $25 is worth it.
 
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