9500 only 64MB

[nardvark]

The news links on the left of Anandtech had a page with Powercoler's 9500 specs...it said it "supports 64mb of DDR blah blah blah..."
They are going to make a 128mb version, right? The language didn't seem to imply it...

 

[Moishe]

I certainly hope so... IF the r9000 pro has a 128mb version then surely the 9500 will.... would seem stupid not to.
I looked at the list and am wonderng what exactly is the difference between the 9700 and the 9500....? There is so much marketing hype and fluff in that list that I can't weed it out easily.
Maybe the 9500 is exactly the same as the 9700, except it has half the ram??
That would seem like a strange way to do it...

 

[BlvdKing]

I keep hearing that the 9500 will have half the pipes as the 9700. That would make it four pipes w/ one texture unit per pipe. Wouldn't that make it not compatible with DX9?

Also, those specs look close to the 9000 Pro.....

 

[PG]

Some of the specs contradict themselves. See how in one place it says 8 pixel pipeline architechture, but a little below that it says only 4?

I don't know what to believe and what not to believe.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I read that the 9500 will not be a DX9 part. It will support 8.1 🙁