9800SE any good???Why so much cheaper?

[INemtsev]

I want to buy a low priced video card...
9800SE is about my price or should I get 9600?
What specs does 9800SE got what clock speed and how many pipes...why so much cheaper than 9800normal?

 

[videoclone]

Radeon 9800SE

Core Speed: 325 MHZ
256-bit memory interface
Memory speed: 500Mhz
4 pipelines
128MB DDR
AGP 8x

The Memory speed Depends on the manufacture some put faster ram some put slower.
:beer:

 

[modedepe]

It's cheaper than the usual 9800 because it has half the pipelines. There are also two version of the 9800se. One version is clocked at 380/340 and has a 256 bit bus. The other version is clocked 325/250 and has a 128 bit bus. Either version will be faster than a 9600np.

 

[Blastman]

There are actually 3 versions of the 9800SE ? according to ocfaq and more than that according to a little web searching?

The typical prices I?ve seen ?.

9800SE ? 380/340?. ? ? ? ? ? ?256bit bus? $220 (?) ? (= 9600pro?s performance)
9800SE ? ? 325/270 and 380/300 ? 128bit bus ? ~ $165 - 177 ? (much slower than 9600pro)
9800SE ? ? 325/250 ? ? ? ? ? ?128bit bus ? ~ $145 ? TSOP memory
PowerColor 9600pro ?400/300 ? ?? ? ? ? ? ?.$145

If you look at one of digilifes latest articles they tested both a 256bit and a 128bit 9800SE. The 128bit 9800SE was clocked 325/270. That 128bit 9800SE was slower than a 5600 in almost all the benchmarks on that page. I would peg a 9600 faster than a 5600, so this would definitely put the 128bit model (325/270) slower than a 9600.

I would really avoid 9800SE?s unless you are thinking of softmoding.

Edit: Updated with new info.

 

[nick1985]

basically, its cheaper cuz it sucks.

 

[cindy22]

yeah don't get the 9800 se if you can find the 9800 non pro then get it right away because it's 30% faster than 9800 se and is usually around $20-30 more than the 9800se model .The original 9800 pro is only about 5- 10% faster than a 9800 non pro

ati's 9800 pro price just drop by over $100 canadian over at ati' site you can get it for $299 US or if you look around I'm pretty sure you can find a 9800 pro for much less

 

[cindy22]

for your budget try looking for a 9500 pro it might be hard to find but it's around the same price as 9800se and 9600 but the 9500 pro is faster than both cards because it has 8 pipelines while the others has only 4, that makes a big difference when you enable aa and af with high resolutions.

 

[DrDavid]

the 9800se owns!!!!

i got an hercules aiw 9800 se and i get >5000 3dmarks03 points ,softmodded (3680 std drivers), with the setup below!

just make sure u get a 256bit version!!

 

[cindy22]

I was looking at scores for the9800 se 128 bit with 4 pipelines, that's why your 256bit card makes such a difference including your softmod similar to the saphire 9500 non pro L shape mem with 256 bit using softmod or hard mod to 9700 with scores exactly the same as 9700

 

[cindy22]

DRDavid
how much did you overclock to get those high scores. You got a good deal then if you can softmod it close to pro speeds!

 

[DrDavid]

Originally posted by: cindy22
DRDavid
how much did you overclock to get those high scores. You got a good deal then if you can softmod it close to pro speeds!

neither the cpu nor the gfxcard is oc.... dont feel a need to...yet

apparently some ppl get a copy with poor pipes and getting artifacts, but not me, so maybe i am just lucky...

the pic quality is great, and so is the aiw function (wasnt the main reason i got it tho.. hehe)


btw i got it much cheaper than the original price