ATI 9600 vs 9550

[travs69]

Okay.. I've got a 9600 Pro 128M card (Not XT) and a 9550 256M card sitting in my lap.. both are genuine ATI cards.. which is the better card?

Thanks...

Travis

 

[ts3433]

Probably the 9600 Pro.

 

[StormRider]

I'm interested in this as well. I got a 9600 non-pro. Curse you ATI for making things confusing!

 

[travs69]

They are so close in specs that I'm having trouble deciding.. i was hoping somebody would have a good technical explaination as to why one was better than the other..

 

[AnotherGuy]

i thought 9600 and 9550 should be very close in performance... but 9600 Pro should definitly beat the 9550 even if 9550 has 256mb.... i dont think that memeory size matters too much.

 

[travs69]

Yeah.. I've been told that memory above 128M on the card doesn't make that big of difference.. I'm assuming either of these would blow a 9000 with 64M out of the water..

 

[ts3433]

The size of the frame buffer means nothing if the card is too slow to use it anyway.

Generally, from what I've seen:
9550 < 9600 ~ or < 9500