ati radeon pro 128 $176

[dieseldave]

http://store.yahoo.com/livewarehouse/atira98pro12.html
seems like a decent price

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

128 Bit? That'll run like a 9600 or something.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Is that at typo or something? The 9800pro is suppose to be 256-bit. Weird.

Newegg has a 9800pro for $172.

It's listed as:

Sapphire ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -Retail

Model# 1024-1C47
Item # N82E16814102369

Specifications:
Chipset: ATI RADEON 9800 PRO
Memory: 128MB DDR
BUS: AGP 8X
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)+TV-Out(S-Video)+DVI connector
Support 3D API: DirectX®9, OpenGL®2.0
Retail Box (see pictures for details)

 

[formulav8]

Even if it is 128bit memory. It should be faster than the 9600. Since it has 8 pipelines. The 9600 has 4.

But, I guess, the memory interface can only move so much data. So, if the memory bandwidth is full from 4 pipelines(don't know if it or not), 8 pipelines will not increase the performance at all. But hopefully the memory speed is increased to be able to get a good benefit from the 8 pipeline core. I would like to see a review of the card.


Jason