ATI Radeon VE :: 32MB DDR or 64MB SDR?

[zippy]

Which one?

 

[Ryan]

You can buy 64mb DDR cards too. I know because my OEM gateway VE was

 

[zippy]

Right...I'm trying to keep this very cheap though...I'm buying an LCD and replacing my current video card (Kyro2) for something with DVI and DVD decoding...I don't really game any more.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I would assume the ddr would whoop the sdr's ass. What good is the memory if you don't have the bandwidth to use it?

 

[zippy]

<shrug>

I wish I knew...

Does anyone know for sure?

 

[formulav8]

The DDR version would be faster. The pipeline is chopped to 2 with either memory version

 

[TimeKeeper]

You might want to read the review from Anandtech.

 

[zippy]

<< You might want to read the review from Anandtech. >>

I saw it...no mention of the 64MB SDR version of the VE...

 

[TimeKeeper]

<< .... the memory bus width is shortened to only 64-bit wide and is used with DDR memory. This gives the Radeon VE effectively the same memory bandwidth as the 128-bit wide SDR memory Radeon SDR card..... >>

 

[mztykal]

It should be the same. The bandwidth on both is 64-bit. I had the Radeon 7200 DDR and it was alright.

Now I'm on a Radeon 32MB DDR and I can't really tell the difference.

 

[logear1]

I run a small semiaccurate utility on my systems and this was exactly what I wanted to know. ATI 64MB SDRAM video card got about 180-188 frames per second. ATI 32 MB DDR video card got about 184-192 frames per second. 64 meg card-$79. 32 meg DDR card-$59. The color seemed a little richer on the 64meg card,but if you're trying to keep the price down...............
BTW- the DDR card has DVI & analog outputs.

 

[zippy]

<< I run a small semiaccurate utility on my systems and this was exactly what I wanted to know. ATI 64MB SDRAM video card got about 180-188 frames per second. ATI 32 MB DDR video card got about 184-192 frames per second. 64 meg card-$79. 32 meg DDR card-$59. The color seemed a little richer on the 64meg card,but if you're trying to keep the price down...............
BTW- the DDR card has DVI & analog outputs. >>

Nice, thanks. Yeah, the 64MB SDR version is like $1 less (retail) than the 32MB DDR at this one place I found. So it's still a toss up...I'll go with the 32MB DDR....just cuz DDR is cool.

Thanks all!

I did however find a cheap 64MB Radeon (regular...well, engineering sample) so I may go with that if it does indeed have DVI...ROCK!