ATI to release the Radeon 9200 SE

[nemesismk2]

"ATi is said to be releasing a new product line 9200SE which is a tuned down 9200 with lower memory bandwidth of 64-bit (versus 128-bit for the 9200) and lower core clock speed of 200MHz (versus 250MHz). A number of companies will be releasing products based on this new core. They are Gigabyte Technologies, CP Technology, Info-Tek (ITC)."

Isn't the Radeon 9200 slow enough without making it any slower?

 

[Tab]

Looks like they've done it with the 9800, anyone know the specs on this?

 

[modedepe]

Well this card is going to be a whole lot of bs. I wish the 64 bit memory bandwidth would die already. And to answer your question, yes it is slow enough already.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Well this card is going to be a whole lot of bs. I wish the 64 bit memory bandwidth would die already. And to answer your question, yes it is slow enough already.

 

[FearoftheNight]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Well this card is going to be a whole lot of bs. I wish the 64 bit memory bandwidth would die already. And to answer your question, yes it is slow enough already.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Well this card is going to be a whole lot of bs. I wish the 64 bit memory bandwidth would die already. And to answer your question, yes it is slow enough already.

 

[modedepe]

:beer:

 

[xSauronx]

what a waste

lemme get this right though
theres the 9000
9000 pro
9200 (a 9000 [pro?] with 8x agp)
and now a slow 9200?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Well this card is going to be a whole lot of bs. I wish the 64 bit memory bandwidth would die already. And to answer your question, yes it is slow enough already.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Tabb
Looks like they've done it with the 9800, anyone know the specs on this?

wtf is this?

 

[clicknext]

It'll probably be really cheap, appealling to those who don't care about performace or are too ignorant to know that it's bad.

 

[nemesismk2]

I hate it when ATI and Nvidia use the term SE because in other markets it means special edition, with video cards it just means slow edition! :|

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I hate it when ATI and Nvidia use the term SE because in other markets it means special edition, with video cards it just means slow edition! :|

True!!

 

[PhlashFoto]

Im so confused on the performance models of the ATI cards... are they all faster than the 8500???

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
Im so confused on the performance models of the ATI cards... are they all faster than the 8500???

No.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
Im so confused on the performance models of the ATI cards... are they all faster than the 8500???

All you need to know is that the radeon 9000/pro, 9100 (which is the old 8500 le) and 9200 are ALL slower than the 8500. If your asking yourself is the 9200 faster than the 9100 then NO the 9200 is slower than the 9100 because the 9200 is just a regular 9000 with 8x agp support.

The situation is similar over at Nvidia with the GF4 Ti4200 being faster than the FX5200/Ultra and the FX5600. (Yes I defused the whole situation before ATI fans could jump down my throat!)

 

[clicknext]

Apparently to ATI, slightly higher number means slower.

 

[PhlashFoto]

oh i know the performance differences of the nvidia cards since i follow them more.... could someone list in order the performace of the ATI cards?? so i should get the 8500 before i get the 9200? and where does the 9500 and 9600 model line up??? im sooooo confused... thanks ATI

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
oh i know the performance differences of the nvidia cards since i follow them more.... could someone list in order the performace of the ATI cards?? so i should get the 8500 before i get the 9200? and where does the 9500 and 9600 model line up??? im sooooo confused... thanks ATI

Yes get an 8500 before a 9200. Both of those are low end dx8 cards, where as the 9500 and 9600 are mid range dx9 based cards. 9500 and 9600 offer similar performance and cost. A 9500pro is slighty faster than 9600pro, I don't know about the nonpro versions though.

 

[PhlashFoto]

thanks... any reason why the 9500 is faster than the 9600 ???

 

[Pete]

The 9500 Pro has twice the pipelines and vertex shaders as the 9600 Pro. Because the 9600 Pro is not clocked twice as high as the 9500 Pro, it loses to its older sibling.

 

[PhlashFoto]

so i assume for the best price/performance ratio, other than getting a 9700/9800 series..... i should go with a 9500 Pro???