Can someone give me the lowdown on a Radeon 9600SE?

[SunnyD]

I was trying to find out exactly how castrated of a card it is, but ATI's website has absolutely no information on it.

 

[fstime]

Garbage card, 4 pipe lines, slower then non-pro version, slow memory, basicly a broken down 8500 with half the pipe lines.

 

[xSauronx]

clock 325 mem 400
64 bit bus....
128ddr

pro is 128 bus, and 400/600 128ddr
xt is 128 and 500/600 128ddr

 

[videoclone]

9600 SE is as fast as a ATI 9000 Pro if not maybe a little slower ..

A Radeon 8500 is faster then a 9600 SE

 

[MercenaryForHire]

HardOCP review of 9600SE.

Note its crappy performance in ... well, everything. 64-bit memory just kills the thing.

- M4H

 

[Cerb]

*hiss*:brokenheart::frown:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally sigged by: Cerb
"The Celeron is an Asthmatic Ant with three bags of very heavy shopping." - DivideBYZero

The 9600SE is the Celeron of the video world.

- M4H

 

[SunnyD]

Upgrade worthy from a GeForce 3 Ti200?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Upgrade worthy from a GeForce 3 Ti200?

Purely for DX9 games, yes.
But not worth the cost. If you want an upgrade from a GF3 Ti 200...GF4 Ti 4200, 4800se, GF FX 5700, or 9600 Pro (or better).
I reiterate:

*hiss*:brokenheart::frown:

 

[videoclone]

You got to love how ATI put the name 9600 on a card that is very impressive and a card that is slower then a Radeon 8500, 9000 Pro, 9100 Pro, Geforce4mx460 ( GeforceFX5200 128bit. ) Geforce3 Ti500 Geforce3Ti200 Geforce3 ATI
All these cards are cheapies and cost nothing but the outdo the 9600SE that costs more.

These cards are better then the 9600SE .... !! But the 9600 Pro is better then all these cards

ATI did something wrong in the worst possible way and ended up with a 9600SE.

The Geforce FX5200 64bit card is also a shocking product to be avoided

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Upgrade worthy from a GeForce 3 Ti200?

It'll probably be slower than that old gf3 in a lot of cases. Definitely not worth the money.

 

[Krinos]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Upgrade worthy from a GeForce 3 Ti200?

Not really. If you're really skimping go for a 9600LE, afaik the cheapest current card (its getting hard to find non 64bit 9200s and 5200s) with a 128bit memory bus, but uses cheaper/slower tsop memory chips (generally 5ns). Only slightly more expensive than the Suck Edition.

 

[modedepe]

If you're really skimping go for a 9600LE

Too bad there is no such thing as a 9600LE.

 

[Schadenfroh]

it sucks

 

[MichaelZ]

sux

 

[Krinos]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Too bad there is no such thing as a 9600LE.

Google first, then post.

Jetway 9600LE. XpertVision is the other main manufacturer of 9600LEs, but their spotty page doesn't have their entire product line on it.

 

[JEDI]

SE = sucky edition.

avoid any video card with models ending in MX or SE

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Krinos

Originally posted by: modedepe
Too bad there is no such thing as a 9600LE.

Google first, then post.

Jetway 9600LE. XpertVision is the other main manufacturer of 9600LEs, but their spotty page doesn't have their entire product line on it.

"9600LE" is a card, not a chip. That's just a lower-clocked regular 9600.

- M4H

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Krinos

Originally posted by: modedepe
Too bad there is no such thing as a 9600LE.

Google first, then post.

Jetway 9600LE. XpertVision is the other main manufacturer of 9600LEs, but their spotty page doesn't have their entire product line on it.

That's the same thing as a 9600 non pro. It isn't even listed on ati's website, so apparently they thought they'd dream up their own name for the card.

 

[modedepe]

dp

 

[Viper96720]

Originally posted by: JEDI
SE = sucky edition.

avoid any video card with models ending in MX or SE

5900SE isn't a bad card

 

[Krinos]

Originally posted by: modedepeThat's the same thing as a 9600 non pro. It isn't even listed on ati's website, so apparently they thought they'd dream up their own name for the card.

Yes that's right its a card, and afaik the cheapest 128it memory bus card currently commonly available, which was why I recommended it over the 64bit SE if he was skimping on his video card.

For the record though, ATi doesn't have the 9800SE listed on their webpage either.

 

[Jeff7181]

It's sad when manufacturers intentially try to screw over customers.

*cough* FX5200 *cough*

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Viper96720

Originally posted by: JEDI
SE = sucky edition.

avoid any video card with models ending in MX or SE

5900SE isn't a bad card

A 5900SE isn't an ATi card.

 

[BugsBunny1078]

9600 se is pretty good card. Runs everything fine including call of duty and painkiller and half life 2 which comes with it.
I am actually using one I am going to return it before the 30 days are up so i can upgrade. I only got it because my fx 5700 burnt out.. It runs very good for the specs though. Dont listen to these guys they dont know what theyre talking about. They look at numbers and think they can predict performance. This card runs smooth and all games are playable. thats all that counts.
This is one card that will prove benchmarks useless. Despite low numbers it is more playable than higher benchmarking cards.