Faster than 9800XT?!

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stardust

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Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
The 9800XT is just a 9800 Pro with higher clock speed right? Since it doesn't use DDR2 does it? And as far as I know, there are no changes to the architecture of the GPU or anything of that sort... so... is it really that amazing that a 9800 Pro can be overclocked by an average Joe to get performance equal to or greater than the XT?

The 256MB version runs with DDR II

Can u give me a link to that? I still haven't seen any 9800XT that runs DDR-II.

Yes, sorry guys, my keyboard (or my darned router) forced me to clone so many posts.... but hey! its my first double..err.. triple... errr hextuple post ;)
 

stardust

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May 17, 2003
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Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
The 9800XT is just a 9800 Pro with higher clock speed right? Since it doesn't use DDR2 does it? And as far as I know, there are no changes to the architecture of the GPU or anything of that sort... so... is it really that amazing that a 9800 Pro can be overclocked by an average Joe to get performance equal to or greater than the XT?

The 256MB version runs with DDR II

Can u give me a link to that? I still haven't seen any 9800XT that runs DDR-II.

Yes, sorry guys, my keyboard (or my darned router) forced me to clone so many posts.... but hey! its my first double..err.. triple... errr hextuple post ;)