Interesting review of 9500 Pro from Digit Labs. 256 Bit bus? 4*2 textures not 8*1?

[JayPatel]

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/radeon/r9500pro.html

They claim the 256 Bit Bus is still there. and that its not 8 pixel pipes. Interesting indeed.

 

[tart666]

And now, a hack to turn a 9500 128MB into a 9700. Like I been saying all along. link

 

[Syborg1211]

Wait do in order to do that conversion do you need to buy a 9500 regular or a 9500 pro?

 

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by: Syborg1211
Wait do in order to do that conversion do you need to buy a 9500 regular or a 9500 pro?

you buy a 9500 non pro and switch
one jumper. that is assuming it works.

 

[Syborg1211]

Has anyone verified that the core on a Radeon 9500 regular does indeed look exactly like the 9700 pro except that one jumper? If there's enough evidence of this I will be the first to drop the 160 bucks for the 9500 and take a try at that jumper!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Very interesting indeed.

 

[tart666]

This thing got its own thread now. here