the difference between the radeon 7500 pro and the ultra

[SupaMan2387]

is there a difference?

 

[SupaMan2387]

or which ever one they sell in the store and the pro

 

[SupaMan2387]

is there any difference between the ati radeon 7500 and the power color ati radeon 7500? i think i ordered the powercolor one it was called like the ati radeon 7500 pro 64 drr and it was like 30$ less.

 

[Rand]

The PowerColor radeon 7500 is almost identical to the ATi Radeon 7500. In fact ATi presently manufacturs PowerColor's boards before reselling them to PowerColor for re-labeling and resale.
The only functional difference is that PowerColor's Radeon 7500 is clocked at 270/230 while ATi's Retail Radeon 7500 is clocked at 290/230, and their OEM Radeon 7500 is clocked at 270/230.

Given that the R7500 is primarily memory bandwidth limited the real world performance difference is virtually nil.
The Radeon 7500 is also a very overclockable card.

The PowerColor model comes with 4ns DDR SDRAM, while ATi's own models come with 3.6-4ns DDR SDRAM.

 

[SupaMan2387]

but is 50 bux worth the difference in the too? does the real r7500 do dual moniter?

 

[Rand]

<< but is 50 bux worth the difference in the too? does the real r7500 do dual moniter? >>



Yes the 'real' R7500 has HydraVision. IMHO you did perfectly fine, given that the performance difference between the two is basiclly non-existent the PowerColor model is a perfectly fine purchase.