What is the difference between Radeon 9500 and 9500 PRO?

[Bad Dude]

What is the difference between the two? I think it's just that the 9500 Pro is just higher clock speed right?

What is the difference between 9500 and the 9700 PRO? What is the clock speed for each of them? 9500, 9500 PRO, 9700, and 9700 PRO?
Thanks.

 

[microAmp]

Not the best I could find, but working on it.

 

[WarSong]

They both have the same clock speeds. The difference is the Pro has 8 pipelines while the non-Pro only has 4. Both have 128-bit memory buses and are clocked at 275/270. The 9700 has 8 pipelines, 256-bit memory bus and is also clocked at 275/270. The 9700 Pro is the same as the non-pro except it's clocked at 325/310.

 

[sash1]

Here is a helpful chart comparing the 9500pro/np and 9700pro/np from Toms.

 

[Bad Dude]

Thanks for all of the help guys.

 

[AMDJunkie]

OK, this is what really confuses me. The non-pro 9500s have the same clock but have only 4 pipelines. And they're supposed to only have 64 MB of RAM. So then why is there 128 MB Radeon 9500s on the market with the "Pro" suspeciously absent? Are all 128 MB Radeon 9500s the "Pro" model, or are they castrated vanilla 9500s with 128 MBs now?

 

[Lark888]

Just wanted to give thanks for the links. I'm in the market for new video card also. 🙂

 

[WarSong]

Originally posted by: AMD Junkie
OK, this is what really confuses me. The non-pro 9500s have the same clock but have only 4 pipelines. And they're supposed to only have 64 MB of RAM. So then why is there 128 MB Radeon 9500s on the market with the "Pro" suspeciously absent? Are all 128 MB Radeon 9500s the "Pro" model, or are they castrated vanilla 9500s with 128 MBs now?

ATI only makes 64MB versions of the 9500 non-pro but 3rd parties like Sapphire make 128MB versions of it. It still has just the 4 pixel pipelines.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: WarSong
They both have the same clock speeds. The difference is the Pro has 8 pipelines while the non-Pro only has 4. Both have 128-bit memory buses and are clocked at 275/270. The 9700 has 8 pipelines, 256-bit memory bus and is also clocked at 275/270. The 9700 Pro is the same as the non-pro except it's clocked at 325/310.

Heres your answer. Couldnt have put it better myself.