What's the difference between a R9700 and a R9700pro?

[kingbob]

Is there a difference between these two or are they essentially the same?

 

[bsr]

9700 is powered by ati (normally made by saphire or other manufacture) and pro is built by ati... You want the built by ati

 

[chizow]

There are also PBA 9700pros, the only difference between a 9700pro and non-pro is a BIOS-locked core and memory clock at a lower frequency; the actual speed of the RAM on the cards varies by manufacturer. Some non-pros have the same 2.8ns BGA RAM as the pros.

Chiz