x300 versus x300se versus 9600

[mrscintilla]

I just bought an asus ax300/td/128, supposedly the 128-bit version of x300. It, however, features 13um instead of 11um core. I have not seen any review of this board. So, if you owe one, how fast is it? And in general, how does 128-bit compare to 64-bit x300se in gaming? what about comparing to its agp counterpart 9550 or 9600??

 

[LTC8K6]

It looks like the x300 and the x300se are pretty much the same as the 9600 and the 9600se.

Video cards with 64bit memory are slow dogs.

A 9600pro or 9600XT would be considerably faster than the X300.

 

[InseName]

i thought the x300's counter part was the 9200se..........................
and as for performance, don't expect to play games like D3, but generally it'll keep up.

 

[mrscintilla]

I've seen reviews that put x300 substantially above 9550. forgot where..

 

[LTC8K6]

X300 with 128bit memory is 4x2 325/400 mem/core. Sounds just like a 9600 to me.

A 9550 is substantially slower than a 9600, so saying the X300 is faster isn't saying much. 😀

I believe a 9550 has a core speed of only 250.

 

[LTC8K6]

All X300 series are .11u as far as I know.

 

[dguy6789]

In most things, a card that is 128 bit, is around 80-90% faster than one that is 64 bit.

 

[InseName]

if the x300 is the 9600's counterpart, than is the x600 the 9600 xt's counterpart

 

[dguy6789]

I think both the x300 and x600 are based off the rv350 core. But they are at differenct clocks. An X600 Pro is the very same clocks as a 9600 Pro, while an x600XT is the same clocks as a 9600xt, while the x300s are closer to the 9550s and 9600SEs.

 

[mrscintilla]

the more I look at the reviews, the more I am convinced that x300 is just a dumbed-down version of x600 with lesser memory speed (400mhz) and lesser core speed (375mhz in the asus case and 326mhx generally).

So,128-bit x300 seems to be a good value card. But I am still puzlled by asus's description that its x300 is made in 13um process not 11um..