Radeon 9500 Pro........opinions ??

Arkan · **Radeon 9500 Pro........opinions ?? -** 01-27-2003, 10:11 PM

I've been offered a brand new OEM Radeon 9500 Pro 128M video card for $130. I know little about ATI cards since i have a GeForce ll card. I'd like to know how this card rates against others...like say, the GeForce 4 ti4600. I was gonna plunk down $250 to get the ti4600 but now with this offer, i'm not sure. My buddy is gonna let me have the card over the weekend so i could make up my mind.
So, what do you people think of this card?

geRV · **Re: Radeon 9500 Pro........opinions ?? -** 01-27-2003, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkan

I've been offered a brand new OEM Radeon 9500 Pro 128M video card for $130. I know little about ATI cards since i have a GeForce ll card. I'd like to know how this card rates against others...like say, the GeForce 4 ti4600. I was gonna plunk down $250 to get the ti4600 but now with this offer, i'm not sure. My buddy is gonna let me have the card over the weekend so i could make up my mind.
So, what do you people think of this card?

This should tell ya all u need to know

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Mzc0

Cool Fool · 01-27-2003, 10:46 PM

i'm getting a 9000 pro for 97 bucks, if i cant get that i'll get a 9000 for $65 bucks, if i cant get that, i'll get a 7500 for $35

Sergeant_Scrotum · 01-27-2003, 10:57 PM

my voodoo 3 3000 is better

Cool Fool · 01-27-2003, 11:03 PM

nein.

Arkan · 01-27-2003, 11:17 PM

Thanks Gerald....looks like i'll prolly get that card.

Slain · 01-28-2003, 12:43 AM

for 130$ take the card man. what kind of comp you running it on?

Old Reliable · 01-28-2003, 09:33 AM

[quote="Cool Fool":9980c]i'm getting a 9000 pro for 97 bucks, if i cant get that i'll get a 9000 for $65 bucks, if i cant get that, i'll get a 7500 for $35[/quote:9980c]

get the 8500 instead it is a better card than the 9000

Bazooka_Joe · 01-28-2003, 10:54 AM

MAKE SURE you ask the seller what the clock speed of the GPU and RAM is! OEM usually means it's just the card, no software. But OEM can also mean lower standards in parts, meaning slower cards!

Otherwise, good price.

pest · 01-28-2003, 11:05 AM

Check out these benchmarks. Its a good card. Looks like a good price too.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html

[LoNe R@nGeR] · 01-28-2003, 01:59 PM

Yeah Joe is right about the OEM stuff, but it sounds like a good deal to me. I got a GeForce 4 Ti4600 128mb ram for Christmas and that works pretty well, its a good upgrade from my old GeForce 2 Mx with 32mb. I mean, now the player models aren't moving squares and circles. Also, I can play UT2003 pretty well with it also.

About the ATI Radeon 9000 pro for $97. I have seen prices like that and they seem good, but you gotta be careful cause those cards aren't THAT great. But if you are stepping up to that from a really shitty card and don't want to spend a lot of money, then it might be the right choice.

Arkan · 01-28-2003, 11:39 PM

Thanks for the replies fellas. I installed the Radeon 9500 Pro and checked out my games. I bumped the resolutions up on all of 'em and it runs nice and smooth. Consider the card bought for $130. I'm running it on an AMD 1400XP with 384 SDRAM system and i'm happy with the results.
Someone asked about the RAM on the card...it has 128 onboard RAM as opposed to the 64 on the slower cards.

Now, what the hell do i do with the silly remote that came with it? I got it!! I'll use it to throw at the neighbors cat!! (I prolly won't use the TV/DVD feature of the card....i got it for the graphics alone)

pest · 01-29-2003, 08:00 AM

As far as I can tell the speed differences between 64 and 128 mb cards is exclusive to nvidia gf4 cards. I dont think it makes a dif on ATI cards. I thnk you made the right choice.

geRV · 01-29-2003, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pest

As far as I can tell the speed differences between 64 and 128 mb cards is exclusive to nvidia gf4 cards. I dont think it makes a dif on ATI cards. I thnk you made the right choice.

Doesn't make much diff in terms of speed its mainly for handling bigger texture sizes. Doom 3 requires like 80mb of textures at full res so a 128mb card is a must, a 64mb card would constantly be hard disk accessing to use space for the textures.

pest · 01-29-2003, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gerard

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Originally Posted by pest

As far as I can tell the speed differences between 64 and 128 mb cards is exclusive to nvidia gf4 cards. I dont think it makes a dif on ATI cards. I thnk you made the right choice.

Doesn't make much diff in terms of speed its mainly for handling bigger texture sizes. Doom 3 requires like 80mb of textures at full res so a 128mb card is a must, a 64mb card would constantly be hard disk accessing to use space for the textures.

Right, the 128 cards will prove their worth in the future. What I was referring to is someone metioned that the 64mb cards had faster memory. Well, they do on the ti4200s and the 64mb cards will out perform the 128 cards on todays games. I bought the 64mb card, because by the time I will need a 128mb card, I will probably have upgraded.