Ati Radeon 9600.....need some advice!

[Matt22]

Well, I have decided to buy the ati radeon 9600 card....
but from who!

I dont understand that there are thousands of makes, such as PowerColor, Saphire, GeCube and others.
These are not shops I am talking about, I mean that they actually have a brand make!, but I dont see why they arent all called ATI.

I need some help, because some of them are more expensive then others! even though they all say the same ATI Radeon 9600 description.

here, look...... http://froogle.google.co.uk/froogle?q=ati+radeon+9600


and another thing, whats the difference between 128mb and 256mb?, dont tell me that 256mb means more memory coz im not stupid, Im just curious how some of these cards are the same price, even though they are 128mb and 256mb.


here are my computer specs:
Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
1gb DDR ram
80gb hardrive
nvidia geforce 440 mx


Can anyone help me?

[SprigganX]

The 9600xt would be a good choice if you are in a budget but if you have around $200, buy a 9800 pro as they are fast and cheap at the moment.

[GamersDemon]

I have the 9700 from hercules. HL2 runs well on it. :thumbup:

[loserII]

don't worry abut the company names their all similar just choose pro or XT pretty much but a 9800 will last you forever (sorta[a long time])

[Matt22]

Could someone send me a link? Im in the UK and Im buying in £

But more importantly, I really need this question answered....

What is the difference with 128mb and 256mb? Why are they the same price?
And, which would be the best for me, here are my system specs:

pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
1gb ram
dvd rom
nvidia geforce 440 mx

[Hasse]

The one with 128 mb is faster but the 256 mb has 128mb+ ram so it's better. But I should buy a 9800pro and flash it to an XT. That's kinda cheap and it's a lot of performance!!

[Matt22]

Im sorry, but can anyone really help me with this?

The one with 128 mb is faster but the 256 mb has 128mb+ ram so it's better.

Are you serious? You make no sense at all.

[Psycho Pigeon]

Just because it says 128MB doesn't mean its crap, judging by the way you spam its more like your judging a card by its MB size. For all you know you could buy a card that has 256MB but its got a 64 bit interface so that would be crap. Take my card for example, it plays every game on full!. Anyway i just bought MOH PA and i'm guna play online for a few hours. Get a nvidia 6800!.

[LoneStrider]

mines a 9600XT 256 MB. its great, not perfect. excellent suggestion for a good price/quality searcher.

im sorry, i did not get to the subject.

answer:

i dunno.

[Matt22]

Oh forget it.

All I asked was why a 128mb card can be only £5 (thats $10 for those illiterarte americans) less than the 256mb

Dont worry, psycho helped me out in dreamweaver class!, yes! we actually go to a dreamweaver class! unlike
all these people who are BORN with html, php, java, action scripting, flash, dreamweaver and css in thier BRAIN!

:dennis: