I got one and I love the thing. 3dmark isnt as fast as my old 9700pro but My games look richer adn run just as fast. Maybe 30 fps in UT but out of 380 fps that doesnt matter. I got the Saphire card and did a little cooling upgrades just for fun and It looks sweet! http://www.tehgnome.com/9600%20Xt/
9500 Pro is the fastest mid-range card available. (8x1 @ 275, 128 bit memory @ 550)
9600XT is a close second. (4x1 @ 400, 128 bit memory @ 600).
The 9600XT will scale slightly better in AA/AF situations due to its' extra memory bandwidth, but the 9500 Pro offers better performance... until you can get the 9600XT's core over 550 MHz...
I have a 9500 pro in the same system thats next store only diff is the video cards in every test the 9600 xt came out on top. plus with anti aliasing on for NFS underground its alot faster and richerlooking
Both same Catalyst revision? Both exact same image quality setup? Both same chipset driver setup? Both same OS?
The numbers can't lie here. 9500 Pro outperforms 9600XT in raw fillrate and Pixel Shader/Vertex Shader performance. 9600XT will offer marginally better scaling AA/AF performance.
Image quality wise... unless some of the settings are different, if both adapters use the same Catalyst's, they should look identical as both cards are based off the same engine as the R300.
Running stock the 9600XT has a 200 MegaPixel/sec fillrate deficency compared to the 9500 Pro...
Could be because NFS Underground is built for PS/VS more than texture fillrate, hence how the 4 speedy PS/VS of the 9600XT could outperform the 8 slower PS/VS of the 9500 Pro (speeds being the clock speeds of the core).
Theoretically, I would have thought that 4 PS/VS would need to work at double the speed of the 8 PS/VS in order to achieve the same level of performance...
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I would Def recommend this card
9600XT is a close second. (4x1 @ 400, 128 bit memory @ 600).
The 9600XT will scale slightly better in AA/AF situations due to its' extra memory bandwidth, but the 9500 Pro offers better performance... until you can get the 9600XT's core over 550 MHz...
Both same Catalyst revision? Both exact same image quality setup? Both same chipset driver setup? Both same OS?
The numbers can't lie here. 9500 Pro outperforms 9600XT in raw fillrate and Pixel Shader/Vertex Shader performance. 9600XT will offer marginally better scaling AA/AF performance.
Image quality wise... unless some of the settings are different, if both adapters use the same Catalyst's, they should look identical as both cards are based off the same engine as the R300.
Running stock the 9600XT has a 200 MegaPixel/sec fillrate deficency compared to the 9500 Pro...
Could be because NFS Underground is built for PS/VS more than texture fillrate, hence how the 4 speedy PS/VS of the 9600XT could outperform the 8 slower PS/VS of the 9500 Pro (speeds being the clock speeds of the core).
Theoretically, I would have thought that 4 PS/VS would need to work at double the speed of the 8 PS/VS in order to achieve the same level of performance...
I guess it all depends on the game engine...