9600xt 128 or 256

shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Hardware
I've been looking @ getting a 9600xt, and I don't know whether or not to opt for the 128MB or 256MB. I can get the 256 retail for 196 shipped, but it has TSOP ram. Is there any advantage of BGA ram over TSOP?

Comments

  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    BGA overclocks better than TSOP and runs cooler.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I figured as much. Is it worth it to get 256 on a 9600xt, or should I just get 128?
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    Personally, I don't see a need for a 256 MB frame-buffer right now.

    At 1600x1200 with AA & AF, we don't fill 128 MB's yet, but come pretty close, so unless you are going to be running at max AA/AF at extremely high resolutions, the 128 MB should do ya fine.

    Plus, as that 256 MB is TSOP, I'd keep my distance from that...
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    thanks. One last question:
    BBA or other brand?
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    BBA, Sapphire or Hercules. :)

    Personally, Sapphire's 9600XT Ultimate Edition looks very appealing, shipping with a silent Zalman cooler instead of the usual dinky VPU cooler. :)

    Slap a 92mm Panaflo U1A on there and you'll be overclocking like mad :)

    http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9600-xt-ult.asp
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