advice please, radeon vendor question

[alexis]

i wasa about to buy a radeon 9600 pro by gigabyte but it seems it is backorder so the guy offered me a celestica radeon, the price was really good, but i never knew a word about this brand, are these cards good, how about TV out? i would really like a card with a nice tv out quality.

[Gryph]

Is it also a 9600 Pro?

 

I've never heard of them either but here is their site: http://www.celestica.com/products/Radeon.asp

[alexis]

the celestica radeon is a 9600 xt it is about 30 bucks more expensive, which one should i buy the celestica or should i wait for the gigabyte 9600 pro

[Gryph]

How long is the wait? If it's about a week of wait, then I'd go for the Gigabyte.30 bucks is a decent amount...that's a little less than the price of a game.

[alexis]

i know i know it is just that the brand isn`t much convincing to me, the wait should be about two weeks i have spend almost two motnhs without a computer and starting ot have the abstinence syndrome heehhehe, btw i finally bought an athlon 64 and then regret about it, a sempron 3100 should have been more than enough, oh well

[Gryph]

Yeah, I'd wait the two weeks to save 30 bucks and get a brand that you trust.

[alexis]

the guy is gonna have the gigabyte xt at 8 bucks more than the celestica, damn when i start like tyhis i will of rsure en up buying a radeon 9800 pro, like with the athlon 64, damn me, damn the computer world

[alexis]

another question i have seen osmep saphire 9800 pro cartd which is more economical than the standard one it seems it uses 128 bit memory, it is not a 9800 se is 9800 pro with 128 bit memory, i gues it should perform better than the 9600 xt i have been browsing aty sapphire`s site i think it is just 9800 without the pro

Edited September 27, 2004 by alexis

[Agozer]

another question i have seen osmep saphire 9800 pro cartd which is more economical than the standard one it seems it uses 128 bit memory, it is not a 9800 se is 9800 pro with 128 bit memory, i gues it should perform better than the 9600 xt i have been browsing aty sapphire`s site i think it is just 9800 without the pro

It does perform better than a 96000XT, even with 128MB memory.

[alexis]

ok thnx what i was talking about wasn`t mb but bits 128 bits bu i guess meant that

[Agozer]

ok thnx what i was talking about wasn`t mb but bits 128 bits bu i guess meant that

Ah I see now. I didn't pay attention to the text enough...

 

If so happens that I am wrong, GryphonKlaw will surely correct me.

Edited September 27, 2004 by Agozer

[Wizard]

SE cards are underclocked and/or damaged(pipeline/core or both) Pro cards.

[Gryph]

I'd choose any 9800 over the 9600XT anyday.

[Agozer]

I'd choose any 9800 over the 9600XT anyday.

Yes, that's only natural.

[alexis]

i have seen the specs of the gigabyte 9600 xt and i thinik it is just what i am looking for, it has VIVO with an ATI chipset which means great tv out wheeeeeeeeeeee just like made by ATI cards