9700 pro, is there a point?

[augustwest]

is there much point in buying a 9700 pro over the 9700. is there any hardware difference at all? if not then cant the 9700 just be overclocked to 9700 pro speeds for the same performance?

[funnyperson1]

the only difference is clock speeds, the 9700Pro guarantees them to you...personally i wouldnt get a 9700Pro for the extra money, but then again i wouldnt get a 9700 either...

[PreservedSwine]

I *think* the R9700PRO comes with faster RAM, and is also clocked higher, as well.....And you don't need to flash the BIOS to overclock it:)

[leathersmt]

try it, and you will see why it is worth the money. The graphics , make the pictures look almost real. Beats the 4600 Geforce 128mb card I had vfor a while. I rma's it to the comapny and they replaced it with this one. It does a good job.

[Evnas]

There is a hardware difference between the Pro and non-Pro flavors...that is the Pro has 2.8ns RAM, and the non-Pro has 3.6 i believe. Other then that, clock speeds is it...but i can say that my 9500 Pro is still able to ge well beyond 9700 Pro speeds, so a 9700 non-Pro will be able to jus fine.

[augustwest]

ive actually pretty much decided on the 9500 pro also. evnas: which one do you have. im thinking about the saphire. it has the black pcb and shiny fan. that is the important thing right?