aiw9600 vs 9700 pro

[unreal]

i bought a 9700 pro about a month ago, and won a aiw9600 today at an amd tech tour, which would be better in my system? in my sig, the 9700 is oc'ed

[Steven4563]

the 9700pro would kill the aiw9600pro in that athlon 64 system if u was gaming

[football]

A google search of the two cards could have answered that. The 9700PRO is slightly slower than the 9800PRO, so the answer is a no brainer (9700>9600 8x1>4x1).

[Duner]

I also suggest you keep the 9700pro. You could sell the AIW9600 for quite a bit of money and spend some on a tv tuner card. You'd still have some left over to upgrade your system even further

[unreal]

what do you mean 9700>9600 8x1>4x1 both are 8x agp cards... yeah they are about the same p[rice

[bchur83]

what do you mean 9700>9600 8x1>4x1 both are 8x agp cards... yeah they are about the same p[rice


I think he means that:

9700 > 9600 - The 9700 is better than the 9600

8x1 > 4x1 - The 8pipes on the 9700 are better than the 4pipes on the 9600

I would say keep the 9700 and sell the 9600. The 9700 is a much better card.

[unreal]

oh ok, thx guys

[Yuriman]

The 9700 is about 2x faster per mhz, so a 9700 at 250/500 would take a 9600 at 500/1000 to match. I think in reality its less than 2x per clock, but its still a lot faster.

9700 = 256bit mem / 8 pipe core
9600 = 128bit mem / 4 pipe core

[HousERaT]

they only way i'd use the 9600 is if you wanted to use it to capture stuff or run the card to your tv.... otherwise stick with the 9700pro.