- Joined
- Feb 3, 2003
- Location
- New Zealand
Tried googling this one a few times and i cant seem to find anything conclusive...
I had a GeForce5600FX, didnt really impress me that much, in fact i was disapointed. Also it had heaps of tearing at stock Freqs!! i though that was a bit fishy, so i sent it back for testing and lo and behold it was faulty, i took the store up on the offer for store credit.
Have decided to give radeon a whirl. Ive settled on a 9600 series. I have a few questions.
1). When the XT's come out (note: as i live in NZ we dont get them till November...) are they gonna be quite a bit dearer than the pros?
2). If i settle for a pro instead of waiting a couple of weeks for the XT's I have the following two options of cards from the comp shop. One of which i dont even think exists... But here they are;
(this is all the detail the shop gave me...)
Radeon 9600 Pro EZ: 8x AGP, 128mb CRT, DVI. I. SVIDEO, VIDEO OUT
for NZ$ 499
Radeon 9600 Pro Bravo: 8x AGP 256MB CRT, DVI,I,SVIDEO,VIDEO OUT
for NZ$ 520
Makes + Models they didnt tell me, On average it takes one day to get anysort of info from this shop, took 2 days to get those prices!!! Its the last time ill shop there, but since i cant get a strait refund i have no choice.
Now in a couple of posts it seems the EZ is a POS, But why would it only be an extra $20 for double the ram? In my searches ive not found and Bravos with 256mb of ram anyway!!
So hopefully with that info somone can help me.
Cheers
I had a GeForce5600FX, didnt really impress me that much, in fact i was disapointed. Also it had heaps of tearing at stock Freqs!! i though that was a bit fishy, so i sent it back for testing and lo and behold it was faulty, i took the store up on the offer for store credit.
Have decided to give radeon a whirl. Ive settled on a 9600 series. I have a few questions.
1). When the XT's come out (note: as i live in NZ we dont get them till November...) are they gonna be quite a bit dearer than the pros?
2). If i settle for a pro instead of waiting a couple of weeks for the XT's I have the following two options of cards from the comp shop. One of which i dont even think exists... But here they are;
(this is all the detail the shop gave me...)
Radeon 9600 Pro EZ: 8x AGP, 128mb CRT, DVI. I. SVIDEO, VIDEO OUT
for NZ$ 499
Radeon 9600 Pro Bravo: 8x AGP 256MB CRT, DVI,I,SVIDEO,VIDEO OUT
for NZ$ 520
Makes + Models they didnt tell me, On average it takes one day to get anysort of info from this shop, took 2 days to get those prices!!! Its the last time ill shop there, but since i cant get a strait refund i have no choice.
Now in a couple of posts it seems the EZ is a POS, But why would it only be an extra $20 for double the ram? In my searches ive not found and Bravos with 256mb of ram anyway!!
So hopefully with that info somone can help me.
Cheers