Help Quick! Should I get the 9500 Pro?

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mikey_rules

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Hi there. My friend is selling his ATI Radeon 9500 Pro to another friend in a day or so, but he's giving me first dibs on it. He's never oc'd it, and there's about 3 months use on it. Should I buy this? Is it worth $80.00? Thanks!
 
definately worth 80 bucks..as it'll kill the 9600xt and most of the 5900 fx models..get it you'll be happy..and it'll play most games out today with decent fps
 
I dont think its worth it since you already have a 9600pro. I'd save that $80 towards a 6600GT or better card.
 
true..but the 9600pro sucks..4 pixel pipelines..it may have a higher mhz in both core/mem but the 9500pro has 8 pipes and would just smoke it..if you arent going to be upgrading for awhile i'd buy it..otherwise wait for next years cards or dx10 cards..
 
mikey_rules said:
Hi there. My friend is selling his ATI Radeon 9500 Pro to another friend in a day or so, but he's giving me first dibs on it. He's never oc'd it, and there's about 3 months use on it. Should I buy this? Is it worth $80.00? Thanks!
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Quickly read through this review and see if its worth it or not.
 
It depends on how much it overclocks I'd say. If it overclocks like crazy, it may be a decent buy over a 9600 pro, assuming that the 9600 doesn't also overclcok like crazy. There isn't much performance difference between a 9500 pro and a 9600 pro at stock speeds. However, if you're using it for another system and upgrading the system in your sig isn't the issue, $80 is an awesome deal.
 
phaelinx said:
true..but the 9600pro sucks..4 pixel pipelines..it may have a higher mhz in both core/mem but the 9500pro has 8 pipes and would just smoke it..if you arent going to be upgrading for awhile i'd buy it..otherwise wait for next years cards or dx10 cards..
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dx10 cards wont be out until longhorn.. or at least wont be used till longhorn.. (which means ~2 years)

if i were you, id save the 80 towards the 6600gt or a cheap 9800 pro, seeing as how you already have a 9600pro. its not THAT far behind, definatly not 80 dollars behind
 
If its ram chips are aligned in an L shaped get it.
If the RAM sticks are in a single straight line, don't get it.

If it's L shaped, you can mod it to a 9700 Pro with a pretty good chance of success.
if it's I shaped, then it'll be a little faster than a 9600 Pro and wouldn't be worth it.
 
OriginalReaper said:
If its ram chips are aligned in an L shaped get it.
If the RAM sticks are in a single straight line, don't get it.

If it's L shaped, you can mod it to a 9700 Pro with a pretty good chance of success.
if it's I shaped, then it'll be a little faster than a 9600 Pro and wouldn't be worth it.
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htat mod was for 9500, not the 9500 pro. the 9500 pro just needs to be overclocked
 
is it too late to disagree?

oh poo, it is. j/k Not a bad card at all for $80, i sold a Ti4600 for $40 bucks to my friend recently, so it was about the same price-performance ratio.
 
UltimateMan said:
is it too late to disagree?

oh poo, it is. j/k Not a bad card at all for $80, i sold a Ti4600 for $40 bucks to my friend recently, so it was about the same price-performance ratio.
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I dunno... the Ti4600 was an awesome card. I don't think the 9500Pro is twice as fast. I think you gave your friend a much better deal :)
 
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