9600 pro...128 or 256?

[delhi]

hello,

I've been doing some searching and based on my budget, it seemed the best i can get is the radeon 9600pro. (o/c to 9600xt levels?)
My question do you think 256mb be worth it over 128mb? i am an occasional games player.
anyone heard of Sapphire's radeon 9600pro ADVANTAGE? I've seen Atlantis and Ultimate but never came across the ADVANTAGE versions. Thoughts?

thanks!

[Midknyte]

there is very little performance difference between the 128 and 256 versions.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

[Magua]

Get the 128mb

[bob05]

I'm looking into getting a 9600 Pro, and Newegg has some 256 megs for about $5 more, so in this case I would recommend picking up the 256 meg version. :t

[delhi]

apparently the 256mb version has a slower ram timings than the 128mb! weird!

[bassman]

Originally posted by delhi
i am an occasional games player.
Go for the 128MB version :)

[widget2003]

Originally posted by delhi
apparently the 256mb version has a slower ram timings than the 128mb! weird!

yep i remeber the same thing happening with the GeForce 4 Ti4200 128meg having slower ram timing the the 64 meg version

[porsch1909]

for high setting on doom3 you need as much vram as possible. but for everyother game 128 MB is plenty. but if its only $5 then go for the 256.

[bob05]

Originally posted by porsch1909
for high setting on doom3 you need as much vram as possible. but for everyother game 128 MB is plenty. but if its only $5 then go for the 256.

That's the way I see it. For only $5 more, you can get better frame rates at high resolutions on games (although you would only run high resolutions on less demanding ones like UT2k4). None the less, in this instance I would recommend 256 megs. :t

[Peter M]

Originally posted by delhi
apparently the 256mb version has a slower ram timings than the 128mb! weird!

Not really. With either RAM size, there are true "Pro" (w/ 300 MHz RAM) as well as "ProEZ" flavors that have slower (200 MHz) RAM but the same 400 MHz core speed.