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9600XT whats today equivalent ?

Stephen7372

Stephen7372

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pretty please oh yeah and how much would the replacement be :confused:

Oh yeah and another thing will graphics cards disappear one day much like maths coprocessors ?

Stephen
 
there isnt really an exact equiv today,

theres the 7300 or X1300 which will be a little under its power but have the modern shader and memory properties.

bext match for it was probably the X700 / 6600 but even they are old by todays standards.

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why not just pick up a second hand 9600pro/XT ? you should be able to get it for about £25.

failing that the 7300 / X1300 tend to retail for around £35
 
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I got my 6600le for £30 new from a competitor, the extra pipelines unlocked and the core seemed to have a lot of headroom, memory pushed an extra hundred mhz too...
For the price I'd say it was a decent replacement.

As for your other question, I really can't see graphics cards disapearing one day, they are like the most exciting part of a pc... :D
 
Stephen7372 said:
pretty please oh yeah and how much would the replacement be :confused:

Oh yeah and another thing will graphics cards disappear one day much like maths coprocessors ?

Stephen
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why do you want an equivalent?

GFX card have moved on so that for less money you get better performance.

whats your budget is what you should be asking.
 
This one seems decent and is a mid range card like your 9600xt was back in the day.

Sapphire X1600 Pro 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-116-SP)
Price: £75.35 (£88.54 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Hope that helps.
 
Stephen7372 said:
{snip}Oh yeah and another thing will graphics cards disappear one day much like maths coprocessors ?{snip}
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Wikipedia said:
The functionality of the math co-processor was of enough importance to be integrated into the primary CPU, eliminating the need for a separate component.
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I'd argue they are still around :cool:
 
locutus12 said:
"2/ A second hand Radeon 9600 Pro (?XT). I don't now anything about this card apart from that it works perfect. I have a ? next to the XT because it seems a lot of heatsink for a pro. The RAMDAC runs at 400MHz if that helps. Looking for £30 inc.

Price drop to now to £22 delivered."


http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17583641
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not a bad price at all, but I do not have permission to access the page .... :(
 
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