ATI 9600 Performance



22% is a huge boost for the 9600 based card here.


This time, performance doesn't increase as much with AA/AF as it did without.


Here, our findings with JK:JA are repeated in that we get less improvement from moving to AA/AF.

The lack in improvement may be due to the amount of memory on each card. The higher end cards have more memory and can handle AA a little better for it, so we might not be able to regain as much performance from AA by simply increasing the core and memory speeds with these cards.

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  • Icewind - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - link

    Were are the comparison charts between the overclocked and stock speed 9800pro's? I must be blind, because I can't see them.
  • par - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - link

    Where can I find the passively cooled 9600XT by sapphire? Newegg shows sapphires 9600xt with a fan.
  • DerekWilson - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - link

    The Seagate HD: Barracuda 7200.7 PATA ... I'll add that to the table
  • mostlyprudent - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - link

    Nice article. A passively cooled 9600XT?!...I've found my next video card. There is one thing that I am unclear about - the Seagate hard drive used in the test setup - is it an SATA drive?

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