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Advice on Radeon 9600 or 9800
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Japan
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I have a Quicksilver 867MHz,and need a new video card. Any recommendation on either the Radeon 9600 or 9800? I cannot decipher the techno speak  - is there any significant performance difference? I will not be using the video card for gaming, only to watch DVDs and the ordinary tasks in ordinary applications, running leopard 10.5.2 with the latest updates. Any advice appreciated.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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The 9800 is a bit faster in relative terms, but they're both quite old cards. I don't see a reason for you to pay for the 9800 over the 9600 for your usage and machine age.
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I would just flash a 10 buck pc version of one of them.
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Originally Posted by Stolfi1 
I would just flash a 10 buck pc version of one of them.
At $30 for a 9600, that seems like a good choice if you have access to a PC. Even if you do it wrong and brick 4 cards before success, you're still ahead compared to buying the Mac version.
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