Radeon 9600 in UK?

[druga runda]

Any idea when this might happen and in what price range?

I hope it might be arund £100 mark, but it might be just a bit too optimistic. The only point is that this should be a relatively cheap processor (thinking Radeon 9000 replacement in the long run), and ATI should be able to sell them at a friendly price...

I still have a Leadtek GF4200Ti and I might be able to upgrade some components soon... one of the major considerations for me is price - £100 OK - £150 a bit too expensive.

[deejaya]

Isn't the 9500 a better card? Grab it while it's hot, for a price between the two you just quoted ;)

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-A9500

I have no idea on pricing, but I can see the 9600 being the same as this or a little more expensive, due to being a new part.

[druga runda]

Well if I knew that this was a moddable 9500 than I wouldn't have any doubts, but most likely the days of those are gone.

What is the second question in my mind - what will R 9600 be clocked at ( not the pro version), I would assume that the bios will have to be replaced in order to overclock, still it could be a good overclocker like the pro, and if that is the case well it will be a no brainer which one should be the " mid range value champ" ... is there any reviews or specs for that card?

[micron]

The 9600 non pro's havent hit the market yet.
As for 9600Pro's coming to the UK, expect Hercules to deliver.
9600Pro's and 9500Pro's are the same price where I live in the U.S.

[Grrrpoop]

The 9600Pro is being priced £145 and up. Try Komplett (www.komplett.co.uk), Aria (www.aria.co.uk), Savastore (www.savastore.co.uk) etc.

While the Hercules cards are supposed to be good, they're still essentially reference design and cost around £30 more in the UK :-\

I know you asked about the 9600Pro, but if u feel you can't stretch to that, Brent at [H] seems to be of the opinion that the 9500Pro is actually a better card (tho not for overclocking). You can still pick up 9500Pro's at Komplett (http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=29009&t=278&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=24&GrpID=1&s=pl) for £133 :)

The 9500Pro has 8 pipelines Vs 4 pipes on the 9600Pro.

The 9600Pro seems to overclock well, enough to compensate for the missing pipes, but it depends on whether you intend to O/C or not.


..oops, just noticed, are you talking about a 9600 non-pro ? I wasn't aware of any coming to market, and I guarantee a 9500Pro would be well worth the extra money ;)

[Dazz]

Komplett is expecting to get their Sapphire 9600Pro Ultra w/ 2.8ns memory fpr £165.

[druga runda]

hmmm, too expensive you can buy a R9700 non pro for that much... but how much can you expect from 2.8 ns memory? 350 mhz?