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RADEON 9700 Cards ??

post #1 of 8
3/19/04 at 3:03pm
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I am looking at getting a 9100 but am stuck on the choice between the 128 MB and 64 MB Radeon 9700 card. I was looking at the "help me choose" pop up that DELL puts on their site but it wasn't much help. All the specs for these to cards seem to be the same except for the memory amount. Does it really make that much of a difference between the two? How much better is the 128MB vs. the 64MB? thanks
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post #2 of 8
3/19/04 at 3:39pm
Go 128, the more mem you video card has the smoother things will run.
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post #3 of 8
3/19/04 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by OBSOLETE_420
I am looking at getting a 9100 but am stuck on the choice between the 128 MB and 64 MB Radeon 9700 card. I was looking at the "help me choose" pop up that DELL puts on their site but it wasn't much help. All the specs for these to cards seem to be the same except for the memory amount. Does it really make that much of a difference between the two? How much better is the 128MB vs. the 64MB? thanks
If you plan on gaming or planning on graphic intensive software, the 128 is a must
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post #4 of 8
3/19/04 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by Cruzilla
Go 128, the more mem you video card has the smoother things will run.
and the better they look!
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post #5 of 8
3/19/04 at 11:33pm
unless your ona budget I too advise the 128mb version
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post #6 of 8
3/19/04 at 11:39pm
No doubt worth the extra money - more so than getting additional processor speed. If you want to play any of the new games, and games yet to come out, you have to get the 128!
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post #7 of 8
3/20/04 at 3:21am
Yeah, the bottleneck in Laptop gaming has long been the GPU, go with the 128MB ATI 9700 and you'll go a long way towards eliminating this bottleneck (and you'll have fantastic performance if you mix it up with 512MB+ RAM and the 7k60 Hard drive)
stu
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post #8 of 8
3/20/04 at 4:11am
i have tha 7500 and its ok but i want the 128 or the 256 to play on the big screens at full res...you will always use the power of the lager card and will not settle for less you will feel happier about your purchase for another year utill its time for the next.by then you will have and idea of what power is and make an informed decision...also the higher spec card offer pixil shaders and my 7500 did not do good on 2002 bench specs using a 2.8 p4 and 512 mb ram.it wont even run the 2004 bench...
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