ATI 9600 Full or 9800 Lite

snappieT

Simple question I guess. Time to upgrade from an ATI 9200SE 128MB

Should I go for:
Sapphire Radeon 9600PRO Advantage 256MB AGP, ATI9600PRO, DVI-I, TV-Out, Full-Ret http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=302976&cks=PRL
or
Sapphire Radeon 9800SE Advantage 256MB AGP, ATI9800SE, DVI-I, TV-Out, Lite-Retail http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305188&cks=PRL

They are both 256MB, but what does the "lite-retail" do to me.
There's a price difference of €15

Cheers in advance

Creamy Goodness

afaik lite retail comes with no software only drivers, no games, no cables.

jesus_thats_gre

9800 lite without a doubt!!

Chad ghostal

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

9800 lite without a doubt!!

what he said, you dont need any of that crap anywho.s.

RicardoSmith

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

9800 lite without a doubt!!

Definately.

snappieT

The 9600 is PRO Advantage though. What does this entail?

BadCharlie

With the Sapphire Radeon 9800SE Advantage 256MB AGP you might get lucky and be able to unlock the other 4 pipes on it.

snappieT

Was looking at some reviews online for the 9800, according to http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/video/Sapphire_9800SE_7.html,

You can get a 9600 Pro, which will perform better for less than the cost of the 9800SE

So what do you think?

RicardoSmith

A 9800 is about the same a 9700pro. A 9800se is a good bit slower.

WizZard

SE doesn't mean it's better than a normal 9800, it means it's worse. I can't remember what the SE stands for off the top of my head.

uberpixie

WizZard wrote:

SE doesn't mean it's better than a normal 9800, it means it's worse. I can't remember what the SE stands for off the top of my head.

S.E. = special edition.

Was quickly nicknamed Sh it Edition :-)

Gone West

9600s are fairly cheap i got one for 80 from komplett last month. does the job grand, but a 9800 SE is way better!

snappieT

Are you sure?

Should I go for the 9600 or 9800?

The Real B-man

9800 with out a doubt

Ciaran500

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html

Its a very close race but the 9600Pro beats the 9800SE in the majority of the tests. But only by 1-2 FPS.

snappieT

I think that clears that up. Cheers lads.

On the way by GLS (Christ I hope it actualy arrives - I can't afford DHL)

Gone West

oh jesus! i used GLS when i got my 9600pro. i rang and rang but they kept saying they delivered on fri. But it wasnt delivered on that day. after about 8 days i got speaking to the driver who told me he left the package in our shed! my new hdd and thumb drive and graphics card and PSU all left in the damp shed! ohh use dsl!

SantaHoe

FuzzyLogic wrote:

i got speaking to the driver who told me he left the package in our shed!

lol, that's even better than the story I heard about the GLS delivery guy taking all the computer bits out of the box and putting them through the recipients letterbox!

snappieT

Well, I got the card today, but there's problems all around. It was something in the background before, but I thought a new card might fix it. Maybe you can help me here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=219291

Cheers,
Snapscan