> The 9500 non-pro uses the same board as the 9700 pro. Some clever types
> converted the 9500 into a 9700 pro with a soldering iron, opening up the
> pipelines from 4 to the 9700 pro's 8, but that's not necessary now, a safer
> software conversion is available, with the corresponding savings. I'm kinda
> bitter about this 'cause the 9500 non-pro never made it to South Africa. :-(
> The 9500 pro uses a different board, buy it and you're stuck with it.
> See: http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/
Interesting. Not many non-pro 9500 cards around but the webshops have
one from Sapphire that will arrive in mid february. Maybe now is a
good time to do the annual gfx-card upgrade :)
> > As a long term nvidia user who is thinking about upgrading my GF3 Ti500,
> can
> > someone explain to me the difference between the PRO and non-PRO ATI
> cards,
> > and also the difference between the 9500 and the 9700 which as far as I
> can
> > see doesn't seem to be much given the prices - only a reduction in clock
> > speeds!
> > Thanks
> > Iain
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