Unusual 9600GSO cards!!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Just noticed this card with 768mb of DDR2 memory:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149115

I wonder how much slower this card is when compared to the 384mb GDDR3 version!!??

Also has anyone reviewed the 48 shader 256 bit memory version of the 9600GSO yet??

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152182

[strike-down]

The first one contradicts itself in the ad

768MB DDR2 Memory

Then further down in the spec listing:

Video Memory Installed ( Max ) 768 MB - DDR3 SDRAM

[Pob255]

Well from xfx web site
http://www.xfxforce.com/en-gb/produc.../9600GSO.aspx#
the 768mb version is 192bit ddr2

The Inno3D is the new 512mb ddr3 256bit version, no idea how it fairs
http://www.inno3d.com/products/graph...512_256bit.htm
Should be slower than the standard 9600gt 512mb
which is 64streams vs 48streams and slightly faster memory (1800mhz vs 1600mhz)

[watercooled]

Check out this page: http://en.expreview.com/2008/10/08/1049.html

[Pob255]

It's funny the way the 8800gs was disliked but rename it to the 9600gso and there were quite a few people who though it was a great card . . .
and at the same time the 8800gt which was and still is an amazing card, rename it to the 9800gt and there's alot of people who say "pah it's just a renamed 8800gt it's rubbish.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Maybe 9600GSO rolls off the tongue better than 8800GS??

[watercooled]

Maybe because the '600' in 9600GSO puts the card more mid-range in people's minds so people expect less of it, where it was considered mid-highish (if that's a word) when it had '800' in the name? Still confusing when it's the same GPU, though. Is there actually any difference - die shrink / lower TDP for example?