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ti4600 > 9600 pro?
Hi guys :) Pretty new here so I hope I'm in the right place and asking for advice is allowed.
Anyway, I've got a 9600 Pro at the mo. I like it, its not a very major brand but it overclocks enough to give me an extra 1000 3dmarks in my Shuttle (about 12500 altogether). I picked it up for £85 brand new which is really the main reason I bought it.
I also recently bought a ti4600, for £90, which is about the price they go for nowdays isnt it (second hand). Its yet to be delivered yet tho. But thinking about it now, would I be better off keeping the 9600Pro?
I don't play a massive selection of games, doubt I'll buy HL2 or Doom3, but they're not completely out of the question. The 2 I'm looking forward to are Dragon Empires and Lineage2, which don't make much use of directx9 am I right?
I did some research and found that with no AA the 4600 trounces the 9600pro, and in a minority of cases the 9700Pro (and I usually play with no AA so I can whack the details up a bit further), but with 4x AA they're pretty matched, and a 9600 just beats it. The 9600Pro can play directx9 features too, but would I be right in assuming it wouldnt beable to play them very well because its not fast enough (compared to a 9700 or 9800).
I could probably whack the 9600Pro on our favourite auction site for about £115, or the ti4600 which would probably get the same back.
So to sum it up I was wondering what you would do, or have done in this situation.
Cheers fellas :):)
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:D £85, post in the Bargains dept! 12500 is an excellent score but 3Dmark2001 is showing its age, higher res and/or AA+AF are what's needed to test your fine card.
;) GF4TI4600 are very nice ... and in pure 3D speed are faster than the 9600PRO BUT lack DX9 and have comparitively awful AA+AF. Not only that but 4600 are VERY near the top speed fo the technology while 9600PRO tend to get 25% almost every time. That makes the 9600PRO clearly faster and far more future proof. If you use older games you can add 4xAA+8xAF on the 9600PRO with virtually no perf hit ... the GF4TI4600 even with 4xAA+4xAF will more than half its speed, 2xAA with some AF is certainly its max.
:D 9700PRO is far faster than the GF4TI4600 could ever be, it's VERY close to 9800, 9800PRO and GF-FX5900ultra speeds. 9600PRO is certainly fast enough for DX9 ... faster than the FX5900ultra in some cases and although 9600PRO isn't as fast as a Rad9700 it is MUCH faster than the Rad9600nonPRO or FX5600 (often even 5600ultra) so is certainly the better card of the bunch.
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Both have their advantages depending on the games, etc.
Dont know why you bought both?
Price/performance I think the ti4600 is better since you can find them cheap.
But overall performance the 9600Pro should be faster in new games and definitely faster when AA & AF are enabled.
Pick one to keep until you can afford something great like a 9800 Pro, or sell them both and maybe you could afford a 9800.
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