9800 pro question

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hi, i realy need a new vid card, well not new, but i plan on buying one from newegg for about a hundred bux. i plan on getting a powercolor 9800pro refurb. now, the question is, which would be better performance, 256 MB of ram with a 128-mbit interface, or 128 MB of ram with a 256-mbit interface? thanx for helping me out with the answer
 
I think i remember hearing somewhere that the 256bit 128 meg versions are meant to OC better as well. But this was a while back...so the details are fuzzy to me.
 
Ahh, stupid marketing hype, ram does not make a card faster, it gives you more bandwidth for higher resolutions. The 128MB 256bit interface would be much faster than the 256MB with 128bit interface at any playable settings.
 
mietden said:
hi, i realy need a new vid card, well not new, but i plan on buying one from newegg for about a hundred bux. i plan on getting a powercolor 9800pro refurb. now, the question is, which would be better performance, 256 MB of ram with a 128-mbit interface, or 128 MB of ram with a 256-mbit interface? thanx for helping me out with the answer
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128mb ram with 256bit by far, guaranteed. :)
 
ClearM4 said:
Ahh, stupid marketing hype, ram does not make a card faster, it gives you more bandwidth for higher resolutions. The 128MB 256bit interface would be much faster than the 256MB with 128bit interface at any playable settings.
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if i pumped up aa and af high enough at lets say, 1600*1200, the 256 MB with 128 mbit would be faster but not by much and it wouldnt be playable on either card anyway?
 
mietden said:
if i pumped up aa and af high enough at lets say, 1600*1200, the 256 MB with 128 mbit would be faster but not by much and it wouldnt be playable on either card anyway?
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Depends, at those settings you better be talking about UT2k4, RTCW, CS 1.6, rather than FEAR, CoD2, Quake4...
 
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