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ati graphics for towers 9600 vs 9800 - 2008/08/10 22:33i'm not much of a gamer but i am looking to get the best graphics card available for the Mirror Door Dr, the 9600 pro i see is a 256mb graphics card and the 9800 pro i believe is 128mb, but newer, i take it? is the 9800 a better performer and why? i can't seem to find this info on my own so i wanted to ask you guys b/c i know many of you have one or the other
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harryb
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Re:ati graphics for towers 9600 vs 9800 - 2008/08/11 16:52For a MDD or FW800, particularly if DP, strongly suggest the 9600 which runs silent and cool with a heat sink only and no fan unit required, and about 90% the performance of the 9800.
Go to Apple Discussions and look for the problems with failed fan units on the 9800 resulting in fried cards, overheating and failed power supplies.
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Re:ati graphics for towers 9600 vs 9800 - 2008/08/12 08:08thank you very much!
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Re:ati graphics for towers 9600 vs 9800 - 2008/08/12 22:54If you don't need the 9800 there's no reason to spend more money. I had a 9600Pro in a Peecee and it was a nice card. It ran most games at the time pretty well too so you should be happy with the 9600 Radeon.
And as harry mentioned the fans can be a problem adn noisy. G4's are noisy enough already.
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