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    x1400 vs 9600

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kaitou319, Jun 25, 2006.

  1. kaitou319

    kaitou319 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i was wondering which of these 2 is stronger: Radeon X1400(laptop) or Radeon 9600 256MB(desktop). My cousin have a 9600 on is desktop and he can play FEAR at high/maximum setting and can play with no problem. And tried Hitman BM but only medium~setting but when he tried Ghost Recon AWF he can only play smoothly at low setting. (weird huh?) I was kind of suprised that he can play FEAR at high setting and not GR:AWF. Anyone have an idea?
     
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    a 9600 playing F.E.A.R. on high? He must be playing on low-res. An x1400 is definitely faster than a 9600, given that it was 256 megs of RAM. F.E.A.R. is very videocard memory demanding. So if you have anything less than 256, you're gonna see crazy slowdowns in higher resolutions. I might be mistaken here, but isn't AWF supposed to have much better graphics than F.E.A.R.? Or at least more demanding?
     
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    Good question. Is the Radeon 9600 a stock 9600 or is it a Pro/XT? If it's an XT, performance will be similar, that gets around 2000 3DMarks; the X1400 gets around that.
     
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    well, the stock 9600 has only 128mb, but the one my cousin have is an 256, so it might be an XT
     
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    If it's not an XT you'll see a marginal performance boost with the X1400, mostly in newer games.
     
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    Yeah, i have a freind with a 9600 in a laptop, and it can play fear at good resalution and medium settings, with shadows and stuff turned on at a playable, but not smoot frame rate. i dont know how it got so powerful, he doesn't have it overclocked, its kind of odd...
     
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    well, every kind of pc or video card can give us many kind of suprise. Maybe some pc are more comfortable with a certain program or game than others, who knows.
     
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