Paid $129 for a 9600SE got a 9600PRO at BB

I went to the Best Buy on Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. today and was just about to leave broken-hearted when I spotted one that had been hidden in the 9200 stack. Bought it, and it's a 9600 Pro! Deal is still on!

 

[asdren]

Picked up a 180336 from the Boynton Beach, FL store. (They only had another one left and it was a 180334).
It's labeled a 9600 Pro on the card itself but the default settings are core: 398 mem: 297
Which are slower than DRS's fo 420 /324.

Also, is this ATI page incorrect? Is the 9600 Pro's memory reallys supposed to go up to 600?
http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600pro/compare.html

 

[dsaewra]

It's 300mhz, they're quoting 600 because it's DDR. Marketspeak rocks.

 

[A5]

Wish I could get in on this...but alas, no cash

 

[AMDBOY]

Quote: Originally posted by thermite88: "With the 10% coupon this weekend, the 9600Pro in SE box is $117, or 62% lower than the 9600XT. It is hot unless you must have an XT, or 9800."
I don't need an XT, I need that 10% coupon you mentioned. Is it in your local newspaper or a mag?? tia.

 

[uo7]

I'm just curious. Would this card be much of an upgrade over a g4 4400 128 meg card ?

 

[jna]

I upgraded from a 128mb 4200 at 4400 speeds

It's not an amazing difference. But it is present. In particular, your DX9 games will actually use the DX9 features. You see the Geforce4's beating the 9600's in some benchmarks because they are only doing DX8. If you can liquidate your old card for a good price, and you're not interested in spending even more money to get a 9800np (or a 5900 non-ultra!) I'd say it's worth it.

Basically, the upgrade made my new DX9 games look better, and now i can use AA/AF in my old DX8 games.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

curious if people are still getting these...

 

[ucdchan]

Originally posted by: DRS
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350)
GPU Code Name RV350
PCI Device 1002 / 4150
Transistors 76 million
Process Technology 0.13u
Bus Type AGP
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 480 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 4 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1920 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1920 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 327 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 654 MHz
Bandwidth 10464 MB/s

Are you sure that's a PRO? that's almost 2.0 GPixel fillrate!
and according to ATI's site, that's a XT.
http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600pro/compare.html

Anyways, here's a ATI Radeon Pro (refurb) from Newegg I just got (for comparison).
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350)
GPU Code Name RV350
PCI Device 1002 / 4150
Transistors 76 million
Process Technology 0.13u
Bus Type AGP
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 398 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 4 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1592 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1592 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 297 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 594 MHz
Bandwidth 9504 MB/s


Mine is closer to the Pro's 1.6 Gpixel fillrate. Any techical people able to figure this one out?
Edit: Oh yah, look at the GPU clock as well.

 

[fwtong]

I grabbed a 180338 at CompUSA today. I'm hesitant to open it and check due to the 15% restocking fee.

Nevermind, someone else already got a 9600SE with a 180338 S/N.

 

[tmc]

posted by crippledgiant at FW:

looks like best buy is gonna sell this card for $99.99 after a $30 MIR. so whoever bought this card can sort of do a return/rebuy to get the $30 rebate.

 

[venk]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I went to the Best Buy on Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. today and was just about to leave broken-hearted when I spotted one that had been hidden in the 9200 stack. Bought it, and it's a 9600 Pro! Deal is still on!

You probably got the one I returned.

 

[PoPPeR]

Pleasant Hill BB had about 100 of the 1804* ones

Are the chances of scoring one almost nonexistant, since the 180339 ones were older stock?

 

[arbntmare]

hrm i think this deal dead.. unless somebody else can prove me other wise;(

 

None left in Ann Arbor.

 

[chynkboi]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Pleasant Hill BB had about 100 of the 1804* ones

Are the chances of scoring one almost nonexistant, since the 180339 ones were older stock?

no way, i went there and they were all cleared out behind the register at the tech section... where did you see them?

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: chynkboi

Originally posted by: PoPPeR Pleasant Hill BB had about 100 of the 1804* ones Are the chances of scoring one almost nonexistant, since the 180339 ones were older stock?

no way, i went there and they were all cleared out behind the register at the tech section... where did you see them?

really? I was there from 10-10:30 this morning and not a single one was bought. There weren't 100 (i hope you didn't think I was serious), but there were at least 10 when I left.

 

[chynkboi]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR

Originally posted by: chynkboi

Originally posted by: PoPPeR Pleasant Hill BB had about 100 of the 1804* ones Are the chances of scoring one almost nonexistant, since the 180339 ones were older stock?

no way, i went there and they were all cleared out behind the register at the tech section... where did you see them?

really? I was there from 10-10:30 this morning and not a single one was bought. There weren't 100 (i hope you didn't think I was serious), but there were at least 10 when I left.

yea, all i saw from regular ones and TX or the newer version... no SEs... i went at like 3ish

 

[chynkboi]

doubliepost

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: arbntmare
hrm i think this deal dead.. unless somebody else can prove me other wise;(

Well if you can still find older stock its not dead.

 

[CATASTROPHY]

Not quite dead,BB this week has this card for $129-$10 IR-$20 MIR = $99. If you kept your receipt and try a pricematch.

 

[arbntmare]

going to bb tomorrow wish me lcuk

 

[mylex]

Sorry to bring this back to the top, but I was able to find one @ Compussr in Vegas on Sahara down from Palace station. 99.99+ tax after rebate. There was four other ones(180339xxxxx) when I left around 7pm. I was going to just get the 9800 pro for 249 from ati but this was too good to pass up after rebate. I may still get the 9800 pro and this may replace the wife's ti4200 (sims online only/other wise known as a waste of a good card).:beer: