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So says Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030604/radeon_9800-06.html
Basically, the extra memory offers nothing at all in the way of advantages except perhaps the ability to play in resolutions that almost no monitor even supports with AA features turned on. Not even D3 shows any advantage for having the extra memory around. And by the time that games come out that would need the extra memory (can't see any evidence that even HL2 would have need of it), ATI will no doubt have already released a whole new chipset with higher clock speeds and more throughput AND that much memory: making the 256 memory a waste even as a long-term investment. I'd much rather either save the 100$ and get a Radeon 9800 with 128megs or wait to buy something like a Radeon 10000 256 than spend 100$ on an extra 128megs of memory that basically does nothing for me.
Anyone know if they are ever going to release a non-Pro version of the Radeon 9800? I need gaming power, not video recording.
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030604/radeon_9800-06.html
Basically, the extra memory offers nothing at all in the way of advantages except perhaps the ability to play in resolutions that almost no monitor even supports with AA features turned on. Not even D3 shows any advantage for having the extra memory around. And by the time that games come out that would need the extra memory (can't see any evidence that even HL2 would have need of it), ATI will no doubt have already released a whole new chipset with higher clock speeds and more throughput AND that much memory: making the 256 memory a waste even as a long-term investment. I'd much rather either save the 100$ and get a Radeon 9800 with 128megs or wait to buy something like a Radeon 10000 256 than spend 100$ on an extra 128megs of memory that basically does nothing for me.
Anyone know if they are ever going to release a non-Pro version of the Radeon 9800? I need gaming power, not video recording.