Powercolour Radeon cards on Komplett - Any good?

milltown · 21-10-2003 9:18am #1

I see Komplett are now selling Powercolour Radeon cards, prices seem pretty good. Does anyone know anything about them? I figure I need a new card now for Max Payne 2 and Half Life 2 whenever. Had been considering a 9600 pro for a while and now possibly a 9600xt. Do you think the xt is worth the €50 premium over the pro?

Quigs Snr · 21-10-2003 3:08pm

They are as good as any others. Very popular in the states. Saw lots of them when I was there.

RE*AC*TOR · 21-10-2003 3:29pm

It depends

the memory speed is clocked down in the EZ versions - so the 9600pro gets results only slightly above a regular 9600, but below other 9600 pros.

here's a review.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/radeon/pcolor-1.html

I think some of the non-"EZ" cards might be on par with other manufacturers - but you probably were refferring to the EZ versions as the do seem exceptionally cheap by omparision

El_MUERkO · 21-10-2003 3:45pm

Asked on some forums and the memory seems to be the weak link, acceptable if your running normally but you cant overclock powercolour cards.

milltown · 21-10-2003 5:22pm

Thanks guys. I might just go for the "retro" charm of the Sapphire fireblade edition then.

RE*AC*TOR · 22-10-2003 11:20am

The bravo edition of the powercolor radeons actually has an overclocked memory. Just beware of the EZ edition.

Powercolour Radeon cards on Komplett - Any good?

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