Test af Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Ultimate

Bjorn3D har testet et Radeon 9600XT baseret grafikkort fra Sapphire, som blandt andet udmærker sig ved at være fuldstændig lydløst, da det benytter passiv køling. Til gengæld er hastigheden på hukommelsen sat lidt ned, i forhold til den version, der benytter aktiv køling. ATis Radeon 9600XT henvender sig, ligesom nVidias GeForce FX 5700 og 5900XT til dem, der gerne vil have et godt grafikkort, men som ikke vil betale de mange penge, de bedste grafikkort koster.

The RADEON 9600XT is the hotrod board in the 9600 family. The XT features a core speed of 500 MHz versus the 325 MHz of the standard 9600 and 400 MHz of the PRO. Memory speed for the XT and PRO is at least 300MHz DDR (600MHz effective) compared to the 9600's 200MHz DDR (400MHz effective). The review card, a RADEON 9600XT Ultimate from Sapphire, is even more special. Not because it's hopped up, but because it uses passive cooling, meaning it uses a big, honking heatsink and heatpipe. Silent PC lovers, this one's for you! The 9600XT Ultimate is absolutely silent - it has no moving parts. An elaborate heatsink handles all the cooling. The tradeoff, however, is 300MHz DDR memory (600MHz effective) compared to 325MHz DDR (650MHz effective) to Sapphire's fan-cooled 9600XT's.

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