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Hmm...maybe they arent TOO much different. But a system i just built for a friend is getting lower scores than mine. Mine is getting 3583 and his is getting 2942 in 3dmark 2003.

My specs:
Shuttle AK32
Athlon XP2000+
512mb PC2100 (running at 266mhz bus i thinks?)
Radeon 9500Pro 128mb
WD 80Gb 8mb Cache HD
Windows 2000 SP4
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card

His
Shuttle AN35N Ultra (nforce2)
Athlon XP 2000+
512mb PC2700 (runnign at 333mhz)
Radeon 9600Pro 256mb
Seagate 40gb HD (from his old comp)
Onboard Sound
Windows XP Pro SP2

All settings are as close as I can get them. I woulda thought his would have been a tad higher b/c of the vid mem and his mem running at a higher speed than mine. Let me know what you guys think.

it's the vid card - 9600 is significantly slower than 9800

Yes but my system only has a 9500pro. Maybe it is the card is a little slower. But now I dont understand why they make videocards that have a higher number and more ram but are slower than cards made 3 years ago...

yea, 9 out of 10 times the 9500pro wil lbe faster then a 9600pro. if it was the 9600xt then they would be even on many things.

the 9500 has 8 pipes while the 9600 has 4

Greg

My 9600 even overclocked to 450 core and 225 memory (450 effective), still only gets 1450 in 3dmark2k5 and ~12.1k in 2k1SE.
Don't remember my score in 2k3.
That's on the system in my sig, with the processor OC'd to 2.4ghz (200x12), 70mhz AGP bus.

see that really bugs me about these guys. When I bought my card the Pro was the high version. But now, its only the middle and XT is the high now. Yet, the number is higher than the predecessor (9500 to 9600) yet is much slower. Hell it'd be a laugh if the 9800 was slower than the 9700. Bah, mayeb I should have looked into it a little bit more. But oh well, its still decently fast (getting a 1250 in 3dmark 2k5). And this is what is really funny. My system from 3 years ago is getting a 1430! Everything is the same except I have a 9500pro and his is a 9600 pro. But I doubt you'd ever really notice the difference.