Memory clock speed of ATI RADEON 9600 PRO AGP Cards

[daumaster]

The rated clock speed ratio of core speed (MHz) to memory speed (MHz) of the ATI RADEON 9600 PRO chipset is 400/600 . Recently, I have come across some budget AGP cards from POWERCOLOUR and GECUBE, which have this ratio as 400/400 and 400/366 respectively. How will these variation in the memory clock speed affect the performance of the AGP cards ?

AGP cards from CLUB and GIGABYTE have this ratio as the ideal 400/600. I presume these cards will be superior in performance than the earlier mentioned two cards from POWERCOLOUR and GECUBE.

[blade_runner]

Powercolor has two models for the 9600pro the R96H-HC3 model with 128 MB DDR memory and clock speeds of 400/400, his version is also known as the 'EZ' version. While the R96A-PC3 model with 128 Mb ddr memory has clock rates of 400/600. The speeds in the former model might have been reduced to reduce the price of the card although i believe the difference in it isnt much. These slight variations in the memory clock speeds will give 'some' added advantage while playing games and especially during benchmarking.

[gxsaurav]

The difference is mush about 40% due to lower memory speed

[blade_runner]

The difference is mush about 40% due to lower memory speed

40% difference between differently clocked 9600 pro's, u gotta b kidding dude.

[aryan-achilles]

Yeah, there are plenty of examples where cards with lower core and memory speeds manage to outperform those with higher speeds. For example, the Geforce 6800 Ultra has a significantly lower core spped than the ATI Radeon X800.......but still in many reviews and benchmarks that I've seen or read, the 6800 beats the X800 comfortably. I dunno the reason exactly, but maybe it's the architecture of the card that makes all the difference.

That was just an analogy - I don't think variations in memory speeds could lead to incredible differences in the card's actual performance (as much as 40%).