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Adi · Guest

Hello,

I have recently bought a Peak Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb AGP card over the
Internet. It arrived this morning and just before I tore off the
selophane wrapping, I noticed on the front it said: "128bit memory
bandwidth".

I was expecting it to be 256-bit due to it having an 8-pixel pipeline
- is the 128-bit memory bandwidth referring to something else?

These are the details from the official Peak web site, notice how it
says it has 256-bit and 128-bit in it - can anyone tell me the
difference in what they're reffering to please? Also does anyone have
any experience using this graphics card with specific games - if so,
what games and how good is it?

Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
The cinematic revolution continues with RADEON™ 9800 Series, the
fastest and most visually advanced 3D performer on the planet. A
supercharged, 256-bit DDR memory interface and a thrilling 8-pixel
pipeline generate the power to deliver real-time, Hollywood-caliber
graphics for the most demanding next-generation games.

Main product features:

RADEON™ 9800 PRO Chipset
128 bit Memory bus width
400 MHz RAMDAC
AGP 8X/4X Interface
DVI-I/TV-Out/D-Sub
DirectX 9/OpenGL 1.5 Support

Many thanks to anyone who can help!

elziko · Guest

First of One · Guest

Indeed, these are contradicting descriptions. One relatively sure way is to
see how the memory chips are physically arranged on the card. If they are
all in one row above the processor, the memory interface is 128-bit. If the
chips are in an "L" shape around the the processor, it's 256-bit.

The 128-bit card performs poorly, so I would recommend returning it.

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JLC · Guest

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First of One · Guest

Someone else once posted a message regarding Peak cards. The P/N later
checked out to be Powercolor.

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Guest

Thanks for all the reponses. I also noticed someone had posted about
this card before and was told by Peak it was a 256bit bus - I tried
emailing him but his address is no longer valid :(

I also found out about the L shape being 256bit, and the I shape being
128bit, so I check the photos on peaks web site (www.peakhardware.com)
and the web page from the retailer I bought it from, which both showed
the card having an L shape memory chips!

At this point I thought 'WAHOO!' as I tore off the shrink wrap, opened
the box and what did I see? You guess it! A card that was different to
the one shown in the photo's and with an I shape memory chips!!!!

So the card is being returned for a replacement 9800 pro with a 256 bit
chip, or if they cant get one then a refund and I'll be popping down my
local comp fair on saturday!

I'm from the UK and paid £123 inc VAT & shipping for this card, so for
£25-£30 extra the 256bit is worth it, is it not?

JLC · Guest

<Adrian.Harper@wlv.ac.uk> wrote in message
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Thanks for all the reponses. I also noticed someone had posted about
this card before and was told by Peak it was a 256bit bus - I tried
emailing him but his address is no longer valid :(

I also found out about the L shape being 256bit, and the I shape being
128bit, so I check the photos on peaks web site (www.peakhardware.com)
and the web page from the retailer I bought it from, which both showed
the card having an L shape memory chips!

At this point I thought 'WAHOO!' as I tore off the shrink wrap, opened
the box and what did I see? You guess it! A card that was different to
the one shown in the photo's and with an I shape memory chips!!!!

So the card is being returned for a replacement 9800 pro with a 256 bit
chip, or if they cant get one then a refund and I'll be popping down my
local comp fair on saturday!

I'm from the UK and paid £123 inc VAT & shipping for this card, so for
£25-£30 extra the 256bit is worth it, is it not?

Yes it's worth the extra money. Your doing the right thing in returning the
card. And I sure wouldn't buy from them again. With this type of false
addressing you should raise hell with them and get them to sent you a real
9800pro for what you paid for the crap one. JLC

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