ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Video Card

NOT overclockable that I know of,...

Strengths: ATI

Weakness: No improvement over the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 'Built by ATI"

NOT overclockable that I know of, as my 9500 Pro was, and can't perform at the levels my 9500 Pro overclocked to 9700 Pro gives.

Just telling it like it is.

Buy 9700 or 9500 pro's over this model with preference to the 9700 Pro now for your best buy.

By AlexanderAkulick - Oct 30, 2003

I bought this card specifically...

Strengths: Price

Weakness: Day of Defeat will not run properly

I bought this card specifically for valVes Day of Defeat aka DoD...and to be honest it just sucks...I was running a a Gforce 4 128mb card and it was flawless...this 9600xt 256mb card since install will not run for more then 20 minutes before it frizzzzes out and ruins my game and I have to restart my PC to fix it...sometimes it starts out as freaky graphics (boxes go techni-color then little...
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I bought this card specifically for valVes Day of Defeat aka DoD...and to be honest it just sucks...I was running a a Gforce 4 128mb card and it was flawless...this 9600xt 256mb card since install will not run for more then 20 minutes before it frizzzzes out and ruins my game and I have to restart my PC to fix it...sometimes it starts out as freaky graphics (boxes go techni-color then little blocks fly accross the screen..then the whole screen turns into little blocks and freezes the whole screen...I tried downloading the latest drivers...no such luck...same thing...then it gets real glitchy almost like you have a wall hack...you start seeing through stuff...it just plane sucks...I`m going to put my Gforce back in and go back to playing and toss this junky card in the trash.

By TigerDoD - Dec 13, 2004

i have played many many games for...

Strengths: good for price!

Weakness: doesnt run all games.

i have played many many games for my pc. the game i play the most is counter-strike and this card doesnt run CS for CRAP!!! my friends TI4200 64meg card runs CS better than this. it does however fun Final Fantasy 11 like a GOD! if you are looking for a card to run CS DO NOT GET THIS ONE! other than that you're ok!!!

By mcmatty - Dec 28, 2003

I have just upgraded from my ATI...

Strengths: 128MB?

Weakness: Not sure yet but they are there.

I have just upgraded from my ATI 32MB all-in-wonder-pro card. My computer is Pentium 4 2.6GHZ 512 RAM Windows 98SE OS. Not bad I figured? Well try to run Battlefield 1942. It won't. It's choppy and annoying even at the lowest settings. Othergames like Neverwinter nights run crappy too. Oh well, i guess it's nice to say I have a 128MB card. Very frustrated with the decision to buy this card.

By bogy33 - Oct 22, 2003

I've only owned this card for 6...

Strengths: None

Weakness: Unreliable operation when using DVI port. Cool fan is failing after only 6 months. Won't display 1600x1200 on the VGA port, only the DVI.

I've only owned this card for 6 months and the cooling fan just started making a loud annoying noise. That's unacceptable for a $190 card! I'm waiting to find out if ATI will send me a new fan or if they expect me to pay $10 to send it back in for repair, leaving me with no card and costing me more than just buying a new fan. If they won't, I think I'll just unplug the fan, let the card burn up...
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I've only owned this card for 6 months and the cooling fan just started making a loud annoying noise. That's unacceptable for a $190 card! I'm waiting to find out if ATI will send me a new fan or if they expect me to pay $10 to send it back in for repair, leaving me with no card and costing me more than just buying a new fan. If they won't, I think I'll just unplug the fan, let the card burn up and then never buy ATI products again.

The other ongoing problem is that if I just have my flat screen connected with the DVI connector, after win2k boots, my screen is blank. If I hook the DVI **AND** the VGA connectors to my flat screen, it works fine and stays in digital mode--pretty annoying. It also won't properly display 1600x1200 on the VGA port--my other systems work fine at 1600x1200.

By forthe5 - May 21, 2004