Radeon 9700

tigerwoods99tigerwoods99
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Here's what ati.com has to say today on the front page:













Looks like the wait shouldnt be too much longer. Hurry up so I can flash one and get the Mac drivers~!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    hmmm...doesn't it cost 300 dollars on the PC side as well? wouldn't you be better off with the mac version?
  • Reply 2 of 10
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    Current Hardware....(even though ATi will not ship these until Fall) <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[oyvey]" />
  • Reply 3 of 10
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Keep in mind it says OEM VERSION. Not the retail
  • Reply 4 of 10
    asahitoroasahitoro Posts: 53member
    Holy crap, look at the fan on that baby. Hopefully, it's not too loud. Any idea when it will be out in a retail version and will it be under $300?
  • Reply 5 of 10
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    If the history repeats itself the mac version will be $100 US on top of the PC version
  • Reply 6 of 10
    patchoulipatchouli Posts: 402member
    [quote]Originally posted by AsahiToro:

    <strong>Holy crap, look at the fan on that baby. Hopefully, it's not too loud. Any idea when it will be out in a retail version and will it be under $300?</strong><hr></blockquote>I have one of these bad boys in my PC and the fan is whisper quiet (and it's the same card, same fan). I do not tolerate loud computers and would have chucked it if it were loud. My PC is practically inaudible.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    asahitoroasahitoro Posts: 53member
    [quote]Originally posted by Patchouli:

    <strong>I have one of these bad boys in my PC and the fan is whisper quiet (and it's the same card, same fan). I do not tolerate loud computers and would have chucked it if it were loud. My PC is practically inaudible.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Thanks for the input,



    Maybe it just looks big and loud because of the way it is wrapped in some sort of heatsink.
  • Reply 8 of 10
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    It's not whisper quiet, but it's no louder than the fan on my Radeon 8500.



    Here's my 3DMark 2003 scores for a slightly overclocked PC and slightly overclocked Radeon 9700 Pro...



    <a href="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=78032"; target="_blank">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=78032</a>;



    By contrast, the GeForce 4 Ti 4600 gets &lt;2000 3DMarks.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    asahitoroasahitoro Posts: 53member
    [quote]Originally posted by Eugene:

    <strong>It's not whisper quiet, but it's no louder than the fan on my Radeon 8500.



    Here's my 3DMark 2003 scores for a slightly overclocked PC and slightly overclocked Radeon 9700 Pro...



    <a href="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=78032"; target="_blank">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=78032</a>;



    By contrast, the GeForce 4 Ti 4600 gets &lt;2000 3DMarks. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I've heard that the 8500 can be quite loud. Is this true or are those isolated issues with some cards?
  • Reply 10 of 10
    patchoulipatchouli Posts: 402member
    Well, I have one and again, it's very quiet. Perhaps my PC case is quieter than others which is why I simply can not hear the fan. I have a new Dell and their clamshell PCs are very quiet. Since I have a very quiet tower case, HD, CPU fan and Power Supply, I'd think I'd hear GPU fan if it were noticeable (unless the case is concealing the noise). Sometimes I have to look at the power light my PC to see if it's on and not sleeping! Also, the 9700 Pro's fan is not big at all. It looks much bigger in that pic. Most of the black you see is the surrounding heat sink.



    [ 02-12-2003: Message edited by: Patchouli ]</p>
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