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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:34:10 -0700
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Video card equivalency?

In <4814C365.8070003@gmail.com>, on 04/27/08
at 11:18 AM, Tom Brown said:

>Will video cards using the same chipset (ATI Radeon X800 or 9600, for
>example) but from different manufacturers work the same? I am
>considering a new video card with an ATI Radeon chipset. Some of these
>are made by ATI, but many are made by different manufacturers. Should
>the cards be equivalent?

Generally, I belive the answer is yes. This assumes that the entire
interface to the video card is through the ATI chipset. I think the
performance differences are caused by vendors implementing faster RAM or
higher performance video DACs.

Steven

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