Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Video Cards, Monitors & Displays => Topic started by: ziggy29 on August 06, 2016, 12:10:22 PM
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I have two of these -- actually one 9200, one 9250. I bought a cheap 9200 on eBay (Mac version, not flashed) recently to back up the 9200 I already had and am using in my souped up PM 7600 (it was shrinkwrapped NOS as a 9200 Mac Edition).
Here's the thing -- the NOS was sold as a 9200 Mac Edition, but the label on the card says 9250, not 9200. And the other card I just bought? It says 9200. Both are Mac editions and not flashed. They look identical to me when I compare them side by side.
Anyone know what the difference is? Both have 128MB of VRAM on board.
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Usually the 9250 is a "cut down" 9200. Slower GPU (but not that much, about 1/4 less if I remember correctly), and sometimes 64 bit VRam interface instead of 128bit. But I just can tell it about PC Radeon versions. I am really wondering why both of your cards claim to be the Mac Edition, as there was just one PCI 128 MB, ...
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Well, both of them have a sticker that says "Mac" on the back of it. And the 9250 actually came in a shrinkwrapped NOS box -- Radeon 9200 Mac Edition. Additionally, the 9200-labeled card is slightly wonkier (for my setup) in OS 9 than the 9250-labeled card.
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Can you put pictures online about the boxes and the cards? That issue is still a myst to me, ...
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The card inside my 7600 was in a shrinkwrapped, presumably NOS Radeon 9200 box. The first attached picture is from that card -- you see it has a green label and says "9250". The second image is the box the above card came in (and the shrinkwrapped was sealed when I received it). The final image is the other one of these I have lying around, a white label saying "9200LE".
I may run both of these through graphics tests in Tiger and see if there's a significant difference.
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Hmm. No ideas?
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isnt the 8500 technically stronger/faster/better than the 9200?