2 Radeon 9600 Pro's.. different looks and price

[truflip]

Asus 9600 PRO 128mb

i forgot one more thing.. thanks to all who helped me in this post.. especially vnf4ultra for the great replies =D

so i ended up buying an Asus 9600Pro 128mb (ye ye, coulda got a btter card, but i was already pushing my budget) for $150 Canadian (with taxes)

runs really great.. very quiet n smooth.. plays NFSU:2 very nicely as well as battlefield 2 (jus not at very high resolutions)

did 3dmark2001 n scored 11555 3dmarks

quick question.. is that a good score for 9600pro? i remember seeing 12k + somewhere..

also does CPU speed and available ram have any effect in achieving a higher 3dmark score?

 

[vnf4ultra]

I've heard that 3dmark01 is cpu and ram dependent, so having fast or slow of either will affect your score. A slow cpu will bring the score down, a fast cpu will bring the score up.
It seems anything between 10000, and 13000 is "normal".