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It was the 9500 that could be modded into a 9700. Early versions could be softmodded, this was disabled in later revisions which could only be modded by solderi
by cehrlich 8y ago
It was the 9500 that could be modded into a 9700. Early versions could be softmodded, this was disabled in later revisions which could only be modded by soldering the additional rendering pipes back on. No idea why I remember this useless piece of information.
Also on a completely different note, the 9700 Pro which was the flagship card of that generation, cost about $300. Times have changed.
- Geforce8472 8y ago$399 was the price on launch in 2002, which is around $550 adjusted for inflation, current flagship consumer GPU from Radeon is the Vega 64 priced at $599 RRP. Times haven't changed as much as you might think
- opencl 8y agoAMD's flagship is the $700 Vega 64 LC. NVIDIA's flagship 1080 Ti is $700 and their soon-to-launch 2080 Ti is $1000 or $1200 for the Founders Edition.
- taneq 8y agoThanks! I wasn't in the market for one at the time (I don't think I had a job yet) but remember the furore. The idea that someone would sell hardware that deliberately performed below its potential was shocking to a lot of people. I guess it still is now, for instance the Tesla "60kWh" cars which actually had 70kWh packs and had extra range enabled with an OTA update ahead of a hurricane.