ATi's Discontinued List

Dragon3bmr · Jul 3, 2003, 03:12 PM

Found this a bit odd......I have a 9500 Pro, and it's on this list of products that ATi has discontinued.

I can't understand why.

http://mirror.ati.com/products/discontinued.html

**MIG-31** · Jul 3, 2003, 03:21 PM

i am trying to find on the net (uk sites)a 9500pro i hope thats not the reason i can't find one wthout going over the top (£££) for one.

Cereal Killer · Jul 3, 2003, 03:29 PM

That is because ATI has stopped production of the card and replaced it with the 9600 series....sooner or later the 9700 series will join that list...

No_Style · Jul 3, 2003, 03:35 PM

Weren't they supposed to slow down? I swear I remember them announcing that they were increasing the length of their product cycles.

ZzzombieBunny · Jul 3, 2003, 03:50 PM

And i just bought a 9500pro and now they consider it as old as my previous 8500? Well that just sucks...

~~craig588~~ · Jul 3, 2003, 04:40 PM

Hey, don't worry about it. the r9500pro is still alot faster than the r9600.

UberLord · Jul 4, 2003, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by No_Style
Weren't they supposed to slow down? I swear I remember them announcing that they were increasing the length of their product cycles.

I think they were talking about the time between chips
R300-R350 was quite speedy
R350-R400 will take a bit longer imo

Cold Generation · Jul 4, 2003, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UberLord
I think they were talking about the time between chips
R300-R350 was quite speedy
R350-R400 will take a bit longer imo

There won't be a R400, but an R420, at
least according to sites around the net.

The 9500 Pro was a great card, and it's a shame
that the 9600 Pro only has 4 pipelines. It would
probably rock with an 8 pipeline architecture.

It does have 256-bit memory architecture? Or is
it only 128?

tek · Jul 4, 2003, 10:12 AM

Ehh, thats stupid as hell.. r9500 owns, this card probably beats the r9600 (use the goddamn 9500 > 9700 softmod, or bios)

-tek

~~DriveEuro~~ · Jul 4, 2003, 10:20 AM

Isn't this just for the BUILT BY ATI cards........ Won't all third party (Powered by ATI) cards still be produced? ATI is stopping the BUILT BY ATI cards for good.

studbagel9 · Jul 4, 2003, 10:42 AM

Couldn't you hack the bios or something with a 9500 and unlock the 8 pipelines? I thought I read about that somewhere. Didn't they discontinue it because they were losing money due to the fact that it was too much card for it's price? I thought it was like an easy overclock to get it up to 9700 starndards. ::shrug:: Just thought I'd post with a random rant.

Kgentatszu] · Jul 4, 2003, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
Isn't this just for the BUILT BY ATI cards........ Won't all third party (Powered by ATI) cards still be produced? ATI is stopping the BUILT BY ATI cards for good.

YES.....Radeon 9500 series will still be produced by other manufacturers.....correct me if i'm wrong..

studbagel9 · Jul 4, 2003, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Isn't this just for the BUILT BY ATI cards........ Won't all third party (Powered by ATI) cards still be produced? ATI is stopping the BUILT BY ATI cards for good

Could've sworn that ATI stopping production of their built by cards for good was just a rumor, wasn't there a post about it in DH news? I don't know, I'd check the archives but I'm too lazy

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MSX · Jul 4, 2003, 11:12 AM

I was rummaging though my old PC and ATI has also dropped quite a few cards that they discontinued from the list. Like the Rage XL line heh. C'mon preserve your history ATI. heh