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another hardware question

Author:  apomb [ Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:52 am ]
Post subject:  another hardware question

well, heres a perfect topic to post in the hardware forum ... what is the difference between an LE version of an nVidia 5700 card? ... except the saving of $84 ... ?

Author:  apomb [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:04 pm ]
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HA! i just did some research and i found out that the LE version is just a slower memory bandwidth:

nVidia GeForce FX 5700 LE:
tigerdirect.ca wrote:
Memory Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec.
Video Memory 128MB


nVidia GeForce FX 5700
tigerdirect.ca wrote:
Memory Bandwidth 8.8GB/sec.
Video Memory 256MB


and the prices reflect that:

5700 LE=$104
5700 = $188
so there ya go, for anyone wondering the same thing ...and so people wont do any useless research ... ya right Rolling Eyes


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