Consumers will notice that the R300 Radeon 9500 graphics card is becoming more scarce in the market these days. The R9600 replaces the R9500 in ATI's product line. ATi was never able to turn much of a profit with the Radeon 9500 due to the fact that it had the same amount of transistors as the high-end models, weighing in at a hefty 107 million transistors. That is a staggering amount for a mid-range chip. Compared to 63 million transistors of a GF4 Ti 4200, that makes the 9500 a very expensive chip.