of course everyone wants a 9800.
i'm settling for a ATI Raedeon 9600XT @ $179
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Apr-02-2004 20:15
yujie__
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radeon 9700 or above
Apr-03-2004 17:26
El~ZaPo
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Those cards are overkill if he's running a 1GHz Athlon imo. Personally I'm running a 1.2 GHz Athlon with a GeForce 4 Ti4200 and they are well matched for most games. I'm not sure if you can still get the Ti4200 or what price they're running at but you might want to look at the GeForce FX5200 or FX5600. For ATI you could try the 9200 or 9600 but make sure to check the benchmarks for the games you want to play. Tomshardware.com did a roundup of cards running on a 1 GHz machine not too long ago. Here's the link: http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/index.html
Apr-03-2004 17:43
djSlain
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Registered: May 2001
Location: San Diego CA
hey zapo, thanx for that link. tomshardware looks like an awesome site, can't believe i never seen it before
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Apr-03-2004 19:14
Turbonium
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tomshardware is usually very biased. go anandtech.com instead
Apr-03-2004 22:26
wwu.punisher
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Washington State
Tom's has been a joke for well over a year, now. The reviews there are borderline comedy.
Anyway, go for a 9700 Pro. Period. They're cheap nowadays at around $200, and they get the job done like none other for the price. It's what I run, and it owns.
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Apr-05-2004 22:11
dj chex
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go w/ a 9700 or 9800pro. The only bad thing, your cpu and mobo will limit the performance gain that you may see. Try to upgrade mobo/cpu/ram as well.
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Apr-07-2004 08:01
FuzzyGreen
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Location: Bay Area, Ca USA
I run a 9800 on a 2.6 ghz with 768mb ram and I can play most games at the highest video settings.
Apr-08-2004 21:42
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Werd. The radeon 9700 or 9800 sounds like a deal. Thanks guys.
I do plan to upgrade to a 2 + gig in the future, as well as ram..
Anymore suggestions let me know.
Btw how's the Geforce FX?
JaY
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Apr-09-2004 00:05
Turbonium
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Location: Toronto
You might want to wait till after around April 26, when the ATI X800 comes out. It might (probably not, but might) bump down the price of the older Raddys down a bit further.
Apr-09-2004 06:11
dj chex
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: denver co
it very well may drop the price down. However it's a great time to buy a 9800pro b/c since the xt's release the price droped quite alot.
You should totally look to spend the $$$ on a new mobo and cpu first. you may not see a big improvement in a video upgrade if your cpu, ram, and mobo are whats killing performance.
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