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geforce or radeon

Andrew Fotzpatr · 2004-12-02 15:17:17

was thinking of getting a radion 9800 pro but have read in some posts that it is getting a bit outdated..its around the 200 euro mark on komplett(220 i think) is it the best card on at that price? was thinking of getting it with this.. http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=118126&cks=PRL

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Andrew Fotzpatr

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was thinking of getting a radion 9800 pro but have read in some posts that it is getting a bit outdated..its around the 200 euro mark on komplett(220 i think) is it the best card on at that price? was thinking of getting it with this..
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=118126&cks=PRL

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#2 02-12-2004 3:19pm

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it's the same question as asking, 'would you buy Mercedes or BMW?'
depends what the person likes.
I myself currently have a 9800 Pro and can still run anything on it.

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#3 02-12-2004 3:22pm

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If you can stretch your budget a little further, this would be a good card to get:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=304638&cks=PLC
(or from another brand, but you get the idea)

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#4 02-12-2004 3:25pm

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yeah the 6600GT is the card to get for that money. availability on agp versions is low at the moment though.

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#5 02-12-2004 3:29pm

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Or perhaps the 6800LE.

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#6 02-12-2004 3:30pm

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Am trying to make the same decision -ended up ordering the 9800 pro from dabs...( who are emerging as having the worst customers service ever, but taht for a different post)

here my thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=201650&highlight=9800

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#7 02-12-2004 4:18pm

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how much did u pay? will prob get the 128MB Sapphire Radeon 9800 pro
not that familiar with geforce and everyone seems to like the 988 pro

will it work with that motherboard and cpu i posted? and what power supply should i get..

any help would be appreciated

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#8 02-12-2004 4:38pm

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I actualy have a post on this at the moment myself. For mid range cards the best seem to be eirther the 6600GT or The 6800LE

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv43-p22.html

6600GT(211 EUR) vrs GeForce 6800LE (251 EUR)

98pro is old news Ati should bring out something soon to replace it

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#9 02-12-2004 4:43pm

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I'd say the 6600GT.

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#10 02-12-2004 7:14pm

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popey21: Where did you see these stocked

6600GT(211 EUR) vrs GeForce 6800LE (251 EUR)

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#11 02-12-2004 7:42pm

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over the gainward mentioned earlier the XFX is prefarable as iirc it has the same spec and its about 40 quid cheaper

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#12 02-12-2004 7:45pm

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popey21 wrote:

98pro is old news Ati should bring out something soon to replace it

Like the X800 pro ?

Make sure you research your 9800 pro and that it can be flashed to a 9800XT , nice handy card that.

kdjac

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#13 02-12-2004 8:26pm

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Not all of the 9800 Pro can be flashed. If you were like me, unlucky, cant flashed my old 9800 Pro to XT.

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#14 02-12-2004 8:29pm

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Errr, don't you mean the X800 pro can be flashed to an X800 XT? I would be very suprised, and intrigued, if you could flash a 9800 pro to an X800 XT.

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#15 02-12-2004 8:31pm

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I said my OLD 9800 Pro and not my current card

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#16 02-12-2004 8:35pm

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:P Actually I was talking to Kdjac... mostly.

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#17 03-12-2004 8:23am

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Kdjac said:

Make sure you research your 9800 pro and that it can be flashed to a 9800XT

You must have misread that one bass.exe

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#18 03-12-2004 9:41am

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Velcrow wrote:

popey21: Where did you see these stocked

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_6600_GT.html

= £146.82 = 212.682 EUR

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html
173.31 GBP = 251.076 EUR

might find it cheaper somewere first place i looked.

KdjaC wrote:

Like the X800 pro ?

the X800 pro is not a midrange card . the x800 pro is a high end card and so not a replacement for the 98pro which is midrange. thats why i said as far as i know ATI have no midrange card that keeps up with the 6600GT. sorry if im not explaining myself well. 98XT would of been replaced by the x800

does anybody know what price a 98XT is i cant find one

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#19 05-12-2004 6:38am

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The "midrange" replacement for the 9800pro is the X600 or X700 - problem is the r3xx architecture is so good the 9800pro is still pretty much best bang for your money. 6600GT/x700 will be better but for price/performance ratio the 9800 is hard to beat. Also availability for all new marchitecture cards is low due to yield and wafer availability.

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#20 05-12-2004 6:46am

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6600gt
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305051&cks=PRL

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#21 05-12-2004 6:34pm

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If you are on a budget, look at the 9700pro at overclockers.co.uk ~£95.

However if you do have about €200 to spend you might aswell go a little extra and get a 6600GT.

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#22 06-12-2004 12:33pm

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Slutmonkey57b wrote:

The "midrange" replacement for the 9800pro is the X600 or X700 - problem is the r3xx architecture is so good the 9800pro is still pretty much best bang for your money. 6600GT/x700 will be better but for price/performance ratio the 9800 is hard to beat. Also availability for all new marchitecture cards is low due to yield and wafer availability.

Do you not think the 6800LE is a better bang for the money than the 6600GT/x700, thats what im trying to decide on .

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