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Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 128MB (GX-030-SP) Questions
Hello,
First of all I must say that this is the first time I have even be anywhere near ATI.... Been an Nvidia fanboy for a few years now, but, all good things..... . I am selling my GF4 ti-4200 and thinking of getting the subject headed Sapphire card. As usual being new to ATI I have a few questions which i would like to ask. Here goes: (I will however be reading most posts above mine!) The card seems great and can be clocked to 9800 pro speeds but, 1. Is there any point in flashing the card due to the above? Is it worth it and where could I go to get the flash file? 2. Is it a good card? The only review I found stated that it is, so... I take it as gospal. 3. Which are the current best drivers and what should I not do when installing? (Windows 2000 Pro, All updates, standard Nvidia Det40 drivers. Don't want my system to fall over) 4. In light of the cards power, would you recommend changing anything on my sys with regards to HL2 / Doom3? Never thought I would do it, get rid of my GF4 for a Radeon. My Spec: Athlon XP2400+ (Board does nor support any higher CPU) 1Gb PC2100 standard mem ECS K7S5a motherboard Hercules Game theater XP 3 7200rpm HDs (Varying sizes) 400Matt PSU Lots of fans. Crap Scanner Nice speakers Thank you very much all, Me. |
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Dam6 wrote:
Hello, First of all I must say that this is the first time I have even be anywhere near ATI.... Been an Nvidia fanboy for a few years now, but, all good things..... . I am selling my GF4 ti-4200 and thinking of getting the subject headed Sapphire card. As usual being new to ATI I have a few questions which i would like to ask. Here goes: (I will however be reading most posts above mine!) The card seems great and can be clocked to 9800 pro speeds but, 1. Is there any point in flashing the card due to the above? Is it worth it and where could I go to get the flash file? I wouldn't bother flashing the card, although many have had success. It means you don't have to "overclock" it seperately as the settings are then built in. 2. Is it a good card? The only review I found stated that it is, so... I take it as gospal. Yes, it's a good card. 3. Which are the current best drivers and what should I not do when installing? (Windows 2000 Pro, All updates, standard Nvidia Det40 drivers. Don't want my system to fall over) Latest from ATI website. Currently Cat 3.7. Just install them... :-) 4. In light of the cards power, would you recommend changing anything on my sys with regards to HL2 / Doom3? Never thought I would do it, get rid of my GF4 for a Radeon. You'll be pleased... My Spec: Athlon XP2400+ (Board does nor support any higher CPU) Not so... http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm 1Gb PC2100 standard mem ECS K7S5a motherboard Thats the SIS 735 chipset... supports up to 133MHz FSB - bit limited, but should get away with it.. Hercules Game theater XP 3 7200rpm HDs (Varying sizes) 400Matt PSU Lots of fans. Crap Scanner Nice speakers Fine. At this stage I'd say try it and see how it goes. Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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Try to get a card with samsung ram, 3.3 is ok. They overclcok better,
especially if you flash; mine does pro sppeds without the flash. If you get infineo 3.0 ram don't expect much more than 324mhz or so, and DON'T flash the bios, only samsung pro bios' are available so far. Mike "Dam6" wrote in message ... Hello, First of all I must say that this is the first time I have even be anywhere near ATI.... Been an Nvidia fanboy for a few years now, but, all good things..... . I am selling my GF4 ti-4200 and thinking of getting the subject headed Sapphire card. As usual being new to ATI I have a few questions which i would like to ask. Here goes: (I will however be reading most posts above mine!) The card seems great and can be clocked to 9800 pro speeds but, 1. Is there any point in flashing the card due to the above? Is it worth it and where could I go to get the flash file? 2. Is it a good card? The only review I found stated that it is, so... I take it as gospal. 3. Which are the current best drivers and what should I not do when installing? (Windows 2000 Pro, All updates, standard Nvidia Det40 drivers. Don't want my system to fall over) 4. In light of the cards power, would you recommend changing anything on my sys with regards to HL2 / Doom3? Never thought I would do it, get rid of my GF4 for a Radeon. My Spec: Athlon XP2400+ (Board does nor support any higher CPU) 1Gb PC2100 standard mem ECS K7S5a motherboard Hercules Game theater XP 3 7200rpm HDs (Varying sizes) 400Matt PSU Lots of fans. Crap Scanner Nice speakers Thank you very much all, Me. |
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