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ATI Radeon cards choice?
I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards,
and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? |
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Based on reviews I have read, the performance of the 9800XT vs the 9800 Pro
(128MB) are not significant enough to warrant the extra money for the XT (though it does outperform the Pro version, the extra performance comes at a premium price). You may want to compromise, find a good deal on an OEM Pro card and upgrade later. I have the 9800 Pro, and am very satisfied with the performance. Fitz |
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In article , Christopher
writes I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Whatever you buy, whether now or in a couple of months, in 6 months time it will have been overtaken by the next, latest and greatest GFX card to have hit the scene. Unavoidable. -- Peter Ives Remove ALL_STRESS only before sending me an email |
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"Christopher" wrote:
I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Actually its the R420s, and from what I hear they are already at the partners; I'm expecting full boards going retail by late March/ early April. Jon |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:47:51 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote: "Christopher" wrote: I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Actually its the R420s, and from what I hear they are already at the partners; I'm expecting full boards going retail by late March/ early April. That would be as in 2005, right? |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:47:51 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote: "Christopher" wrote: I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Actually its the R420s, and from what I hear they are already at the partners; I'm expecting full boards going retail by late March/ early April. That would be as in 2005, right, or 2004? |
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"Christopher" wrote:
Jon Danniken" wrote: "Christopher" wrote: I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Actually its the R420s, and from what I hear they are already at the partners; I'm expecting full boards going retail by late March/ early April. That would be as in 2005, right, or 2004? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13693 Jon |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:30:38 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote: "Christopher" wrote: Jon Danniken" wrote: "Christopher" wrote: I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in a few weeks for the bit for my new PC, is it worth my while getting an asus or sapphire 98000xt card, or wait for a bit till it's successor comes out, as I'll be spending the thick end of £400 on the thing, I don't want to buy now and regret later? Actually its the R420s, and from what I hear they are already at the partners; I'm expecting full boards going retail by late March/ early April. That would be as in 2005, right, or 2004? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13693 Thanks Jon. Hmmm, April - May this year then, I'll have to keep an eye out on the web for ATI's effort, we *might* be seeing the first 512mg graphic cards, sadly though, cutting edge graphic cards have cutting edge prices, they'll probably be around £400 + for 256mg ones. |
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