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Radeon 9800 Pro
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I am considering buying a Radeon 9800 Pro. It appears that several versions are available. What is the difference between the standard ATI made version and the cards that are made by Sapphire etc. ? Is there any? Or is it just marketing hype? TIA, Steve |
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"Fred Bloggs" wrote in message ... Hi, I am considering buying a Radeon 9800 Pro. It appears that several versions are available. What is the difference between the standard ATI made version and the cards that are made by Sapphire etc. ? Is there any? Or is it just marketing hype? TIA, Steve Personally I do not like the cards from Sapphire. MSI, Gigabyte and Crucial all make good cards based on ATI chipsets. Just my opinion and others will post theirs. Also, I would stay away from the 256mb version as it is overpriced and was created solely to compete with Nvidia's 256mb card. The performance increases are slim to none and the card costs about $100 USD more than the 128mb version. HTH. nECrO |
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I am considering buying a Radeon 9800 Pro. It appears that several
versions are available. What is the difference between the standard ATI made version and the cards that are made by Sapphire etc. ? Is there any? Or is it just marketing hype? TIA, Steve Personally I do not like the cards from Sapphire. MSI, Gigabyte and Crucial all make good cards based on ATI chipsets. Just my opinion and others will post theirs. Also, I would stay away from the 256mb version as it is overpriced and was created solely to compete with Nvidia's 256mb card. The performance increases are slim to none and the card costs about $100 USD more than the 128mb version. HTH. why don't you just get a radeon 9700 (no pro), they are fast and inexpensive |
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They are all the same, to a major degree. The reason other companies now
make them, is that ATI decided to sell the graphics chip to other companies, and let them create their own card. The majority of them are the same, except for some PCB color differences, software bundles will be different, etc. I think the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro is a bargain, it's over $100 less than the 9800 yet it's slightly slower than the 9800 in the benchmarks. That $100 can used for something else you may want to buy. ~ Adrian ~ |
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Correction below...
9800 yet it's slightly slower than the 9700 in the benchmarks. That $100 9700, not 9800... ~ Adrian ~ |
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Good points. I only disagree in the case of Sapphire. Just because they
use ATI's chip doesn't mean they use quality components(PCB etc.). Just my 2 cents....... nECrO Oh really? Wow. I only buy ATI's own cards, as I've found them to be very good quality. The problem you speak of, is one I used to find with GeForce cards, before I switched to ATI. Thanks for the information. ~ Adrian ~ |
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