Radeon 9800 Pro, Xp 2400,266mhz,1 gig pc2100 ram, this a good setup ?

Radeon 9800 Pro, Xp 2400,266mhz,1 gig pc2100 ram, this a good setup ?

Will the 9800 pro use all its power, or should i just stick to the
9600 Pro worth the upgrade to the 9800 Pro ?

Thanks.

We Live for the One we Die for the One wrote:

Radeon 9800 Pro, Xp 2400,266mhz,1 gig pc2100 ram, this a good setup ?

Will the 9800 pro use all its power, or should i just stick to the
9600 Pro worth the upgrade to the 9800 Pro ?

What motherboard are you using?

Why not spend a little extra for 333 FSB CPU and RAM?

An AMD Athlon (Thourghbred) 2400+ 266 FSB is $72.00 at Newegg.com. The
Barton 2500+ 333 FSB is 75.00. From the same site, Crucial PC2100 is $95.00,
while Crucial PC2700 is $90.00.

So, why not pay 2 dollars less for a faster, more efficient system?

The 9800 Pro, IMHO, is worth the upgrade. Go to the ATI website and do a
side by side comparison of the two cards.

Fitz

The RAM price is for a single 512 MB stick.

Fitz

Becuase i dont want to purchase more stuff everthing is fine, spent
too much on PCs already, just want to know if they 9800 pro would be a
wise investment with the system i have yes or no ?



On Mon, 24 May 2004 05:02:10 -0800, "Fitz"
wrote:

The RAM price is for a single 512 MB stick.

Fitz

On Mon, 24 May 2004 23:50:28 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the
One Mr wrote:


Becuase i dont want to purchase more stuff everthing is fine, spent
too much on PCs already, just want to know if they 9800 pro would be a
wise investment with the system i have yes or no ?

(Buying PC hardware is never "wise investment", and it worries me
somewhat, when people use such words. ;-))

You're buying the 128MB version for about $200, yes? (With X800 round
the corner, at $400-$500, the more expensive 256MB R9800 cards don't
look good.)

If you like 3D games, hi res, have a nice monitor, and can afford
it... Mind you, there's the question of what you're upgrading from. If
it's like a GF4 Ti or R9500, don't bother! ;-)

The cpu's function (in relation to 3D graphics) is to run the software
3D engine, which feed the graphic card with render instructions.
There's remarkably little difference between 2400+\fsb266s^-1 and
something like 3000+\fsb333s^-1. 3000+ is only 18-20% faster than your
2400+, at driving a 3D engine, OpenGL or D3d.

There's a bigger difference between R9600pro (good in its class as it
is) and R9800pro.
The videocard does the heavy work of rendering the screen.
R9800pro is between 50-90% faster than R9600pro. (The tougher the
FX-AA-AF work, - bigger advantage.)

In the past, I've done some 'halfway' video upgrades on ageing cpus.
I've always experienced a dramatic performance improvement. I think
that equates into that the rendering in the video card tend to be the
major bottleneck.

In short, - if it's in your budget, I think you've got the right sort
of idea. ...- And it's what I would do,.. If I had a XP2400+ as my
main PC, and had a very wimpy, useless video card in it, - I'd get a
R9800pro (128MB) or FX5900XT for it. Your main performance
consideration _is_ game performance, right?

....But I have no lack of funds. The other question is if the practical
experience of that better performance is worth the money difference
between R9600pro and R9800pro, for you. That's hard to answer, and I
don't think I can.

ancra

The new ATI and NVIDIA cards have no hit my country yet so i dont know
the prices, well local anyway ill do a google and see if any Are in
Australia and how much compared to the 9800 pro ?

Thanks.



On Tue, 25 May 2004 14:20:34 +0200, ancra
wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2004 23:50:28 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the
One Mr wrote:


Becuase i dont want to purchase more stuff everthing is fine, spent
too much on PCs already, just want to know if they 9800 pro would be a
wise investment with the system i have yes or no ?

(Buying PC hardware is never "wise investment", and it worries me
somewhat, when people use such words. ;-))

You're buying the 128MB version for about $200, yes? (With X800 round
the corner, at $400-$500, the more expensive 256MB R9800 cards don't
look good.)

If you like 3D games, hi res, have a nice monitor, and can afford
it... Mind you, there's the question of what you're upgrading from. If
it's like a GF4 Ti or R9500, don't bother! ;-)

The cpu's function (in relation to 3D graphics) is to run the software
3D engine, which feed the graphic card with render instructions.
There's remarkably little difference between 2400+\fsb266s^-1 and
something like 3000+\fsb333s^-1. 3000+ is only 18-20% faster than your
2400+, at driving a 3D engine, OpenGL or D3d.

There's a bigger difference between R9600pro (good in its class as it
is) and R9800pro.
The videocard does the heavy work of rendering the screen.
R9800pro is between 50-90% faster than R9600pro. (The tougher the
FX-AA-AF work, - bigger advantage.)

In the past, I've done some 'halfway' video upgrades on ageing cpus.
I've always experienced a dramatic performance improvement. I think
that equates into that the rendering in the video card tend to be the
major bottleneck.

In short, - if it's in your budget, I think you've got the right sort
of idea. ...- And it's what I would do,.. If I had a XP2400+ as my
main PC, and had a very wimpy, useless video card in it, - I'd get a
R9800pro (128MB) or FX5900XT for it. Your main performance
consideration _is_ game performance, right?

...But I have no lack of funds. The other question is if the practical
experience of that better performance is worth the money difference
between R9600pro and R9800pro, for you. That's hard to answer, and I
don't think I can.

ancra