Graphics Card Guide

[Amarjit]

Can someone explain which is the better of the Radeon 9600Pro, 9600XT and the 9800SE?

Thanks

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by Amarjit@13 April 2004 - 06:03
Can someone explain which is the better of the Radeon 9600Pro, 9600XT and the 9800SE?

Thanks

answer given

[bigdawgfoxx]

Sorry for no updates! Ive been extremly busy this summer! I am going to south padre island for a week this coming week so hopefully that weekend I can update!

[[B][O][T]]

I'm looking for a good AGP Graphic Card as I've just bought a new powerful machine.
A young friend of Mine recommended -> PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP (I've a Soltek Mini Barebone)

Anyone here has this card? Or know anything about it?
All replies are much appreciated

And by the way, a god damn nice pinned topic this is!!

TIA,
BOT

[tesco]

Originally posted by [B][O][T]@14 July 2004 - 18:35
I'm looking for a good AGP Graphic Card as I've just bought a new powerful machine.
A young friend of Mine recommended -> PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR AGP (I've a Soltek Mini Barebone)

Anyone here has this card? Or know anything about it?
All replies are much appreciated

And by the way, a god damn nice pinned topic this is!!

TIA,
BOT

You'll probably get more repsonses if u make a thread about this, but...

ya the 9800pro is a very good card for the price, probably best deal around...if u can afford it...

[[B][O][T]]

Yeah I guess, thanks for Your input
I'll start a new topic about this.

cheers,
BOT

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by [B][O][T]@14 July 2004 - 17:35
And by the way, a god damn nice pinned topic this is!!

TIA,
BOT

Thank You!!

And yes, the 9800Pro is an EXCELLENT card.

[kAb]

What are the differences between a 70$ card and a 250$ card?

And I read that the human eyes can't tell the difference between 30 fps and 80 fps..

[tesco]

Originally posted by kAb@24 July 2004 - 15:33
What are the differences between a 70$ card and a 250$ card?

And I read that the human eyes can't tell the difference between 30 fps and 80 fps..

it's the perforamnce of the card that counts (determine by memory speeds and gpu speeds) not just by the amount of vram it has.

a 6800ultra could have 64mb of vram and beat the pants off an mx440 with 256mb of vram.

Note: The 6800 doesn't come in 64mb size, and the mx440 does not come in 256mb size.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+25 July 2004 - 21:48--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 25 July 2004 - 21:48)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kAb@24 July 2004 - 15:33
What are the differences between a 70&#036; card and a 250&#036; card?

And I read that the human eyes can&#39;t tell the difference between 30 fps and 80 fps..

it&#39;s the perforamnce of the card that counts (determine by memory speeds and gpu speeds) not just by the amount of vram it has.

a 6800ultra could have 64mb of vram and beat the pants off an mx440 with 256mb of vram.

Note: The 6800 doesn&#39;t come in 64mb size, and the mx440 does not come in 256mb size. [/b][/quote]
Correct. Ram does not matter near as much as some things.

Memory Interface size, core speed, memory speed, and pixel pipelines are probably some of the most important.

And yes I hear 30FPS is perfect to the human eye so I guess more doesnt really matter...but cards that run 30FPS will often drop to 5 or 10 making it horrible. Cards that run 100FPS will only drop to like 50 or 60...making it still perfect. Also, the more FPS you pull, the more filtering you can add, and that makes the games look alot better.