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I went from a 9500pro to a 9800pro. It cost me 200$ at the time. I have
not regretted it at all. I installed it on a modest system.
AMD 2000+ (266)
768 pc2100 ram
40 gig HD
Games like Doom3 went from playable to very playable at 1024x768. I then
made a second system with an:
AMD 3000+ (333)
1024 pc3200 ram (400)
80 gig HD
The improvement was very nice on the 9800 pro. All the games out to date
run extremely well. Nothing is overclocked and using generic cpu coolers
bought for less than 10$. The 9500 pro is on the first stated pc. I play
often on a LAN and it can certainly hang in there. Although to reduce any
performance on lan games, I sometimes will reduce down to 800x600. Usually
leaving most games at default settings. D3 I reduce very slightly on the
9500 pro. However, I know its going to become dated very soon. I will then
resort it to an entertainment pc.
HTH,
Sl
"Mark D. Miller" <mark.miller22@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:FamdndFg7IPhoZXfRVn-sQ@comcast.com...
> Hey, thanks to all for the lively and informative discussion. I am
> impressed by everyone's knowledge and willingness to share their opinion.
> To be honest, I'm in a fortunate position. Money is always a concern of
> course, but getting the best for my dollar is more important. Having said
> that, I would be interested in trying to softmod my card to get the 9700
> level of performance. If someone could provide a link to a place that
> could walk me through that process I'd appreciate it.
> Thanks again everybody!
> Mark Miller
> "Ben Pope" <ben_popeREMOVE_ME@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Mark D. Miller wrote:
>>> Well, I've got the itch to upgrade. I think the majority of my
>>> components are fine for quite awhile.
>>> P4 3.0 (the 512 cache version)
>>> Intel 875 Pbz main board
>>> 1.5 gig Corsair RAM
>>> Soundblaster Audigy Gamer
>>> and as stated, an ATI 9500 Pro.
>>> I'm considering a 9800 Pro or NVidia 6600 GT (AGP)
>>> Opinions?
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>> If you can afford it, maybe an X800XL? Dunno if they do AGP ones...
>> Sees to be a good price/performance and a significant jump on the 9500
>> Pro.
>>
>> Ben
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