Sapphire 9800SE Vs. Sapphire X800

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I've got a Sapphire 9800SE AGP and it works quite well, I can't complain.
Thinking about an improvement I was looking around for something more
powerful and found the Sapphire Radeon X800 256MB AGP for 247€ (not sure
if it's the best price though).
The question is: there is a difference from 9800SE to X800 enough to
justify the cost?

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the performance difference is enormous with these 2 cards. go to
www.tomshardwareguide.com to see a benchmark chart on the respective cards.
if you are into gaming then an x800 is a worthy investment if you have the
cash.. (too expensive for me tho!)
"Riccardo Cretti" <squadron76@jumpy.it> wrote in message
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> I've got a Sapphire 9800SE AGP and it works quite well, I can't complain.
> Thinking about an improvement I was looking around for something more
> powerful and found the Sapphire Radeon X800 256MB AGP for 247€ (not sure
> if it's the best price though).
> The question is: there is a difference from 9800SE to X800 enough to
> justify the cost?
>
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HullBoys wrote:
> the performance difference is enormous with these 2 cards. go to
> www.tomshardwareguide.com to see a benchmark chart on the respective cards.
> if you are into gaming then an x800 is a worthy investment if you have the
> cash.. (too expensive for me tho!)

You mean http://www.tomshardware.com/ don't you? ;-)
The other link sent me nowhere, lol
Yes, I agree the price is a bit high (understatement), but I would like
to get something that can last for long.
Soon we will see only PCI-E graphic cards, or it's too early for this?
Another thing that makes me think for the upgrade is that the DVI output
of my 9800SE went ko after only 2 weeks and with the new graphic card I
could move back to DVI again.

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oops, sorry about link....
"Riccardo Cretti" <squadron76@jumpy.it> wrote in message
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> HullBoys wrote:
>> the performance difference is enormous with these 2 cards. go to
>> www.tomshardwareguide.com to see a benchmark chart on the respective
>> cards. if you are into gaming then an x800 is a worthy investment if you
>> have the cash.. (too expensive for me tho!)
>
> You mean http://www.tomshardware.com/ don't you? ;-)
> The other link sent me nowhere, lol
> Yes, I agree the price is a bit high (understatement), but I would like to
> get something that can last for long.
> Soon we will see only PCI-E graphic cards, or it's too early for this?
> Another thing that makes me think for the upgrade is that the DVI output
> of my 9800SE went ko after only 2 weeks and with the new graphic card I
> could move back to DVI again.
>
> --
> *Riccardo Cretti* - ICQ 15927849
> Get Firefox!
> http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/