X850PRO question (AGP)

I am looking to upgrade to Radeon X850PRO 256MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102606 from my old 9800 Pro (which I bought 2 years ago for $200+ /cry), the X850PRO scored nicely on the VGA shoot out. I can't afford the X1950 seeing how I have bills to pay and a ring to buy.

I used the Oblivion as the benchmark... although I don't know how visually intense the game it compared to WoW, (I wish they would put wow on there seeing how more people play that game than any other game, I think its up to 6 million people now).

**now for the question**

How does Oblivion compare to World of Warcraft? It says the FPS is 21 in oblivion but what will that equal in WoW, especially in Burning Crusade? Or a better choice of words would be, what game or benchmark on his list best resembles WoW’s graphics?

And why do place like new egg and best buy have the Radeon X800 priced at $300+ but the Radeon X850PRO at $129. I thought the higher the number the better the card was.. I am so confused on the numbering “policy” of ATI.



This is my system i am currently running:

Processor
Model : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
Speed : 2.08GHz
Model Number : 2600 (estimated)

Mainboard
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard : SiS-741
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Video System
Adapter : RADEON 9800 PRO

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)

PSU:
Antec 550W

and also, i'd try to stick it out with the 9800 pro till you can do an overhaul... agp is a dead upgrade so if you ever want to build a new comp you can use the old vid card as a temp holdover card if need be.

so PCI-e is a better slot hu? i havne' read up on it much i always went AGP

if you DO decide to get the X850 PRO, you would probably be able to mod it somewhat, I enabled the "dormant" part of the chip and overclocked it some, I seen a boost of approx 40 - 50% depending on the game and such. Essentially I'm running the X850 platinum edition after modding it.

That would be something you could do to get a little xtra from the card. But like others ppl have said, it is somewhat of a dead end, but you have to do with what you have. I"m happy with the X850 Pro atm.

Newegg is offering a combo deal right now. S939 AMD 3400+ OEM for 100, and you get a free motherboard. Not too shabby:

http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/A [...] index.html

Have fun

The Burning Crusades is just an expansion pack to WOW. Expect it to run similarly to how WOW plays now with your current system.