is this ATI card any good?

[dexblog]

ATI Atlantis Radeon 9500 AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI by SapphireTech / 320702_A

anybody have any info they can share about it
Thank You

 

[jankphil]

i have the radeon 9700 pro version of that card, and it runs beautifully. I would reoommend sapphire ^_^

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[edurm]

it has currentily the best cust/benefit relationship of all graphics cards at my opinion

it's directx-9 full suport, while the geforce-4-ti family has only, and I emphatisys ONLY old directx-8 full support

 

[rcf84]

ummmmmm its not "Pro" only 4x1. Pretty slow unless you mod it into a 9700 so you get 8x1.

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[Squints]

I would definatly go for the "pro" version.

 

[10GHZ]

good card, if you are brave, try mod it to a 9700 none pro, it can be done either by hacking the chip itself, or install a hacked driver that automatically unlocks the 4 hidden pipeline.

 

[dexblog]

do you know where I can find the driver to unlock it?
also, will this card take the regular ati driver?
sorry to sound like an idiot

 

[Ghostdog]

Yes, you can and should use the drivers from ati.com

Personally I would go for the 9500Pro instead of the regular 9500, but if you are low on cash a 9500 is still a good card.

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