Radeon 9800 Pro Price Drop

[pauldh]

Wow, Radeon 9800 Pro Price Drop! A few days ago it was $255 for an oem, now I saw $229 on pricewatch, which they have since raised to $234. but the retail Saphire is $235. Ah man, I don't need it, BUT I WANT IT!

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Paul...put up your 3DMark03 score would ya?

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[pauldh]

current score with the 9500 pro? I will post a link when i get that system hooked up tomorrow. I have a new build going on that desk right now. Off hand I'd say Without any overclocking at all, it scored 3,77x with the Cat 3.10 drivers. In 3dmark2001se it scored 13,5xx

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Grrrr...

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[addiarmadar]

There will be a HUGE jump in score if you plug in the radeon 9800 pro.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[pauldh]

Is your system similar?

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[pauldh]

Yeah I figure it will. I mostly would like the Radeon 9800 Pro to be able to turn on FSAA and Aniso at 1280x1024. I currently play at 1280x1024 now but have to turn that down to mess with FSAA settings.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[pauldh]

I would without question prefer a Built By ATI Card over that Sapphire. But the built by's are $267 ($32 more) right now. The Sapphire at $235 is calling me. If it drops again soon, I'll have to give in.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[pauldh]

I never published that score, so i set up the computer on another desk. Only change was the monitor. Got 3766 3dmarks / 625 cpumarks

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1948989" target="_new">http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1948989</A>

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Is your system similar?

Not any more, I had a 9500P a while back but TheGreatGrapeApe made me burn it up ...it was getting like 4,175 or something like that. Grape ownz the card now.


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[coolsquirtle]

sure he did

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never tried to go crazy when it comes to o/cing. THE rule of thumb: 5mhz at once plz

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Got 3766 3dmarks / 625 cpumarks

You need to overclock that mutha'


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[sirak]

Sapphire for $235?? Tempting, very tempting. I'll try to force myself to wait for the new cards to come out in a few months though.

 

[Vapor]

It's $228 today .

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.