Do I have a balanced system for my video card?

[Nitrom]

I just got an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128 megs 256 bits.
I am wondering if the rest of the components are in balance with this video card.
I am about to assemble this rig.

MOBO NF7-S v2
CPU AMD ATHLON 3200+ Barton
PSU FORTRON 350 watts.
MEMORY CORSAIR 512 megs PC3200
HARD DRIVE WESTERN DIGITAL 120 GIGS
SOUND CARD CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY
OS WINDOWS XP

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Yep. Good card for that system.

I have a 3200+, 9800pro, 1 Gig RAM and I can play HL2 with all the trimings at 1152*864 no problem

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[Titanion]

Start adding extra hard drives, pci cards, fans, lights, etc., and that PSU might come up short... but it is a good one... but if you were starting from scratch, why not start off with a quality 450 or something?

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/MBarton 2500+
210x11.5 1.82v SP-97
GB Corsair XMS PC3200
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NF7-S/MBarton 2600+
210x11.5 1.76v
512MB CVR PC3200
Sapphire 9500@9700

 

[RichPLS]

Flash your card to get XT performance, then you will be cruising...

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[cleeve]

The 9800 is a great complement to an AthlonXP.

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[phial]

dude XT's are only 256meg cards with DDR2, most 128meg PRO's cant be flashed AFAIK

especially if the core/memory cant handle those clock speeds

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[Vapor]

They can be flashed with a modified BIOS. It only tightens the mem timings a bit (but can REALLY knock a mem OC down--especially if the RAM is Hynix). The performance boost is noticable at the same clocks.

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

 

[phial]

OOPS my bad

and yes i heard that XT's are faster at the same clock speeds..ive seen benchies where shader performance was faster too , and thats not really memory intensive. I have 2.8ns Samsung that will do 370mhz, perhaps i should try it



edit : hmm ATITool allows you to change the memory timings, but too bad that program sucks and doesnt work half the time

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[Nitrom]

Thanks for the opinions guys. Now I can assemble this rig.

By the way...I have no idea how to overcloack anything on a computer. But I guess the versatility of the ABIT motherboard will allow me to learn how its done.

For Titaniom: well...you might be right about the PSU coming short. But besides two optical drives and fans...plus network card...nothing else is going in...I want a very simple system. And U R right...FORTROM PSU's are very good quality according to TH reviews.