Need some advice on getting a new Video card.

[Anlushac11]

The early 9800SE 256 bit cards had 4 or the 8 pipelines turned off in the BIOS. You used to be able to get a software patcht hat turned the 4 closed pipelines back on adn made it perform as good as a 9800pro for alot less money.

Now that this ability has become well known all the card manufacturers have revised the cards so this ability is disabled so I would not worry about it anymore.

Also it was only on the 9800SE that this applied to. Your 9800Pro should have all the pipelines on.

My choices now for a new card would be minimum of 9800SE, 9800Pro, 9800XT, or Geforce FX 5700, 5900.

9800SE still out performs most of the 9600 line. but since prices have dropped a bit the difference isnt as great anymore.

[TommyGunDaliani]

why the hell did you change your name? guess who made it up.......... i did.

[Kämpfer]

Originally Posted by TommyGunDaliani

why the hell did you change your name? guess who made it up.......... i did.

???


And dont forget you can always overclock your Radeon 9800 Pro to the equivalent of an XT.

[TommyGunDaliani]

o, chris changed his name to 42 and i made it up.

[MG42Maniac]

Ok I have decided to get a 9800pro but I am unsure which one I should get. Its a toss up between a Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB or a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB. If I was to get a 256mb version I would ship it from USA as a 256mb costs the same as a 128mb version in UK. But people seem to think the 256mb has poor quality ram.

These test scores are interesting:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...charts-04.html

The 256mb version gets a lower fps than the 128mb version.

[Kämpfer]

Originally Posted by TommyGunDaliani

o, chris changed his name to 42 and i made it up.

So, Tommy. Still the Italian fanatic you have always been?

[TommyGunDaliani]

pretty much. Fh devs teased me for two long years of having them in game, not gonna happen it seems.

[D-Fens]

I think Bg42 will have them before FH, wich I find pretty ironic...

[Artie]

Originally Posted by TommyGunDaliani

pretty much. Fh devs teased me for two long years of having them in game, not gonna happen it seems.

You're American, not Italian. Get over it.

[ottsy]

Originally Posted by Mazz

I have a 9800 pro 128 and you say you can up its output. Is there somehwere I can go to look into this more (like 42, I'm a hardware n00b).

use atitool...it allows you to overclock your core/memory speeds.