9800 + and 5900 + owners!

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Will you be upgrading to the next ATI or nVidia cards, if they show a gain in performance and features (based on reviews) when they launch? Which could possibly be in about two months?
Or is your performance good enough to last you the year and skip the launch of the new cards? In other words, you bought these cards specifically for HL2 and Doom 3 and Stalker, etc. and do not see yourself upgrading until after these games have come and gone.

Some of you were early adopters and have had your cards for a long time, perhaps an upgrade will be due.
 
i have a 9800np -> pro+ now.

unless it is a total flop, i plan on buying the new nVidia offering, and putting this 9800np in a different box.
 
I own both a 9800 Pro (primary rig) and a 5900NU (sons rig) and I am happy with both cards. I do not plan on upgrading unless one of the cards from either nVidia and ATi product family fall into the $300.00 price point and offer at least a 50% performance increase.
 
Most likely not. Maybe in a year when prices on those cards drop I will upgrade.
 
if 50% or greater, I will switch, if not, my 9800pro is kicking some serious with current software.
 
yah i will wait and decide until they come out, i think ill keep my 5900nu and spend the money on a a64 939 instead
 
i bought a 9800 pro 256mb and since its clocks and ram go a little over a stock XT card...im going to wait. unless the new ati/nvidia cards are overwelmingly powerful.
 
Heck I have a modded 9500 to a 9700, and its OC'ed some, and I won't be upgrading this refresh unless this card gets torn up by the new games coming out. $$$ is the issue.
Jason
 
I got my 9800 pro last week, and won't be upgrading..... that is unless futureshop pays :D hahaha
 
Well Im on a tight budget being 15 and having to work for all my money.... but I am waiting till HL2 and D3 launch, then ill make my decision. ATi has better picture quality right now but I think nvidia might have a sleeper on their hands. Its a total toss up. If i cant run 1600x1200 in any of those 2 games..... new card..... if i can Im keeping mine.

Also look at how much the 9800xt debuted at. Even if HL2 and D3 have to run 1280x1024 ill most likly wait half a year or so for even a faster card to come out to drop the new cores to a lower price.
 
I would buy a PCI-E card if a good one came out (provided that it would be accompanied by a good PCI-E motherboard).
 
Unless there is a game that requires an upgrade i will not upgrade... because it would be a waste of performance and money.

We'll probably see doom3 and hl2 by q4 2220 so i've got time to rethink my options when the time comes.
 
I would buy a PCI-E card if a good one came out (provided that it would be accompanied by a good PCI-E motherboard).
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Provided that its ATi so its native PCI express not Nvidia with a bridge :D

Bocy your right we will probably never see HL2 and Doom3 soooo not much to worry about

Also off topic but remember guys Naruto 75 comes out tmr :D
 
I own both, I've got the 9800pro and my son has the fx5900, both great cards. They're both less than a year old and probably good for at least another year. I'm not rich but I'll upgrade when its necessary.
 
only if it's like playing video games all over again. and even then only if it's a great price.
 
anyone who would upgrade from the 9800np OR the 5900 this year is a DUFUS in my book:) (unless 50% more performance is seen) but that WONT happen at best there will be 25-30% gains if that :) ( my guess anyway) :)
 
I'll probably upgrade from the 5900nu I picked up in Jan once the new cards from both ATI & NV are out. Normally I wouldn't upgrade on such a short cycle, but I really bought this card for my second rig. If I hadn't needed a card for the 2nd rig I'd have just kept the Parhelia until the new boards come out. Speaking of which, I need to get off my ass & eBay that Parhelia.
 
I'm upgrading my mobo/cpu/proc before I'm upgrading my 9800pro, and I'm waiting for BTX to drive current hardware prices down before I'm even doing that...
 
Originally posted by Bennyb
Unless there is a game that requires an upgrade i will not upgrade... because it would be a waste of performance and money.
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Werd :D If ain't broke, don't f@#k with it!

9800 already plays everything on the market @ least 30 fps. Most much higher so why bother. It will take more than squeezing an extra 10 fps to win my money next round.
 
If the next gen cards run everything at 200% of a 9800XT, I'll upgrade.

My dream is 1600x1200 res, 8x AA, 16x AF in World of Warcraft and capping vsync at 85 FPS. This has to be during a raid w/ 200+ people on one screen.

Once my WoW dream machine is complete, I'll be content for the 3-5 years I'll be playing that game.
 
^^ sorry, but

FREAK hahaha...

200%? expecting rocket science, hey? Remember ATi's goal was doubling performance every 18 months I think... so we ought to be seeing something twice the 9700pro? I even doubt this... but it's all pure specualtion. and personally, im damn pleased with my 9800pro for the time being.
 
If the price is around $300 and performance is at least 30% faster with better image quality, then i'll upgrade and sell off one of my 9800 Pro's.

But knowing them both, the cards will be $500 + and performance won't matter as I am still waiting on Half Life 2 and Doom3.
 
Well we did hear nVidia's CEO making implicit remarks that the next gen cards would be at least twice the performance.

Twice translates to 200%, so I put that as my marker on whether they'll deliver the speed or not.

The quote from Jen-Hsun was something along the line of: I'll be disappointed if it's not at least twice the performance... something or other like that.
 
With a 9700 Pro and 2.8HT, I don't think I'll upgrade till the end of the year. For me, the real issue is that when LCD prices start falling into acceptable ranges, I want to have a card that can run at it's native resolution for all games I would play. At this point in time, that's Doom 3 and Half Life 2, as far as the upper limit is concerned. Given that, they had better double the performance, just so I can run at that resolution. AA is unimportant, but I want some AF, bare minimum speaking.
 
well I think I am going to have to do a video card upgrade and will be going with the 9800Pro AIW so I can pull my LeadTek out and have everything consolidated into one card. Currently I have the Ti4200 and UT2004 is choking it a bit at fairly low settings so I know it will just die on anything else....oh well....I have had the card for over 1.5 years and it has served me well...look for both it and my LeadTek in the FS/FT section in the VERY near future
 
I just recently upgraded to a 9800pro from a gforce2 mx. If the past is of any indication, I'll be set for quite a while.
 
I have a 9800np at the moment and for the first time ever...I am going to wait until game software FORCES me to upgrade. I've already promised myself I'm not going to fall for the hype that "this game will require at least a XXXX to run properly".:rolleyes:
 
last thing I have to add to my current gaming comp is another 512 RAM and then it will be a long time before I'm upgrading anything, especially the video card.

I'd prefer to have an Nvidia video card in my system but paying $400+ for high end Nvidia when you can have high end ATI at half price is not cost effective for me.

As for the Radeon 9800 pro, I'm very pleased with its performance.
 
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