9800XT equivelent for NVidia help.

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MarkSparks

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My wife's video card died this weekend, ATI 9800XT, 256m.

Could you guys suggest an NVidia equivelent or slightly better in the "wicked cheap and fast" department? Think 6200?

Have to head out at lunch, any help would be appreciated. If she doesn't get to play World of Warcraft or EQ2 today she'll get the shakes. :)

Thanks!
Mark.
 
The 9800xt is way faster than the 6200, Look at the 6600GT or 6800NU either or should be a good replacement. It you want to stick with ATI go with the X800 or X850 series any of these should do nicely. I ran a X800XTPE that card is up there with the 7600GT or 7800GS, but I do not game much anymore so I went with the 9800Xt and saved some money. I still can play the few games I have well.
 
6600gt would be a nice step up and not too much $$$. The x1600 or x800GTO would also be pretty good. All are around $125-ish.

Cheaer than that, you're looking at x700 or vanilla 6600 cards, which might not perform as well as the 9800.
 
7600GTs are really good cards but the AGP versions are more expensive. :(
 
Sup guys, just curious if anyone can help me out here.... i got aa ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB card,i figure i ask some ATI fans(u guys)now the Radeon 9800 pro is said to be rated at core:380Mhz and Memo:340Mhz ...now at stock speed my video card reads Core:324Mhz and memo: 290Mhz with my ATI Tools....why is that? and my PC reads my card as a Radeon 9800 Pro...i have Catalyst 6.6 installed with DX9c...why is my speed below whats its surpose to be? :confused:
 
Scooby22B said:
Sup guys, just curious if anyone can help me out here.... i got aa ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB card,i figure i ask some ATI fans(u guys)now the Radeon 9800 pro is said to be rated at core:380Mhz and Memo:340Mhz ...now at stock speed my video card reads Core:324Mhz and memo: 290Mhz with my ATI Tools....why is that? and my PC reads my card as a Radeon 9800 Pro...i have Catalyst 6.6 installed with DX9c...why is my speed below whats its surpose to be? :confused:
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Well, those are vanilla 9800 speeds
 
I don't think the ati drivers really distinguish between non-pro and pro models, or you have an oem card with a funky bios. I had a strange 9700 I got in china that had Pro core speed but only non-pro memory, and it showed up as a 9700 pro.
 
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