Is this card sufficient for my needs?

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bobsaget

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Take a gander at my system in my sig... :)

If I added a 9600Pro to it, would my computer run Halo, Call of Duty, UT2k4 with ALL of the eye-candy turned to the highest at a resolution of about 800x600? (I don't really need/like high res.)

thanks!


Edit: Oh yeah, I probably won't be using much AA or AF if any at all.
 
yes.

EDIT: crap, I misread. Thought I read you have a 9800 pro.

Answer is NO.
 
proabbly not to your likeing.


i would get a used 9700 pro

heck 9800 pro's are cheat for under 220 now
 
I'm looking to buy on spring break (April 10th). Do you think the R420's and all of that stuff will be out yet? If they are, will prices on the 9800Pro go down?
 
i think that you will be able to run those games with all that eye candy on. you want to play that one of the lowest possible resoution so it wont be taht demanding for you system.
The 9600Pro isnt that bad of a card
btw, you wont be getting the BEST performance and ur frames might not be the greatest in the world but you will still be able to play the game :D
 
Probably not, if you mean running at the highest possible levels of IQ.
6X AA will just crush the 128 bit memory bus of the 9600 when coupled with AF.

You should be able to run all of those games at acceptable frame rates at 8x6 with some IQ improvements assuming a decent overclock, but over 2X AA with significant degrees of anisotropic filtering is unlikely to be playable on some of them.

The price premium for a 9600XT over a 9600PRO is pretty minimal these days. If you can't wait for the R420 to drive down the prices of 9800 cards, go with a 9600XT (just be sure to use drivercleaner on those nvidia drivers before install).
 
I have to disagree with all these negs above. I run at 1024 with 4xAA and 8xAF with most of the visual settings on and it runs quite well on UT2k4 and CoD at least. At a resolution of only 800x600 (only 60% the # of pixels), I'm pretty sure you could turn up pretty much every setting and still run fine.

Halo I'm not sure about since it has had a reputation of having terrible performance in general.
 
i second NightRaven i play all those games at 1280x960 with full settings except halo, i run it at 800x600. although i do not use aa or af.
i have a stock bba 9500 pro which is a little better than a 9600 pro, but i have a stock xp2400 and at lower resolutions your system will work the processor more compared to the videocard.
 
I play cod, vice city, BC, NSF:U, LOK:defiance, generals:zero hour and the rest of my games (halos runs shit no matter what) usually at 4xAA 4AF depends on the game though
 
Originally posted by [Neural Interface]
I play cod, vice city, BC, NSF:U, LOK:defiance, generals:zero hour and the rest of my games (halos runs shit no matter what) usually at 4xAA 4AF depends on the game though
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yea me too ... 9600pro isn't terrible by any means and is probably pretty well priced at this point ...
 
Could always do what I did and buy a 9500 128MB from www.allstarshop.com on the 9700 PCB (in stock) and softmod it to a 9700, so you have a 256bit mem bus plus 8 pipes (versus 128bit / 4 pipe on the 9600), then OC it a bit to get the most value for the $$$.
Jason
 
I agree with getting the 9600XT. It's the best bang for the buck now unless you get a used 9700Pro.

My friend got his GeXcube 9600XT for $150 and it runs really nice. He has basically the same setup as you. He mostly plays Half-Life (TFC/CS), WarCraft3, BF1942, NFS-Underground, and a few others. Resolution at 1024x768 with all eye-candy. Great card!
 
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