Need advice on buying a 9800 pro.

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Limp Gawd
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I am looking at 9800 pro's and am wondering if there are any brands to stear clear of?
Some of the brands are powercolor, msi, saphire, and ati.
I know to stay away from the EZ or SE models. Is there a board that lets you know
that they are good or bad ie. a powercolor black board is crap or vice versa?
I remember the black board for the 9500 was not as good as the others.
Any advice is apreciated.
 
I got my old 9800pro at Compusa, it was just a regular ATI. Ran fine, great overclocker etc...
 
I think Sapphire was marking their 9800's with 128bit memory interface as 9800pro leading to some confusion. Make sure the board you choose has a 256bit memory interface. I also have an BB ATI board, and no problems so far running overclocked since I got it.
 
Steer clear of any companies whose name you've never heard before. :p

If in doubt, go ATI/Sapphire/Powercolor, although I've heard good things about MSI 9800 Pros.
 
MSI makes a very good cooling solution for alot less than the BBATI and powercolor solutions, good card.

~Adam
 
problem there is... it doesn't list the ram speed, some times tehy screw you on ram speed... the most important part...

find some with some good rated ns ram

~Adam
 
I'd buy a new 9800Pro in the $190-$200 range if I was ye.
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I bought a 9700 np for 100 shipped.
Just such a good price I couldnt pass it up.
 
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