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Purchasing advice needed...

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benfinkel

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Hello all,

It's time to upgrade my video card from my GF3 (Ugh!).

The problem is I was all set on picking up a 9600xt (for $150) since that's all I could afford. I've come across some additional funds, and my budget is now about $215. What are my new options? Is a 9800 Pro 128 a good card still? ( I know it's a little bit old). Also, I've seen on bechmarks that the 9800 Pro 128 outperforms the 256. Is this correct?

Thanks for any advice!

Ben
 
I have a 9800 Pro and it runs Doom 3 awesome, but I've heard that if you go for the cheap 9800SE you can flash and OC it to a Pro for half the price! Maybe someone else can comment on that as I'm not an expert in flashing at all.
 
BakedGoods said:
I have a 9800 Pro and it runs Doom 3 awesome, but I've heard that if you go for the cheap 9800SE you can flash and OC it to a Pro for half the price! Maybe someone else can comment on that as I'm not an expert in flashing at all.
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overclocking will not fix the problem of half the pipelines, not sure of the success rate on the mods

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The GPU is based on the R350 core and is clocked at 325MHz. Also note the 9800SE only uses 4 pipelines versus the 9800 Pro's 8. This will be a huge factor in the performance of the 9800SE and you will see it in the performance benchmarks.
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So... is the 256MB an SE card and that's why it runs slower than the 129MB card?

Thanks for the advice guys,

Ben
 
no.. the 256 pro uses a different architechture thats just not always as fast, especially since 256 megs of vram doesnt really come into play all that often. The 9800SE is ALOT slower than a pro., but if you can mod it you have a hell of a card for cheap.
 
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