Yes, I'm pointing fingers at you Colossus! :D
Well, I didn't want to do it this soon, but with the 9800np disappearing fast, I went ahead and bought one. Circiute City had them on for $249, which was the same as Newegg and many of the other vendors, and since they had it in stock, I bought it online for in-store pickup. Will have that bugger in my system tonight, and then we'll see how it all goes.
LOL!:D When I saw the title of the thread, I almost fell over 'cause I thought you were coming clean with reasons why C man was banned - to silent all the rumors flying about here.:) :D Almost had a cardiac arrest there!:p :D
PS : Un4given, hope you get a great card and hope it OCs like a bad mutha!:D
let us know what the ram chips are lookin' like.
I always liked when Best Buy and Circuit City offered great deals on good graphic cards.
I remember last february when they were offering retail 9700 Pro's for $299, I thought I was in heaven.
It's a BBA so I suspect it will likely have the Samsung 3.3ns chips, but I will update once I get the card.
Looks like collosus was banned what happend?
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Originally posted by Awwcrap
Looks like collosus was banned what happend?
He is not banned, he just changed his title becuase he's been busy lately. I PMed him on it.Quote:
Originally posted by Awwcrap
Looks like collosus was banned what happend?
Nevermind.Quote:
Originally posted by Mr Cherry
Why did some of the old 9700pro's and even some of the old 9700 NON pro's have 2.8ns samsung ram chips but the 9800 pros/non pros only have 3.3ns samsung at best? Or am I wrong? Do some of the 9800 pro's have 2.8ns ram ?
good luck. I hope its samsung ram too, but even if its infineon, the core matters quite a bit more anyway. 400MHz is considered a very nice overclock for a non pro, since many of the non pros in theory are those that didnt make pro speeds, but ati's yields are good enough that they just slip some pro cores as non pros and run em at lower voltages, hence the bios flash to pro
That would be great if it does. Mine came with the Infineon, but the core overclocks like mad. Either way I think you'll be happy with the performance gains.Quote:
Originally posted by Un4given
It's a BBA so I suspect it will likely have the Samsung 3.3ns chips, but I will update once I get the card.
I'm definitely going to try o/c, but this will still be a huge jump up from what I have now. As good as this Ti4400 has been, I just want to able to turn on AA/AF and not have BF1942 and similar games look like a slide show. That includes my crossed fingers to the MP update for Unreal II.Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
good luck. I hope its samsung ram too, but even if its infineon, the core matters quite a bit more anyway. 400MHz is considered a very nice overclock for a non pro, since many of the non pros in theory are those that didnt make pro speeds, but ati's yields are good enough that they just slip some pro cores as non pros and run em at lower voltages, hence the bios flash to pro
It's hard to understand just how superior the performance of a 9800 is over a NV ti series card until you have one in your PC. I love my 9700np.
Ya, it will be nice.Quote:
Originally posted by ynd Aznbnet
It's hard to understand just how superior the performance of a 9800 is over a NV ti series card until you have one in your PC. I love my 9700np.
congrats! purchasing new hardware is always fun...i know you'll love the raddy...:p
I know you will enjoy it, now I`m not the only one that bought one before they vanished from the market place. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Un4given
Yes, I'm pointing fingers at you Colossus! :D
Well, I didn't want to do it this soon, but with the 9800np disappearing fast, I went ahead and bought one. Circiute City had them on for $249, which was the same as Newegg and many of the other vendors, and since they had it in stock, I bought it online for in-store pickup. Will have that bugger in my system tonight, and then we'll see how it all goes.
Un4 buying a new video card? Wow... hell just froze over. :D
Wow! I thought I felt an earthquake recently :p
But Un4given, doesn't it feel good though??!!
When I finally said ok and gave in to upgrade to Radeon 9700 (from 8500LE), I was just giggling like a kid with joy!! I sure have no regret now being able to play almost any games at 1600 x 1200!!! :D
Yes, hell did freeze over...it's snowing here. :D
I know I will enjoy it, and I do like new toys, but I just didn't want to throw down the money right now, but I was afraid if I didn't I was going to end up with a situation where the 9800SE was the only product in this price range...so, I splurged.
You'll love it, I went from a Ti4400 as well (OC'd about the same as yours). I noticed a huge difference in games all around. It is a bit pricey, but it's worth every damn penny of it :D Let us know how the OCing goes ;)
Ya, I think I'm gonna head out of work a few minutes early so I can go pick it up...I got the itch.Quote:
Originally posted by JustWhitman
You'll love it, I went from a Ti4400 as well (OC'd about the same as yours). I noticed a huge difference in games all around. It is a bit pricey, but it's worth every damn penny of it :D Let us know how the OCing goes ;)
<now debates above comment with all the perverts on this site> :D
Ti 4200 => 9700 Pro was the best upgrade I ever made, games are really worth playing now for the IQ and sustained framerate.
Un4, I was accepted into the U2 MP beta but I don't have U2 anymore...if you want to try it out PM me...
Okay, 3DMark 01 at VC default 16,427.
Got some good news and bad news.
Bad news: RAM=Infineon
Good nes: RAM=3.0ns
More to come tomorrow. I don't have time to o/c tonight.
Trunks, I will get to you on that, thanks.