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3 generations away from the 9800 round 2

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JimmiG said:
ATI actually re-branded the original Radeon as the Radeon 7500. Then there was the 8500 before the 9700 was released. So we're just one generation from full circle.

This was during the brief period when video card names actually made sense - the first digit indicated the DirectX version, the second was relative performance, and then two zeros were added because biggar numbars are moar bettar!!11one Then the X800 (ie. "10800") came out and ruined everything. They should have saved that one for the 2900XT. What's an "XT" anyway?

Nowadays, GPU/video card branding is just totally arbitrary. The numbers are at best only meaningful when comparing GPUs of the same generation, and the letters..wtf does "GTX" really mean and why is it better than "GTS"?
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GTS usualy means Gran Tursimo Sport when talking about cars, maybe GTX mean Graphics Technology EXTREME!!!1
 
I think it would be AWESOME if they made their lower end 9xxx have the same finned, passive heatsinks of old.

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My trusty 9550se, which overclocked to 425 core (vs 250 regular) on stock voltage with the help of a pci slot fan. My first GPU overclock ever :awe:
 
Scholzpdx said:
I think it would be AWESOME if they made their lower end 9xxx have the same finned, passive heatsinks of old.

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My trusty 9550se, which overclocked to 425 core (vs 250 regular) on stock voltage with the help of a pci slot fan.
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I got my brothers 9550 to 510mhz on the core, it sometimes came close to my 9600XT.
 
Skurge said:
I got my brothers 9550 to 510mhz on the core, it sometimes came close to my 9600XT.
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I didn't want to exaggerate as I remember getting it to 500+ (specifically, 510mhz, as I typed in initially before researching if I ever took a note of it), but the only forum posting I had of it was at 425 when I began. I guess I wasn't crazy in remembering it was that high!

When I paired that with my Pentium 4 2.8ghz HT, games just flew. Half Life 1 games were finally playable. This was the card that got me into 3d PC gaming. Before this, old dos games (Civilization, ZZT, Police Quest), and windows games Starcraft, Diablo 1/2 and Castle of the Winds 1/2 dominated my play time.
 
Nice.
I had a 9700P and a 9800P, I loved them both.
They, aside from my GeForce2 GTS were my most memorable video cards.
 
had a 9800 pro a couple cards ago. sold it back in 2006 iirc.

gpu history for my gaming box:
voodoo
voodoo3
geforce256
gf3 ti200
9800 pro
x800 pro (side grade when i moved to pcie while waiting for the nv and ati refreshes)
x1900pro
4870

seems like it's about time for an upgrade again. though the 4870 on rebate has to be the best value proposition since the voodoo3. all the other cards were $300 or more, iirc.
 
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ElFenix said:
had a 9800 pro a couple cards ago. sold it back in 2006 iirc.

gpu history for my gaming box:
voodoo
voodoo3
geforce256
gf3 ti200
9800 pro
x800 pro (side grade when i moved to pcie while waiting for the nv and ati refreshes)
x1900pro
4870

seems like it's about time for an upgrade again. though the 4870 on rebate has to be the best value proposition since the voodoo3. all the other cards were $300 or more, iirc.
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4890 at sub $200 dollar pricing was a mind blowing value.
 
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