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9800 Pro vs 9800NP

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Topochicho

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I bought a 9800Pro from another forum member ($130 shipped), he sent me a 9800 NP. I think it was an honest mistake, it is visually identical to other 9800 pros I have been looking at, I thought I was doing something wrong at first.

He is offering a $40 refund if i keep the card or a full refund if i send it back.

I am buying this for my sister to put in her Dell (B-Day gift). She has a P4 2.x processor and wants to be able to run Sims 2 without issues. I wanted to get her as good a card as I could afford to try to future proof her a little bit.

How big a dif is there really between the 2 cards? Should I just take the $40? Is the 9800NP worth $90 used (130-40 refund)?

I am on a bit of a time crunch now, I need something by this weekend.
 
I would take the NP for and get the $40. I think the difference between those cards in terms of performanceis less than 5% and if you wanted you could easily OC the card to Pro levels. A 9800 NP for $90 is an EXCELLENT deal IMO.
 
What kind of 9800NP is it (ATI, Sapphire, etc)? There's a good chance it will overclock to at least Pro speeds and as JBT mentioned, a NP for $90 is an extremely hot deal.
 
If it has Samsung or Hynx chips it will overclock to pro speeds. If it has infeiron or whatever your screwed on the memory ocing.
 
Originally posted by: BouZouki
If it has Samsung or Hynx chips it will overclock to pro speeds. If it has infeiron or whatever your screwed on the memory ocing.
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Yup. I had a BBA (Built by ATI) 9800NP with the crappy Infineon chips and the memory wouldn't go any higher than 325 (the stock 9800 Pro memor is clocked at 337). The core overclocked nicely though, and would go as high as 380-400.
 
Thanks for the replys.

Looks like I will just keep it.

I don't know who the manufacturer is, but it does have Samsung memory.
 
Good choice, IMHO.

Just to give you an idea, I've got a Sapphire 9800NP that was flashed to a Pro and overclocks to 420 core and 380 memory. That's a shade faster than the 9800XT cards.
 
hey Topochicho why did you just leave me heatware for a 9800 card. I never did a deal with you and i've never even had a 9800 before lol
 
If it's got Sammy memory, keep it, be nice and accept a $30 refund, and buy an Arctic Cooling ATi Silencer
Overclock.

<-- 9800 user with Sapphire (+Inferion memory) at 430MHz core/320MHz RAM.
 
A $40 refund is generous of the seller, as a 9800 will be at worst about 15% slower than a Pro. Keep the 9800, especialy since that P4 won't exactly be pushing the GPU to its limits.

I don't know how Sims 2 performs, but I'd try enabling AA and AF. I doubt the 9800 will hold the CPU back at 1024x768 with 4xAA and 16xAF, and the IQ should be great.
 
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