9800 Pro Vs X700??

[Pete]

Should be a little faster without AA, a little slower with. The extra RAM will be nice on newer titles. But it's more of a sidegrade than an upgrade if you're moving from a 9800, especialyl if you can't sell the 9800P for ballpark $100.

 

[Euripides]

x700pro 256meg at Best Buy online right now for $99 after $100 rebate.

 

[Sureshot324]

Don't get a 6600gt

The x800 gto is the same price, much faster, AND can be easily modded to enable the extra 4 pipes so it's basically an x800xl (as long as you get the saphire one).

It will be a bit more expensive than x800 pro/9800pro, so if you don't want to spend that much, look for a cheap 9800 pro on ebay or fs forum.

 

[PSULion]

Quick question,
I have a 9600XT and I am thinking the BB deal on the x700 Pro is too good to pass up. My CPU is 2.4 w/ 1 gig of RAM (Asus P4PE)
Any thoughts?

 

[BlacKJesuS]

best deal right now....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137

$99 6600GT

 

[PSULion]

I am hoping to stay with ATI because of driver issues.
Should I keep my current card or go for the x700?

 

[Pete]

Either card should be a big improvement over your 9600XT. That $100AR (plus tax) X700P should be a lot faster, and that $100AR (no tax!) 6600GT will be slightly faster still. I'd go for the 6600GT--faster overall and especially in Doom 3 games, dual DVI, lower initial and probably final price--but I don't know about your driver issues.

 

[PSULion]

Thanks all
I agree either will be a major improvement for very little $$ (until I have time to rebuild maybe next year). I may just move from my 2.4 to a faster P4. Any thoughts on this?

As for the drivers, I pnce had a problem moving from ATI to the Nvidia drivers that prevented an Nvidia card from running properly. I ended up having to return it. I am sure it was "user error" but I have few, if any, major issues with the ATI drivers

 

[cubeless]

1) get driver cleaner, read and follow the instructions
2) $99 6600gt will be a much better upgrade than cpu...

 

[Captante]

Switching from ATI to Nvidia shouldn't be a problem as long as you remove the old ATI drivers fully ... ATI now includes a very effective uninstall utility in their driver, or you can use a 3rd party cleaning tool.. run it to remove the ATI driver & when prompted to restart, say no & shut the computer down instead & swap the cards. (download the newest Nvidia driver first & save to desktop)
If you really want to stick with ATI, the X800GTO is a no-brainer.. almost all of these cards will unlock to 16 pipes & run at X850XT speeds which will be quite a bit faster then a 6600GT for around $205.