9800Pro

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

The machine i'm on now with this 9800Pro use to be my old gaming machine, since then, i built a new one. Right now, I am tossing up the idea of upgrading this 9800Pro vid card with 2 things in mind, cutting down the watt usage on this machine (saving power/$) and casual video editing. 4 is the max AGP the motherboard offers. I've searched to compare the 9800's power usage to new ones BUT came up with nothing so, the next thing I'm wondering is the 4x AGP slot bottlenecking. I'm not going to build a whole nother system for "you can build a whole nother machine for this much yada yada" thank you for the offer *raises beer mug* but where I'm at with the 4x AGP (1GB max bandwidth) I don't want to over spend on something that is ultimately dictated by an aging 4x AGP slot. So, is the 3850 overkill?

Thanks for the help

Cheers,

529th

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
The machine i'm on now with this 9800Pro use to be my old gaming machine, since then, i built a new one. Right now, I am tossing up the idea of upgrading this 9800Pro vid card with 2 things in mind, cutting down the watt usage on this machine (saving power/$) and casual video editing. 4 is the max AGP the motherboard offers. I've searched to compare the 9800's power usage to new ones BUT came up with nothing so, the next thing I'm wondering is the 4x AGP slot bottlenecking. I'm not going to build a whole nother system for "you can build a whole nother machine for this much yada yada" thank you for the offer *raises beer mug* but where I'm at with the 4x AGP (1GB max bandwidth) I don't want to over spend on something that is ultimately dictated by an aging 4x AGP slot. So, is the 3850 overkill?

Thanks for the help

Cheers,

529th

You want to spend over $200 to save money?

and I really don't think video editing is GPU intensive.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yeah, we spend money on lower wattage/power using devices to save money.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Is that a productive response?

Absolutely. It should make you question how spending over $200 is going to save you money. A 3850 is not a low end card, it's going to pull significant power...my guess is more than the 9800 pro. Even if it was lower its going to take what will likely be YEARS to even break even with the amount you save vs the amount spent on the card.

And as I already stated, video editing is more CPU intensive than anything.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

What does the 9800 pull compared to the 3850? I think i read the 3850 idles at 96watts.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Never mind, with more searching, i read the 9800Pro pulls twice as less watts even at full load (found it at xbits) thanks again