Do ATI cards still perform slowly on a NForce motherboard?

[SinfulWeeper]

Title pretty much says it all. Back in the ol days ATI cards ran slower then hell on a NForce motherboard. Now I have my eye's on a 9700 Pro AIW to go on a A7N8X-D based computer I am building.

But I am a little skeptical about doing so because of the ATI/NForce problems in the past.

If not, well, looks like I'll get the card 🙂.

 

[nick1985]

your fine

 

[Megatomic]

I'm having excellent luck with a 9800 Pro on my NF7-S R2. I can even run at AGP8X with Fast Writes ON. This is the fastest card I've ever had in this board (or any for that matter). I say go for it.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

While I had some compatibility issues with older nF2 boards and UDPs with ATi cards I have had zero issues with the newer boards+UDPs+ATi cards and the performance reflected what benchmarks indicated it should be, HTH 🙂

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Wow, these were quick replies 🙂.
Looks like I will go for it.

Before I jump into the deal, is it true a 9600XT can be flashed to a 9800XT? I am under the impression not because the 9600 has a 128bit core while the 9800 has a 256 bit. Not to mention more pipes.
But on another forum a guy keeps saying they are. I am a little skeptical...

 

[Megatomic]

It is completely untrue. The 9600XT cannot be flashed into anything else. Go for the 9700 Pro you initially talked about. Especially with it's AIW capabilities...

Good luck.

 

[SinfulWeeper]

K, thanks for the input. I knew that 9600 to 9800 sounded very hoakey

 

[StrangerGuy]

Well FYI I can run my 9800 Pro with a NF7 v1.1 with AGP 8x and fast writes on 100% stable...

 

[CraigRT]

No problems at all... just do it 😀

 

[rbV5]

Now I have my eye's on a 9700 Pro AIW to go on a A7N8X-D based computer I am building.

I've been running just that for nearly 2 years now. Its a stable combo for the most part(I also have a similar NV rig) with the ASUS MB letting me down with BIOS chip issues (1 RMA'd board, also couple of hotflash's to save the day. I think the 1 board caused all the issues) Beyond that, the ASUS struggles above 200FSB. Other than that, it purrs along 24/7/365. The ATI card + NV chipset works just as well as the NV card + NV Chipset.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm having excellent luck with a 9800 Pro on my NF7-S R2. I can even run at AGP8X with Fast Writes ON. This is the fastest card I've ever had in this board (or any for that matter). I say go for it.

Same here, except I'm on a revision 1.2 board. Very speedy system.