fastest 9700 Pro?

[PCboy]

There are several manufacturers (Tyan, Crucial, FIC Powercolor, Sapphire, Hercules, etc.) using the 9700 Pro chipset along with ATi and I'm wondering which is the fastest?

 

[nick1985]

hercules prophet gets my vote

 

[PCboy]

yeah i was thinking about that... I'm using a Hercules 3D Prophet 8500 128mb at 325/325 and I'm impressed.. but I gotta upgrade.. Unreal II and Splinter Cell are killing me..

 

[Rand]

They should all be identical in performance 325/310 regardless of which manufacturer you choose.
Tyan seems to have the best rcord so far as overclocking goes thus far.

 

[KidChaos]

It costs a bundle, but the fastest one is OCSystem's R9700 Pro Level III SE.

 

[blindtothagame]

WHAT EVR YOU DO DONT GET A POWERCOLOR 9700PRO
N DONT BUY FROM FTICOMPUTER.COM
THE PRICE IS GREAT I FOUND THE COMPANY ON PRICEWATCH.COM
BUT YOU DONT GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR...........
I PAID FOR A 9700PRO N THE MANAGER SWITCHED THE CARDS ON ME FOR A NON PRO.
BESTBUY & COMPUSA ARE ALWAYS $50++
BUT ATLEAST YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR..........

 

[blindtothagame]

i got the real 9700pro today HERCULES 9700PRO THAT IS...

now if i could get it to work........

 

[John]

Originally posted by: blindtothagame
WHAT EVR YOU DO DONT GET A POWERCOLOR 9700PRO
N DONT BUY FROM FTICOMPUTER.COM
THE PRICE IS GREAT I FOUND THE COMPANY ON PRICEWATCH.COM
BUT YOU DONT GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR...........
I PAID FOR A 9700PRO N THE MANAGER SWITCHED THE CARDS ON ME FOR A NON PRO.
BESTBUY & COMPUSA ARE ALWAYS $50++
BUT ATLEAST YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR..........

I have a Powercolor 9700 Pro that is basically a built by ATI card, and it's clocked @ 310/325

 

[kylebisme]

somebody makes a "level III" card or something of the like with quite an impressive overclock stock, i cant recall who off hand though.

also:

Originally posted by: PCboy
yeah i was thinking about that... I'm using a Hercules 3D Prophet 8500 128mb at 325/325 and I'm impressed.. but I gotta upgrade.. Unreal II and Splinter Cell are killing me..

unreal2 and splinter cell are built on the same engine and they are cpu limited and the first one runs like a dog no matter what, just thought i should warn you PCboy.

 

[FearoftheNight]

My Sapphire 9500 Smoke all of you. SOrry.

 

[sojumk]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
somebody makes a "level III" card or something of the like with quite an impressive overclock stock, i cant recall who off hand though.

also:

Originally posted by: PCboy
yeah i was thinking about that... I'm using a Hercules 3D Prophet 8500 128mb at 325/325 and I'm impressed.. but I gotta upgrade.. Unreal II and Splinter Cell are killing me..

unreal2 and splinter cell are built on the same engine and they are cpu limited and the first one runs like a dog no matter what, just thought i should warn you PCboy.

OMG Spliter Cell looks so awesome with my Tyan 9700 Pro-m
1280x1024 max everything and smooth as a baby skin!
this game is well made down to small details!

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: KidChaos
It costs a bundle, but the fastest one is OCSystem's R9700 Pro Level III SE.

I second that.

 

[dfloyd]

Got to upgrade for Splinter Cell? My Geforce III runs it perfect at 1024 x 768 with all high quality.

 

[kylebisme]

any chance you would hit f2 while in game and type "stat fps" in the command line and report back on the absolute low you hit in your definition of perfect?