Help me make a decision on which video card to buy tonight!

[Isocene]

Im looking to spent about $200. I see the 9700 at mwave powered by ATI but shipping is extra.

At googlegear there is "ATI Atlantis 9700 AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI by SapphireTech Openbox ***(Free 2nd Day)***" with free 2nd day.

For 200 these are the best cards right?

Is there any difference between those two?


Im ready to make an order. Please bestow yalls knownledge upon me.

 

[PLaYaHaTeD]

It seems like the 9700 np is the best price/performance combination right now. I would say go for it. For $200 you are getting a great video card

 

[Isocene]

Any other advice?

 

[Supermercado]

I got the PowerColor Radeon 9700np from Newegg for $200 (had an instant rebate on it at the time, $230 or so normally, I think). Works great. Great card. In my opinion, it's not worth the $100 to get a 9700 Pro and definitely not worth the extra $200+ for a 9800 Pro. My $.02.

 

[HiTek21]

I got the Radeon 9700 non pro from mwave, the memory that comes on it is the Infineon 3.3ns RAM so it doesn't over clock very well and its clock locked (I had to flash the bios to get it to overclock) but its a great card runs like a champ. My friend picked up the Sapphire Radeon 9500 non pro 128mb (infineon 3.0ns RAM) and he softmodded it to 9700 for $140.