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Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
would the all in wonder 9800 be better?

For games the 9800 would be better but is the system the card going into AGP or PCIe?
 

ddogg

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Horrible for games....comparable to 6200TC...maybe slightly higher performing!! Really good for multimedia though
 

ddogg

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i think theres a X700 AIW...that would be a much better option that this
 

Valkerie

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Check out the memory interface - 128-bit? That's pathetic. You're better off going to the refurb section and grabbing a Radeon 9800 Pro for a little over a hundred bucks, which sports a 256-bit memory interface. But if you're going PCI-E, get something that has a 256-bit memory interface.

All in all, x600 sucks, the core clock and memory clock aren't even that great compared to other cards at it's price.
 

ddogg

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Originally posted by: Valkerie
Check out the memory interface - 128-bit? That's pathetic. You're better off going to the refurb section and grabbing a Radeon 9800 Pro for a little over a hundred bucks, which sports a 256-bit memory interface. But if you're going PCI-E, get something that has a 256-bit memory interface.

All in all, x600 sucks, the core clock and memory clock aren't even that great compared to other cards at it's price.

well even the 6600GT is a 128Bit so does that make it a pathetic card...infact it whips the 9800Pro's a$$ pretty bad even though the latter has a 256Bit memory interface....
however getting a 9800Pro for that price would be a much better option unless u really want the multimedia options
 

coomar

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even the multimedia isn't that great, it uses the older ati chip, not the newer ones used on the x800 aiw's
 

mwmorph

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why not get a 6600gt for $170 and a pci tv tuner/multimedia casd for $50?

you dont lose multimedia functions when yopu upgrade, quality will be higher and you dont need to lim,it yourself to aiw cards.
 
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^^^i said the same thing to the guy who told me to get a 9800 aiw. isnt the 6600 gt a better card than the 9800?
 

mwmorph

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it is 8-10% faser usually. also supports sm3 so you can play AOE3 in all it's glory. (6600gt is the recommeded card from the lead developer to use high settings and resolutions)
 

VIAN

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Yeah, I would definitely get a seperate TV Tuner. And get either a 9800 Pro or a 6600GT, whichever, but the 6600GT is a bit faster.