Radeon 9700 Pro vs 9800 Pro

[Bolivarted]

How much of a preformance increase is the 9800 Pro over the 9700 Pro? About to purchase a card online and was curious if it is worth the extra cash. I'm putting together a rig that I only plan to use for about a year and a half before I move on to 64 bit and whenever windows gets its act together with 64 bit. Will a 9700pro last that long or should I spend more for a 9800 pro? Any thoughts?

 

[Alptraum]

Depending on exactly what game or app you are looking at the 9800pro is generally 15% to 25% faster then a 9700pro. Wether that is worth it or not only you can answer

 

[Bolivarted]

Thanks a lot. The difference is about $50. I'm not that much a gamer but I want quality video and to be able to keep up with changing technology. I'm not an overclocker or really into hardcore stuff but want a decent system. I appreciate the help.

 

[Alptraum]

Originally posted by: Bolivarted
Thanks a lot. The difference is about $50. I'm not that much a gamer but I want quality video and to be able to keep up with changing technology. I'm not an overclocker or really into hardcore stuff but want a decent system. I appreciate the help.

Np. And for only $50 more I would definetly get the 9800pro. Thats not much more money.

 

[CaiNaM]

while i 15-25% faster is a bit of a reach (10-15% would be more realistic), i would still get the 9800 pro as it has slight improvments over the 9700p in mem architecture, shader performance, and compression algorithms, but either one is a good card.

 

[1ManArmY]

The 9800 PRO will serve you well!

 

[Brian48]

Just some benchmarks comparing various ATI cards against each other. I forgot where I ripped these images from.

http://users.rcn.com/chinmonster/ati_cards_compared.gif
http://users.rcn.com/chinmonster/ati_cards_compared_2.gif
http://users.rcn.com/chinmonster/ati_cards_compared_3.gif

 

[Pete]

Hardware.fr.

In the US, 9700P's sell for ~$200, and 9800P's for $230. The latter is definitely worth ~$30 more. $50 may be stretching it.