sapphire 9700 pro $160 or 9800 pro $200?

[eshtog]

what would you get?

 

[videoclone]

9800 Pro ! for sure.. but if your straped for cash i guess you would hafta settle for the 9700 Pro Either card should be fine! and both cards are better value then the 9800XT and FX5950 in the high end arena !

 

[Corporate Thug]

the difference in price is not proportional to the difference in performance...

 

[Alptraum]

9800pro

 

[eshtog]

Originally posted by: shady06
the difference in price is not proportional to the difference in performance...

so the 9700 pro would be a better choice?

 

[Pete]

9800P is generally 10-15% faster than 9700P. You decide if the extra performance is worth the extra money. The 9700P seems to be the better deal, provided it hits your minimum acceptable framerates.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Holy Sh!t wheres that 9700P for 160? Maybe I'm outdated on 9700P prices...but still 160..for a 9700P? Killer deal!

 

[eshtog]

its a refurb from newegg

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Ooh. Damn, almost though I died and went to heaven. Cheers to you and your find :beer:

 

[Conky]

umm, the 9700Pro is or should be a bargain card by now. Especially with $200 9800Pro's.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: eshtog

Originally posted by: shady06
the difference in price is not proportional to the difference in performance...

so the 9700 pro would be a better choice?

dollar for dollar, yes. assuming both are in the same condition that it. i.e. both refurb

 

[mboy]

Why buy a 9700 pro refurb for $160 when you can get a new 9800 pro for 212? Unless $40 is a huge amot of $$$ for you, doesnt make sense.
Oh, I just got the 9800 pro myself

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: mboy
Why buy a 9700 pro refurb for $160 when you can get a new 9800 pro for 212? Unless $40 is a huge amot of $$$ for you, doesnt make sense.
Oh, I just got the 9800 pro myself

ehhh
where the hell from? /me wants to upgrade the 4200

nm, newegg...not bad, ill still wait til the new cards come out, should go sub 200 then easily

 

[mboy]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: mboy
Why buy a 9700 pro refurb for $160 when you can get a new 9800 pro for 212? Unless $40 is a huge amot of $$$ for you, doesnt make sense.
Oh, I just got the 9800 pro myself

ehhh
where the hell from? /me wants to upgrade the 4200

nm, newegg...not bad, ill still wait til the new cards come out, should go sub 200 then easily

Yup, I am upgrading from a 4200 also.
I was going to wait for the sub 200 myslef (if it happens) and it may. But my bday is in 2 weeks and my wife kept asking me what I wanted, so figured now was a good as time as any
Should have it tomorrow ;-).
1495 on 3dmark203 on my 4200 last night. Can't wait to break 6k and see how XIII and some other games look compared to the 4200.

 

[akshayt]

9700=open gl 1.3
9800=open gl 2.0

for image quality /fps/aa and af there will be net 20% diff atleast.

Anyway sapphire radeon 9800pro from newegg.com

 

[DarkKnight]

the 9800 is a safer bet. i got a 9700pro from newegg and it turned to be a nonpro with a pro bios!! :frown: Had to return it. Save yourself the trouble and get the new card

 

[rbV5]

9700=open gl 1.3
9800=open gl 2.0

OpenGL 2.0? Are the final specs even released yet? What does 9800 support that is not supported by the 9700?

UPDATE: I just ran GLview and it shows the Cat 4.2 drivers 100% in compliance with my AIW 9700.

v1.1(100% - 2/2)
v1.2(100% -11/11)
v1.3(100% -9/9)
v1.4(100% - 15/15)
v1.5(100% - 6/6)
v2.0(OpenGL SL)(100% - 4/4)

Looks to me that 9700 is Open GL 1.5 compliant and 100% compliant with OpenGL Shading Language for OpenGL 2.0.

 

[cindy22]

9700 pro still is a great card , but I agree get a 9800 pro .
specially when it's only around $200 us nowadays , even though there's only 15% performance difference, it's still a great deal. that extra 15% will make a difference in more newer games coming out.
back then when my friend upgraded from g4ti4200 for $160 to g4ti4600 for $300 we thought it was a good deal even though performance difference was only 15-20%

 

[CraigRT]

9800 Pro
and I have a 9700 Pro

 

[Sarobi]

Originally posted by: mboy
Why buy a 9700 pro refurb for $160 when you can get a new 9800 pro for 212? Unless $40 is a huge amot of $$$ for you, doesnt make sense.
Oh, I just got the 9800 pro myself

Umm, that's a $52 difference, and last I checked, $52 can go quite a ways towards some other upgrade. If $$$ is not an issue though, I agree that the 9800 pro is better.