Sapphire 9800 Pro

[dennerle]

can sapphire 9800 pro performs on 1280 x 1024 resolution on 17" lcd monitor very well when playing games such as hl2, cs source, ut2004 without lagging?

Processor
AMD ATHLON 64 3500+ (939)
Mainboard
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
Graphics Card
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800 PRO R360
Memory
CORSAIR 1G DDR400 SDRAM
Display
PHILIPS 150S5FB
Storage
SEAGATE SATA 160GB 7200RPM
Optical Storage
TDK 1616DLN DVD RW
Casing
LIAN LI PC-61
PSU
ANTEC TRUEPOWER 430W
Audio
REALTEK AUDIO 97
OS
WINDOWS XP PRO SP2

 

[Mojoed]

The 128 or 256 bit Sapphire? Anti-aliasing? It'll play, sure, but it aint gonna knock your socks off. As far as video lag goes, you'll get some at times. The 9800 series was a great card for a long time, but it's showing it's age now, especially with the newest games.

 

[JBDan]

I would say yes as long as advanced settings are set to medium. At high graphic settings (AA, AF, V-Sync, & Trilinear filtering etc...) you will need to drop to 1024x768 maybe even 800x600 for good FPS. Get a 6800 GT!!

 

[JBDan]

Sorry I'm a lil bias I love the 6800 GT's!! Have owned many Radeons and am floored at the GTs performance for the money!!

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: JBDan
I would say yes as long as advanced settings are set to medium. At high graphic settings (AA, AF, V-Sync, & Trilinear filtering etc...) you will need to drop to 1024x768 maybe even 800x600 for good FPS. Get a 6800 GT!!

Or even a 6600 GT, if you're on a budget. Nice card for the money.

 

[JBDan]

Very true although I have not used one. I hate to comment on something I have not used, but the reviews for the 6600GT are very impressive. Has NVIDIA made a comeback or what!!??

 

[dennerle]

256bit. With games' setting to all highest such as with AA and Af on etc

 

[reddem0n]

ati > nvidia

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: reddem0n
ati > nvidia

This is yet another worthless flamebait on the AT forums.

 

[Insane3D]

It will run fine.

To give you a comparison, I have a 9800 Pro in my main system, overclocked to 410/360, and it plays HL2 @ 1600 x 1200 with no AA/AF fine, and only games like Far Cry and Doom 3 do I run @ 1280 x 960.

System is a 3000+ NC @ 2.3Ghz, 255mhz FSB, 1Ghz HT, 1GB of HyperX PC3500, Chaintech VNF3-250.

 

[Caminetto]

As another comparison:
I have a Sapphire 9800pro 128, AMD 64 3200 (754), 1 gig Kingmax ram & a 19" dell 2001 lcd.
Farcry runs smooth as silk @1600x1200 at very high settings.

 

[dennerle]

thank guys

 

[Sylvanas]

9800pro will be fine