Radeon 9800 nonpro reviews
Arto V
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/ati_radeon_9800/default.asp
-But does anyone know any particular brand reviews? I would realy like to
know how loud those fans are.
-Or does anyone own this card -> Connect3D ATI Radeon 9800
Ben Pope
If the fans are too loud, you could always get a Zalman ZM80C-HP
I think they're about $30 at newegg, for example.
Ben
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Arto V
agp and the agp slot is on the outer side of the motherboard.
Because of that, Zalman heatpipe doesnt fit in it. :/
Ben Pope
Argh! Fair enough then.
There's always the Sapphire "Ultimate" range.. but I think they use the
same thing....
Hywel Jones
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I have just got a Sapphire 9800 non pro. It looks exactly like the
reference ATI 9800 card. The fan is pretty quiet, certainly less than
the case fans/CPU fan.
Hywel
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eko
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> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 01:19:07 +0300, "Arto V" <atra...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >We all know this one
> >http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/ati_radeon_9800/default.asp
> >
> >-But does anyone know any particular brand reviews? I would realy like to
> >know how loud those fans are.
> >-Or does anyone own this card -> Connect3D ATI Radeon 9800
> >
>
> I have just got a Sapphire 9800 non pro. It looks exactly like the
> reference ATI 9800 card. The fan is pretty quiet, certainly less than
> the case fans/CPU fan.
>
I'd like to get this card to replace my GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB. I have an
AthlonXP 2100+ rig.. will I see any marked increase in performance? I'm
generally running games at 1024x768x432 (notably UT2003).
The Firing Squad review shows a nice comparison with the other (lower-end)
Radeon cards, but I've not seen any reviews that show a direct comparison
with the GeForce 4 Ti4600. I guess I can compare the lower end card scores
from the Firing Squad review to other reviews with the Ti4600.. :-)
..Ray
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John Hall
improvement was the ability to turn on 4 x aa and 8 x anistropic filtering
and still get a nice improvement in frame rates. With the higher end cards
nowadays, the issue is less about frame rates and more about visual quality,
and this is where the ATI Radeon cards shine. As I recall from the reviews
the 9800 non pro is just a little shy of the 9700 pro in performance, and as
I recall, the 9700 pro was a good deal faster than the Ti4600. IMHO the
reason to upgrade from a ti4600 to a 9800 non pro would be to gain a large
improvement in visual quality, and a modest increase in frame rates.
JK
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> I just replaced my Geforce 3 classic with this card and for me the biggest
> improvement was the ability to turn on 4 x aa and 8 x anistropic filtering
> and still get a nice improvement in frame rates. With the higher end
cards
> nowadays, the issue is less about frame rates and more about visual
quality,
> and this is where the ATI Radeon cards shine. As I recall from the
reviews
> the 9800 non pro is just a little shy of the 9700 pro in performance, and
as
> I recall, the 9700 pro was a good deal faster than the Ti4600. IMHO the
> reason to upgrade from a ti4600 to a 9800 non pro would be to gain a large
> improvement in visual quality, and a modest increase in frame rates.
>
> JK
>
Thanks JK. I think I'll take the plunge and go for the upgrade. My frame
rates in UT 2003 (1024x768x32, everything on highest setting, no AA, no AF)
fluctuates from around 60 fps to abut 20 fps when the action hots up. Would
be interesting to see if the 9800 non pro will help in this respect.. :-)
Strontium
Don't worry. It will :) My GF3 Ti200 ran UT2003, like butter. But, my
card was my bottleneck after upping my processor and memory to a P2.4C and
DDR400 >:)
JK is right, about the visual quality. I've got FSAA and Anisiotropic
Filtering maxed out, on my 9700np, and everything I throw at it is smooth
and much nicer looking. Did get 'a little' chop, in Postal2, while blowing
up about 30 different people (with the rocket launcher) and having about 20
people attacking me at the same time...guess that's a hint that I need to up
my memory to 1GB :)
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> ..Ray
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