Pc Geeks I Need Some Help!

[irsolazy]

Right now I have a 420 mx gf4, shut up i know it sucks! :evil:

Anyways Im a poor 18 year old and was looking into cheaper better cards, this is what I have come up with, tell me whats the best bang for the buck.

$127 - RADEON 9600 256MB

$134 - RADEON 9600 Pro 256MB

$130 - RADEON 9600 Pro Ultra

[irsolazy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2760841369&category=40158

I saw this on ebay also.

[Rbstr]

get a 9600 pro or XT, but the XT is not that much better

[Lise]

We have the tech forum for a reason folks, and it is read.

Radeon 9600 PRO Ultra. Hands down.

[Lise]

DUDE this makes me look like a mod now. :p

[Black]

:stupid:

[NoSurrender]

/me forsees getting passed over for tech mod and sees lise as tech mod... :(

[sandmtrailboss]

You could try finding a non-pro 9700. I really like mine plus its good for oc'ing.

[Flammey]

Nah, the 9700 Pro is what I have, and it's a good choice, but I sometimes still get FPS lag, and I have most of my settings turned down, and most of my options off.

[Daleon]

I wanna be tech mod! All shall pay homage to my mastery.

BTW - 9600 Pro for that price is highly suggested, unless you can find a 9500 Pro somehow. Forget the 256 cards.

[NoSurrender]

yea the memory is slower

Dale u just came back cuz the spots open...

[Daleon]

Heh, actually I didn't know anything about a tech mod spot open here. I just took a long break from PS and went inactive in CDL for a while. CC is kinda dragging me back in. I don't know if I would really wanna be a forumcop anyhow. Though I would put my world reknown knowledge of totally useless pc trivia up against anyone :P

[NoSurrender]

yea but... i dunno im 2nd closest 2 a constantly posting person type thingy

[Sputty]

Get the pro. It's the best. Does 10 dollars really matter anyway? :p

[Sentrosi]

Well, that extra $10 could be used to donate to a certain server....

[NoSurrender]

yea give it to hamma

[Terran Sniper]

i will not answer this question because you referred to me as a "PC Geek". Get it right! its "Technically advanced individual"

[WildHamster23]

9800 (non Pro) use 4 piplines or 8piplines?
9600 pro vs 9800 non pro which better???

[NoSurrender]

well the 9600pro can be overclocked tredously. A old buddy i used to play renegade with has one and he loves it. I dunno id say 9600pro but ask daleon hes the masta...

[Daleon]

Me the massa? Heh, nah Sho-Nuff is da massa heh.

Its about to get really rough figuring out whats better. ATI is now doing the XT thing and all their OEMS are doing the SE thing.

So we now have:

9800 SE
9800 Non Pro
9800 Pro
9800 XT

Goodgooglymoogly. Then mix in some 128/256 versions of each. The 9600 is doing the same thing. And sites generally don't compare OEM versions often.

But basically in that order from worst to best. SE prolly has 4 pipelines and 128 bit memory interface, b/c this thing is cheap like $160 cheap. The Non Pro prolly has 8 pipes, 128 bit.

I would take a 9800 Non Pro over a 9600 Pro, but prolly not a 9600 XT. Basically the only real way to figure out performance, is by price. You really get what you pay for and the more the card costs, the better it is. The new 5700's aren't to bad either, so there are a ton of choices in the 150-250 range these days.

[Octavian]

Wow, he's calling you guys PC Geeks. Is that meant to be an insult or a compliment?

P.S. It's my first day here, so be nice.

[OneManArmy]

:lol: :lol: find me a "pro ultra" card and I'll give you a cookie

I have a 9500 pro and it rocks.. of course i guess thats what teh 9600 pro is now.

and to add my 2 cents fuck the xt and fuck 256mb versions both a huge waste of money... but other than that go ati!

[keaoi]

normally i would say a nvidia card would be the way to go (yes, im biased) but nvidia's last set of drivers were bullshit. PS totally f'ed up and other games lost HUGE amounts of FPS. T2 for example, i typically get 60-90 FPS, depends on number of players, mod type, etc. with those lastest drivers though? 5-20 FPS. WTF?

My next card will most likely be ATI (damn you Lise, you've overtaken me) though my processor will ALWAYS be AMD

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