Time For A New Gfx Card

Zaggy

<div class="IPBDescription">but...which one?</div> As the topic title is saying...At the moment I have a Geforce4Ti4200 64 MB RAM.
Amount of € I want to spent = €200 at most.

spinviper

Zaggy, why not do a search and see the multiple posts tailsin has made that shows ATI is the better card to get.

Zaggy

Ya, 2bad the X800 is €500 in Europe -__- and the Radeon 9800 Pro = € 300

Nemesis_Zero

Shop around a bit. I got my 9800 Pro for 240, and that was some time ago.

Mullet

You can get a Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb at <a href='http://www.newegg.com' target='_blank'>NewEgg</a> for $223. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Nem : How does your 9800 Pro work with DOOM3? (assuming you have it...) I'm tryin to decide between a 9800 pro and x800. (x800 is so damn expensive.... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

CommunistWithAGun

you need new internet access first mullety

TychoCelchuuu

I say wait for a while. The Ti4200 should run stuff for a while longer, and there's no point in upgrading now if waiting for a while would nab you an x800 or similar chipset.

Zaggy

Hmm, so I guess buying a Radeon 9600 256 mb for €125 isn't just worth it eh?

raz0r

you can get an X800 Pro for ~£300(€450)
from <a href='http://www.overclockers.co.uk' target='_blank'>Overclockers.co.uk</a>

You can also get a 9800Pro 128MB for ~£132(€198) from the same site

(the main price quoted is before Tax, and the one in brackets is after tax at 17.5%, i believe Tax in the netherlands is 19%, so it's actually a bit more than what I stated above)

Creepie

I picked up a 9800 Pro (saphire light vesrion) for £135 inc. local British sales tax from overclockers. It is also confirmed to be the R360 core so it should flash up to a 9800 XT.

Talesin

No, the 9600 isn't worth upgrading to. You'll see a performance boost, but nowhere near as dramatic as going for a 9800 Pro or saving up for an X800. The last decent midrange card ATi put out was the 9500. Now they've gone to high and ultra-high range... so the *600 is bumped to being the low-end.

I'd go with the 9800 Pro, if I were upgrading and didn't have $500 to jump on an X800 XTPE. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Nemesis_Zero

<!--QuoteBegin-Mullet+Aug 4 2004, 10:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Aug 4 2004, 10:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Nem : How does your 9800 Pro work with DOOM3? (assuming you have it...) I'm tryin to decide between a 9800 pro and x800. (x800 is so damn expensive.... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Still waiting. D3 won't be out until next week's friday over here.

Mullet

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE (Mullet @ Aug 4 2004, 10:41 AM)
Nem : How does your 9800 Pro work with DOOM3? (assuming you have it...) I'm tryin to decide between a 9800 pro and x800. (x800 is so damn expensive....  ) 


Still waiting. D3 won't be out until next week's friday over here. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Please let me know how it works out...You might save me 200 dollars <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->you need new internet access first mullety <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I know....*sigh* I'll be getting wireless in a few weeks to a month <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->