Hi

Bit of advice please. I've been looking at a videocard upgrade. Always
wanted a 9800Pro and I am currently in the market for one, however I've been
offered a 9700Pro from a work buddy. I currently have an 8500Pro.

Will the 9700Pro give me so much of a noticeable perormance improvement that
I won't be disappointed not having bought a 9800Pro or should I just go for
a 9800 and ignore the 9700?

Games played - mainly online multiplayer WW2 shooters - MOH and COD.

Thanks.

Try it out and make up your own mind.
Wont cost you anything.


"Spammy Sammy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Bit of advice please. I've been looking at a videocard upgrade. Always
> wanted a 9800Pro and I am currently in the market for one, however I've
> been
> offered a 9700Pro from a work buddy. I currently have an 8500Pro.
>
> Will the 9700Pro give me so much of a noticeable perormance improvement
> that
> I won't be disappointed not having bought a 9800Pro or should I just go
> for
> a 9800 and ignore the 9700?
>
> Games played - mainly online multiplayer WW2 shooters - MOH and COD.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

"Spammy Sammy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1136103953.277561@teuthos...
> Hi
>
> Bit of advice please. I've been looking at a videocard upgrade. Always
> wanted a 9800Pro and I am currently in the market for one, however I've
> been
> offered a 9700Pro from a work buddy. I currently have an 8500Pro.
>
> Will the 9700Pro give me so much of a noticeable perormance improvement
> that
> I won't be disappointed not having bought a 9800Pro or should I just go
> for
> a 9800 and ignore the 9700?
>
> Games played - mainly online multiplayer WW2 shooters - MOH and COD.
>
> Thanks.

The 9700Pro will do fine for those games. It will give a very noticeable
boost against a 8500 with twice the pipelines and twice the memory
bandwidth. You can buy a 9700Pro refurbished for £45 and a 9800Pro for £65.
If you're on 512mb of RAM put the remainding money towards some extra RAM.

"Spammy Sammy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> snip

Thanks for the replies.

I received this link seperately also. Might be useful
http://techreport.com/etc/comparo/graphics/

"Spammy Sammy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Bit of advice please. I've been looking at a videocard upgrade. Always
> wanted a 9800Pro and I am currently in the market for one, however I've
> been
> offered a 9700Pro from a work buddy. I currently have an 8500Pro.

The 9700 Pro will always take a conservative overclock that brings it up to
within 1-2% of the 9800 Pro benchmarks on the stock cooler. Even if you keep
it at stock clocks, it's within 7-9% of the stock 9800 Pro. It's a big jump
over the 8500 card and gives you full DX9 ability. Soif you've got a chance
at a deal on a 9700 Pro, I'd do it. I run my 9800 Pro at 9800XT clocks and
it's only about 5% faster than the stock 9800 Pro.