best manufacturer 9800 / 9800 PRo in UK

[The Hammer]

Can anyone inform me of best quality/performance/price cards i can get in uk
in the mood for an upgrade

got a leadtek gf ti44400 at the moment

--


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
There is a solution!"

Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector
The most powerful anti-spam software available.
http://www.giantcompany.com

 

[Ben Pope]

Can anyone inform me of best quality/performance/price cards i can
get in uk in the mood for an upgrade

got a leadtek gf ti44400 at the moment

I went with a Crucial 9800 Pro.

9600 is best price/performance.

Ben

 

[The Hammer]

crucial looks nice card , whats best 9600pro card then ?
cheers


--


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
There is a solution!"

Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector
The most powerful anti-spam software available.
http://www.giantcompany.com

 

[Ben Pope]

crucial looks nice card , whats best 9600pro card then ?
cheers

Dunno... Sapphire seem good, but I don't really think there are any
complaints with Powercolor.

I'd do some research on memory timings to get one that clocks well if you
want to go that route. For example, the 9800s come with Samsung 3.3 or
Infineon 3.0ns memory, whilst the Pros all come with Samsung 2.86ns. Not
sure what the 9600s have, but it'll determine your likely max memory clock.

Ben

 

[The Hammer]

yer would like that as i have this tendancy to overclock to the max


--


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
There is a solution!"

Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector
The most powerful anti-spam software available.
http://www.giantcompany.com

 

[James smyth]

Can anyone inform me of best quality/performance/price cards i can get in uk
in the mood for an upgrade

got a leadtek gf ti44400 at the moment

I wouldn't upgrade from that, I went from a 4200 to a crucial 9800Pro and the only
difference/benefit is Ansi in Max Payne2. Battlefields 1942 is a disaster with
corrupted menus and flickering textures plus it's nowhere near as smooth as the
4200. Tiger Woods 2004 is another disaster, graphics are far poorer than on a
4200 plus the screen blanks out as your taking your shot as soon as you put the
graphics setting to 'quality' and the available resolutions are smaller than on
the 4200, no 1600x1200 setting.

I think an Athlon XP2000 is way to underpowered to drive this card, if you put the
settings up high to where you maybe getting a benefit over a 4200, things slow
down badly when there's loads of enemy characters on screen and only go smooth
again when nothing's happening. Don't make the mistake of thinking a better
graphics card will improve performance in a machine with a relatively underpowered
processor.

 

[Andrew]

I wouldn't upgrade from that, I went from a 4200 to a crucial 9800Pro and the only
difference/benefit is Ansi in Max Payne2. Battlefields 1942 is a disaster with
corrupted menus and flickering textures plus it's nowhere near as smooth as the
4200. Tiger Woods 2004 is another disaster, graphics are far poorer than on a
4200 plus the screen blanks out as your taking your shot as soon as you put the
graphics setting to 'quality' and the available resolutions are smaller than on
the 4200, no 1600x1200 setting.

You have some major configuration problems, I don't see anything like
that. I went from a 4400 to a 9700 Pro and am very happy with the
upgrade.

 

[Ben Pope]

I wouldn't upgrade from that, I went from a 4200 to a crucial 9800Pro
and the only difference/benefit is Ansi in Max Payne2.

And more features, more speed, AA and AF that don't cripple performance...

Battlefields
1942 is a disaster with corrupted menus and flickering textures plus
it's nowhere near as smooth as the 4200. Tiger Woods 2004 is another
disaster, graphics are far poorer than on a 4200 plus the screen
blanks out as your taking your shot as soon as you put the graphics
setting to 'quality' and the available resolutions are smaller than
on the 4200, no 1600x1200 setting.

Well 1600x1200 is not excluded from the games I've played and they play
ewxtremely well at hat resulotion. I can't comment on the problems you are
having with corrupt images.

I think an Athlon XP2000 is way to underpowered to drive this card,
if you put the settings up high to where you maybe getting a benefit
over a 4200, things slow down badly when there's loads of enemy
characters on screen and only go smooth again when nothing's
happening. Don't make the mistake of thinking a better graphics card
will improve performance in a machine with a relatively underpowered
processor.

Thats kind of game dependant, but obviously you aren't going to see a
benefit when your CPU can't keep up. However, I don't agree that it should
be any slower than your 4200. You must have some configuration problems or
something.

Ben

 

[James smyth]

You have some major configuration problems, I don't see anything like
that. I went from a 4400 to a 9700 Pro and am very happy with the
upgrade.

No read this newsgroup properly you'll see others with B1942 problems, go to the
official EA's website and read the forums, the problems with Tiger Woods are well
known and I expect to be address in the next game update or cat 3.9.

 

[The Hammer]

yer but i've got a barton 2500 running at 11*200Fsb ( XP 3200+) so i doubt
the lack of cpu power is gonna bother me


--


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
There is a solution!"

Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector
The most powerful anti-spam software available.
http://www.giantcompany.com

 

[Piers James]

I got the Tyan Tachyon 9600 Pro and am very happy with it indeed. Cost £99 +
VAT from Ebuyer.

crucial looks nice card , whats best 9600pro card then ?
cheers


--


---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Are you still wasting your time with spam?...
There is a solution!"

Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector
The most powerful anti-spam software available.
http://www.giantcompany.com