pci e replacement for ati 9600

[ian]

well time to upgrade again. which means no more agp. i found the 9600 pro
to be sufficient so if i merely want the equivalent i won't have to spend a
£100 again i hope. No doubt the latest gen stuff £100 category is would
blow it away. So hopefully anything in the £50 range would be as good. Any
suggestions?

 

[Augustus]

well time to upgrade again. which means no more agp. i found the 9600
pro
to be sufficient so if i merely want the equivalent i won't have to spend
a
£100 again i hope. No doubt the latest gen stuff £100 category is would
blow it away. So hopefully anything in the £50 range would be as good.
Any
suggestions?

Try the X1650 Pro....it's about $100...don't know what it goes for across
the pond, but I replaced a 9800 Pro with the AGP version of this card and
it's an amazing difference. The 9800 Pro cost me about $350 when
new....still doing service in another Barton 3200 box.

 

[ATIuser]

Try the X1650 Pro....it's about $100...don't know what it goes for across
the pond, but I replaced a 9800 Pro with the AGP version of this card and
it's an amazing difference.

Thanks for that ... I'm shortly in a similar situation to the OP,
of building my next system and want something roughly equal to
my current 9800-Pro but as PCIe. I'll look closely at the X1650.

 

[ian]

:
: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:44:20 GMT 'Augustus'
: wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati:
:
: >Try the X1650 Pro....it's about $100...don't know what it goes for across
: >the pond, but I replaced a 9800 Pro with the AGP version of this card and
: >it's an amazing difference.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118281

strangely enough the 512mb card is cheaper

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125014

this one looks even better
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128946/show_product_reviews

whilst i was at it i looked at the all in wonder for my sisters machine.
she has 200/300 chipset with a 64mb on board graphics. that struggles with
a 2003 rally game. but digital tv tuner and video in for editing all for
£30 looks brilliant. Only problem is the one reviewer there had a bitch of
a time installing it and in fact never succeeded.

 

[First of One]

The AIW cards can be a pain in the ass when it comes to finding correct,
stable software, because the various tuner/player apps are not updated as
frequently as the core Catalyst drivers. AIW cards are considered
end-of-life by ATi, and as such tuner/player apps are not available for
Vista.

Better to find an appropriate plain video card, then add a separate
tuner/capture card like the LeadTek Winfast PVR or Hauppauge WinTV series.

 

[Augustus]

:
: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:44:20 GMT 'Augustus'
: wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati:
:
: >Try the X1650 Pro....it's about $100...don't know what it goes for
across
: >the pond, but I replaced a 9800 Pro with the AGP version of this card
and
: >it's an amazing difference.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118281

strangely enough the 512mb card is cheaper

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125014

Of the two you listed, the 256Mb version is using GDDR3 at 690Mhz (1380 Mhz)
whereas the 512Mb version has DDR2 at 400Mhz (800Mhz effective). That's why
the 512Mb is cheaper and less desirable in this case.