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I am thinking about buying a ATI 9800 pro to replace my mx440 (mainly so i can play on BF2), but i have no experience in fitting or knowing if my pc can use this.
Is it hard to take the case off the pc, and to fit new gfx cards?
Sorry if this is a dumb question buy i have no experience in doing this sort of thing at all.

Thanks!

Meh. My 9600XT runs fine, and plays HL2 and BF2 on good settings. (Good being a couple of notches higher than normal...)

I've got a 9800 pro, and I'm not particularly pleased with it. The next graphics card I own will be NVIDIA again. After the difficulties I've had with this ATI card, I may never use another one again.

nickdagamemaster wrote:
> My budget is £85 at most for a brand new card. As i have seen
> 9800 pro for £80 (including p&p) i thought that would be
> best. Could i get anything better for anything under £85.


it's worth plumping for the best card you can afford, save up the extra and get the GT for £102, it'll last a year longer than the 9800 (good as they are)

Although saying that the difference between that and an MX440 will be monumental.

if £85 is your absolute limit then a 9800 Pro would be the best option, but at this point in time it's not really that great an upgrade because it's based on technology that's starting to get old, fast.

My budget is £85 at most for a brand new card. As i have seen 9800 pro for £80 (including p&p) i thought that would be best. Could i get anything better for anything under £85.

I'd go for a 6600GT if i was you it's about £110.

Don't buy a 9800 Pro!!
For just a little more you could get a Geforce 6800 standard or a 6600GT, and they're both quite a bit faster.

thanks, i have found out that my pc has definately got the agp slot so i will very likely be buying a 9800 pro.

you should have either one yellow slot, or 4-5 white slots they look the same apart from the colour, see which colour the original graphics card is plugged into.
if it's yellow you have AGP

or look in the manual