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Apart from the large price difference, why should I choose one over the other? At first glance, the specs look the same...
I'm only in 'browsing' mode at the moment and won't be committing to a card just yet. I know I can get cheaper cards elsewhere but that sapphire one looks good for the price.
Opinions?
Ta.
Apart from the large price difference, why should I choose one over the other? At first glance, the specs look the same...
I'm only in 'browsing' mode at the moment and won't be committing to a card just yet. I know I can get cheaper cards elsewhere but that sapphire one looks good for the price.
Opinions?
Ta.
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Notorious Biggles wrote:
> The answer to that lies in when you want to upgrade the rest of your
> system. Have you got a fairly new CPU and RAM? If so, then you
> wouldn't be looking at upgrading them for another year, maybe two. In
> which case I would say just spend £160 or so and get a 9800 Pro
> now.
>
You're probably right. My comp is brand new (well, since Xmas anyway) so I might as well bring the graphics up to date too.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
> The answer to that lies in when you want to upgrade the rest of your
> system. Have you got a fairly new CPU and RAM? If so, then you
> wouldn't be looking at upgrading them for another year, maybe two. In
> which case I would say just spend £160 or so and get a 9800 Pro
> now.
>
You're probably right. My comp is brand new (well, since Xmas anyway) so I might as well bring the graphics up to date too.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
My pc is sh*t! But I dont have the money 2 update it! I mean 300£ for a graphics card! I'm sure it's amazin but s**till! 300£???? I got 1 for 35£! and i works jus**t fine!
cookie monster wrote:
> Safedisc_V2 wrote:
> Oh and cookie monster, I guess you mean PCI Express? If you do, then
> why would you advice someone to wait for this?
>
> If he already had a pretty decent card then waiting until pci
> express ;) would be the next logical step on the upgrade path,
> theres no point in getting a card that will be quite quickly made
> redundant. If you see what i mean.
Yeah I agree. Unless you have money to burn the sensible thing would be wait until PCI Express is out and get a new CPU, motherboard etc and upgrade it all.
I built a XP2800, 9800 Pro, 1024mb RAM etc in the summer, and will probably wait until PCI Express is out before getting a new motherboard and upgrading. I will also wait until the next next gen cards come out, skip the R420 which is the next ATI isnt it and the NV40 which is the new Nvidia I think and get the ones after. Before my XP2800 I had a 1.2Ghz Athlon, 512mb RAM and a 64mb Geforce 2 MX200. But actually I will be finishing Uni this year so I should have more money to spend on upgrading so depending on what the new cards do then I may get one :D
> Safedisc_V2 wrote:
> Oh and cookie monster, I guess you mean PCI Express? If you do, then
> why would you advice someone to wait for this?
>
> If he already had a pretty decent card then waiting until pci
> express ;) would be the next logical step on the upgrade path,
> theres no point in getting a card that will be quite quickly made
> redundant. If you see what i mean.
Yeah I agree. Unless you have money to burn the sensible thing would be wait until PCI Express is out and get a new CPU, motherboard etc and upgrade it all.
I built a XP2800, 9800 Pro, 1024mb RAM etc in the summer, and will probably wait until PCI Express is out before getting a new motherboard and upgrading. I will also wait until the next next gen cards come out, skip the R420 which is the next ATI isnt it and the NV40 which is the new Nvidia I think and get the ones after. Before my XP2800 I had a 1.2Ghz Athlon, 512mb RAM and a 64mb Geforce 2 MX200. But actually I will be finishing Uni this year so I should have more money to spend on upgrading so depending on what the new cards do then I may get one :D
ßulle†† wrote:
> So should I upgrade now then?
>
> I have a GeForce 4 Ti4600, 128mb RAM. I can't run games like Far Cry,
> Splinter Cell 2 (demo) and CounterStrike Condition Zero. It must be
> my card that is causing the problem - everything else is brand new
> and set up sweetly.
If you have the £150-60 for a 9800 Pro then yes. Ti4600 is still pretty decent and you should be able to run Far Cry. On Halflife 2 the benchmark tests that have been floating about look rather good for the Ti4600 so it could be ok to keep it, but for £150-60 a 9800 Pro is a good buy, especially as 10 months ago I got it for £330 :(
> So should I upgrade now then?
>
> I have a GeForce 4 Ti4600, 128mb RAM. I can't run games like Far Cry,
> Splinter Cell 2 (demo) and CounterStrike Condition Zero. It must be
> my card that is causing the problem - everything else is brand new
> and set up sweetly.
If you have the £150-60 for a 9800 Pro then yes. Ti4600 is still pretty decent and you should be able to run Far Cry. On Halflife 2 the benchmark tests that have been floating about look rather good for the Ti4600 so it could be ok to keep it, but for £150-60 a 9800 Pro is a good buy, especially as 10 months ago I got it for £330 :(
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