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What are the differences between ati radeon and geforce 4 ti 128 mb graphics cards? and what is a PRO card all about? does it work faster?
CHEERS!!!!

I use the Omega Catalysts anyway..

Alot?! The rest are not moaning to them about it cos we haven't modded or overclocked too much!

Alot of people are reporting that the 3.8's cause some cards to overheat. I havent found that on my Radeon 9800 Pro but as I have no way of measuring the temp I cant tell. System seems fine so I dont think its doing any thing. Cat 3.9 will probably be out pretty soon if it is found that the 3.8's are causing cards to overheat.

Belldandy wrote:
> New driver's (Catalyst 3.8) available from ATI now.

Well, i guess better late than never.

The Cat 3.8's have been out for a while now, no speed improvements, but a couple of nice features and the IQ is still great.

New driver's (Catalyst 3.8) available from ATI now.

Yah, that DirectX9 thing makes sense. I imagine all the new games will make use of new stuff. New card may be on the table then........

Cyclone wrote:
> Hoo. I think I may not have a 9200 then, because Direct X9 works fine
> with mine........
>
> I updated some drivers as Homeworld II said I should......and thats a
> DX9 game I think.

All video cards will WORK with DX9 - even a TNT2 or Voodoo 3! DX is backward compatible (to a point, but I can't be bothered to go into that now), so if you like - DX9 is DX 8.1 PLUS a whole bunch of new features as well.

Your card (whatever it may be) will work no problem as you are effetely using the DX 8.1 'section' of DX9 - however, the problem is when you want to use one of the new features that DX9 bring to the table, you aren't going to be able to because you card is only DX 8 compliant.

Hope that makes sense. :-)


>
> How the hell do you overclock? I'd like to, but I'm a bit scared of
>
> A) Destroying my (dads) PC through fire/heat etc
> B) Techy stuff

Hmmm, well as UA said, if you haven't got a clue how to OC then it's prolly best to start dabbling as you may mess up your machine.

However, blowing a P4 is pretty much impossible even if you OC way to much - the system won't even boot with a radical OC, so there is no danger of you frying the chip. Only issue is knowing how to clear the CMOS if this happens.

But if it’s something you want to do, then your best bet is to read some guides and FAQs on the better tech forums.

Just remember, no one is born with the knowledge to do anything, and OC PC hardware is exactly the same :-)

Well, its our PC (me and brothers) just dad bought it for all of us, quite recently at obscene cost.......

Y'know.

9800 non pro if you can.
Not going into that technical stuff..

Overclocking can be fun and gets you to understand the PC techy stuff. Although I wouldn't mess with it on a PC which isn't yours :)

Bah i'm so un-decided right now.

9600PRO

or

9800 non pro

That is the question