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Looking for a cost effective upgrade to tide me over till a full system upgrade after I get married!
I currently have a Radeon 9100 64Mb ad found this
RETEKDIRECT radeon modified to 9700PRO
I assume I will see a vast improvement but is it a good idea. It's a very tempting offer.
Thanks for your thoughts
Yeah, go for it. However, be aware that Retek cards have been known to crap-out after a short time (but more than the 30-day warranty period)...
They are known to have the heatsink very poorly installed... butapart fromthat they are fine and will last for ever. Change the heatsink when you get it and you wont have problems...
HOWEVER: if you mean this card :ATI Radeon 9500 128MB with 9700 Pro specs
Thats not 9700 specs. Yes the core and mem speeds are, however its only got 4 pipes and 128bit mem bus as it says above. It may be that this text is wrong... probablly is.. but I would phone up and check.. OR wait for it to arrive and send it back if thats the case (they will probably give you a better card)...
lot of hassle though.....and you do have to pay to post it back.
Budget? £40 all in?
Im just saying that the description is very wrong. A 9500 w. 4 pipes and 128bit bus, at 325/310, wont even be half as good as a 9700pro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
Clock speeds are easy on these cards, most should hit 400+ on core..
Also I doubt that these softmod, or they would be sold as such..
For the price, these are still resonable.. much better than your 9100... but still very near the bottom of dx9 cards. Expect ~30 fps at most in any recent game with everything turned off...
But if they describe it wrong, you have a right for replacement/refund..
Best to phone up and check, get them to correct the description..
Edit: I would think a 9600pro/xt would perform a LOT better.. and I expect these would be around the same price now..
Well spotted that it only had 4 pipelines :Oops:
I don't think I will go for it now and save for a proper upgrade :)
Thanks for all the advice