Since my nice 9800Pro just died today, 3 weeks after my warranty ended, I need to pick up a new card. I am just looking for something to keep me into games until xmas when I build a new system for myself. What should I get a ATI Radeon 9700 128MB Video Card at £35 from retekdirect or a 9800 pro for £75 from the same place. Is there much difference between the two. As long as I can play GTA SA I am happy
For the price difference on a temporary card i'd go for the 9700 even thought it wont give you the same performance
9700 pro deffo. Will give you more to spend at xmas. Also more likely to get more of that back second hand.
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If the 9700pro was in stock id go straight for that. as it isnt id go with the 9700 (probably the Hercules version with the 256-bit memory interface).
It's this one. Can anyone confirm that it can do dual display?
ATI Radeon 9700 128MB Video Card
Ref: ATI9700Red
- Core clock - 275 MHz
- Memory clock - 270 MHz (540 MHz)
- Memory Interface - 128 bit
- Rendering pipes - 8
- DirectX version - 9
- AGP - 8x
- Connections - VGA, DVI, S-Video
Condition - Factory refurb
Warranty - 90 days
Image shows actual card
Price: £30.00 | £35.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
Will do. One dvi and one dsub!
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good my heart stopped this morning when both my 20' Dell monitors went blankOriginally Posted by menthel
looks like it's a 9700 non-pro. I've seen one of these cards in action and there's a considerable performance drop compared to a 9800 pro - maybe 25-30% ? Still it ran Desert combat and far cry at 1024 no AA at a playable level if you think you can cope with that....
ah it's all good, I am starting work soon and won't be able to play many games,
At half the price, still decent.
I played farcry, hl2 (both on full) and doom3 (middle, with textures up a bit) on a 9500np which was morethan playable in 1280, no AA. Farcry had room for Af though.
Last edited by SilentDeath; 26-07-2005 at 02:38 AM.
9800 pros are not that expensive now. Remember extreme overclocking shortens the life of your card.
If you can afford new new card every year, more power to you.
you can get a 9800pro for around £50 of OCUK in the b-grade items
It's good value for money but doesn't look like a Pro given the 128-bit mem interface. 8 pixel pipes for £35 is a fantastic price that said. Difference between a 9700 Pro and 9800 Pro I believe is minimal (about 5-10% maybe), and with this 9700 NP against a 9800 Pro probably 15-20%. It'll still blow away any 9250 or GeForce 6200 in the same price bracket...
Rad 9700 pro are very capable cards, the slight increase in performance doesnt justify the cost for the 9800
If I were in Your situation I'd go for the 9700 (even if it's non Pro), You won't notice so much drop in relation to Your dead 9800Pro.
You save a few bucks and in Christmas You could aply them for the new graphics Card.
PS: I owned a 9500np@9700 and it performed decent in every game I had played, now with the transition to A64 w/ Nf4 I'm stuck with a S3 DX 2mb PCI that is a really great card
That's too big an increase for the 9800 pro, I would have thought. Especially if you're going to be upgrading again soon, I would have thought the 9700 would be enough to keep you going for a while - assuming that the 9800 wasn't an enormous bottleneck in the rest of the system already.
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