Right you lot - opinions please
I have a Creative GF4 Ti4200 64Mb 8X AGP, and I'm thinking about upgrading, however the missus is holding the cash very tightly...(ouch)
Would a 9600 Pro be worth the upgrade considering I can get one of these for a little over £100 ?


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The 9600PRO does have a number of other benefits, namely superior '2D' image quality, hw enhanced DVD/MPEG playback and superior TVout but how much diff these make is down to personal perf and perceptions. When it comes to o/c'ing the 9600PRO has acres of headroom and can get close to a 9700nonPRO, even so 4200 tend to o/c well (exceeding 4400/4800SE) so some of that benefit is knocked out of the 9600PRO.
With how well the 4200 scales with added CPU power you'd do better spending your cash on a high clocking TbredB (£40+) or Barton (£70+), maybe a mobo to match (£40+). Rem you can sell your 'old' stuff to recoup some of the cost. Time to sell 4200 was when the 9500 series came out.
