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    would it be worth it?

    hi, i currently have a 9800 pro (sapphire with a artic cooling) and was thinking if it would be worth to upgrade to either a 6800GT or a radeon X800 XT PE, and if i did which one would be better, i believe ut would be the x800 but need a second opionion aND WOULD IT BE WORTH IT TO UPGRADE?

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    Are the 6800GT & X800 XT an improvement over a 9800? Definately yes.

    Would you see an improvement? That really depends on what you use the PC for. Please elaborate.

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    for lots of gaming! i am a gamer supper PSU is 600w seasonic, so no1 say bout PSU please. that help ya? which one should i get then?

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    Get yourself a new monitor first 9800 pro can push all new games at 1280x1024 without problem. So the effect of the upgrade might not be very noticible.
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    Check out the latest issue of CustomPC - they compare and contrast ALL the current GPUs from ATI and Nvidia (yes the entire range - in a 24 page guide coving 27 cards on different GPUs) - including the 'ancient' 9800 pro (top dog 3 years ago) and the 6800GT and the X800 series.

    They include comparative performance charts and you can make your own infromed decision based on pretty hard facts.
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    yer and ppl that come in and say custom pc is rubbish go home,its great! can a 9800 really handle all todays games??

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    Quote Originally Posted by arthurleung
    Get yourself a new monitor first 9800 pro can push all new games at 1280x1024 without problem. So the effect of the upgrade might not be very noticible.
    That depends what you mean by new games. HL2 will be fine on a 9800 (it's not exactly new), but FEAR, Oblivion or BF2 will require medium to low settings, and resolutions of 1024x768.

    Your monitor, CPU, PSU etc seem fine to me. Go with the X800XT PE. Or if you're looking for something better go with a PCI-e motherboard and a 7900GT. It will be a bit more expensive, but you will be able to turn up maximum eye-candy in the newer games mentioned above, and you won't have to upgrade for a while.

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    well funny you should say it because i subscriebd to customPC LOL, get it eraly before the shops do the main reason i want to upgrade is due to FEAR having problems and become really too laggy, but it wernt a couple of motnhs ago :S even the menus are laggy and im also a money burner and would lurrrrve the bragging rights hehe

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    there wont be many braggin rights to owning a 6800 but whatever, i would upgrade then in your case as the 9800 isnt gunna cut it from now on really try looking at the new agp nvidia series for some extra power

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    If you have the money, go with Rohan's suggestion New mobo and 7900GT or 7800GTX. If money is an issue go with the X800GTO2.

    See attached review on the Saphire http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=2254
    hope it helps?

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    yup nice one the buget card of the year tbh with the unlocking and all

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    The GTO2 is very good value for money. However you will have to run FEAR with medium-high settings (speaking from experience). It still runs very fast though.


    If you want to have maximum graphics settings in FEAR at 1280x1024 I think a 7800GT/7900GT is probably the minimum.

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    where do they sell the gto2? and is it AGP?

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    wait for about a month and get this.

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31130

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    In fact why dont you pre order one now

    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...agx_2d030_2dgw

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    hmmm allow that... im goign to get a 478 pci-e mobo and save for a x1800, much better performance right?

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