graphics card - Page 2

Zompton · 2003-12-09, 01:52 AM

The 9200 is not the card yo want for PlanetSide. Overall price and performance the ATI Radeon 9600 pro or xt is the best, period.

Katanaboy · 2003-12-09, 02:01 AM

yea i'm using a 9600pro (non XT) and i get decent (~40) fps in most battles.

Ait'al · 2003-12-09, 02:03 AM

HOly crap on a stick nooooooo Never get teh 9200. get the 9600 xt or 9800 xt. the 9200 is way outdated and will cause you problems.

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mayesey · 2003-12-09, 12:17 PM

so i should get the 9600 then? how much are these in comparison to the 9200's?

Queensidecastle · 2003-12-09, 01:28 PM

Great midrange card

mayesey · 2003-12-09, 01:33 PM

thanks alot that looks like quite a good card. how much better is it than the original 9600?

I Hate Pants · 2003-12-09, 01:51 PM

Wow! I had no idea the xt was that cheap! Okay forget the 9200. Go for that one instead.

Queensidecastle · 2003-12-09, 01:59 PM

Good Article

RagingSpeedhorn · 2003-12-09, 05:01 PM

Rad 9600 Pro mate, Cost me �135 and I get am Aquamark 23,328.

Madcow · 2003-12-09, 05:31 PM

I've been watching the 9600's on Ebay, you can get the XT a bit cheaper than from that store (but of course then you have to deal with doing the Ebay thing). It's hard to validate upgrading a video card and RAM right at X-Mas time tho...

Madcow · 2003-12-09, 05:40 PM

Since we're on the subject and I've been having trouble finding anything worthwhile about it, with the 9600 should I be looking for XT, Pro, or the 256 Pro (which is similar price and appears to have almost no graphic gain).

Rbstr · 2003-12-09, 05:56 PM

there is no gain in preformance from 128 mb to 256 mb its been proven, i might see if i can find the article. The XT is the best of the bunch but the pro is stil nice, and that newegg looks to good, i may have to get one.

Queensidecastle · 2003-12-09, 06:02 PM

The XT because of its higher memory bandwidth and clock speeds handles DX9 operations like Pixel Shaders better than a Pro. I would say for not much more cash than a Pro, to get an XT if you have a choice. An XT will "last longer" than a Pro will since the XTs are the latest generation of card at the moment.

Also as the above poster stated, avoid 256 unless your going for it all and getting a 9800 XT and that is mostly because the 9800 XT doesnt come in a 128

RagingSpeedhorn · 2003-12-09, 07:30 PM

Exactly. Depends on you budget. I couldn't justify the XT at the current price, so I got the next best thing, the Pro. And at that price you will not get a better card.

Biohazzard56 · 2003-12-09, 07:37 PM

Radeon 9600XT has 100mhz clockspeed increase

thats worth and extra 30