So My Ati 9800 Pro Arrived Today

DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">9800 Pro + FarCry = Winner</div> Hooray for PC-Zone mag, cus they pointed out
that its now very cheap and it scores 95%.
In the "Top 10 Graphics Cards" it comes in at number 3.
Numbers 1 and 2 both costing around £300.

Here comes the science...er... I mean... screenshots.

<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0000.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0001.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0002.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0003.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0004.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0005.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0006.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/FarCry0007.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

More from other games soon!
Oh and thanks to my friend Phil for sorting me out with
a new Power Supply Unit and the fitting :-D

Purchased from <a href='http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/' target='_blank'>Gladiator Computers</a> if you're interested.
Next day delivery too :-D
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  • BelgarionBelgarion Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 973Members
    .... salivation.....
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  • ElderwyrmElderwyrm Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15296Members
    Is that not what it looks like for everyone?

    /me hugs ASUS 9800XT
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  • elitebearelitebear Join Date: 2002-05-29 Member: 696Members
    oh goody, i should probably get my hands on a copy of farcry <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> . i also recently purchased a 9800pro!
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    *Drools*

    ...


    *Drools more*


    <!--QuoteBegin-Elderwyrm+May 27 2004, 05:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Elderwyrm @ May 27 2004, 05:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is that not what it looks like for everyone?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No. Trust me, it can look hella worse on a lesser machine. (And now to go shoot myself for using the term 'hella'... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
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  • juicejuice Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12886Members, Constellation
    edited May 2004
    w/ my 9800p I play farcry at 1024x and medium settings, it still looks beautiful and runs at 90 fps. pretty sweet.

    lol oh yeah then i jacked the res to 2000x-something with ultra high everything and aniso max and aa max and it ran at 10 fps or so... but it was beeeautiful. at least when i wasn't moving hehe
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    edited May 2004
    What's better, 9800 Pro or 9800 XT?

    <i>Asus ATi Radeon 9800XT,256MB, TV/DVI-Out, Video-in </i>

    Is that the one you got DY3?
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  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    Outta curiosity, how are you finding your 9800 pro performance wise? I'm thinking after I get another full month of work under my belt, I'll be able to purchase one, just wondering if there'd be a significant boost over my current performance.
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  • Ashaman_JoeAshaman_Joe Join Date: 2003-11-11 Member: 22559Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-xioutlawix+May 27 2004, 04:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ May 27 2004, 04:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Outta curiosity, how are you finding your 9800 pro performance wise? I'm thinking after I get another full month of work under my belt, I'll be able to purchase one, just wondering if there'd be a significant boost over my current performance. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I would suggest wait for an X800 (whatever). Apparently their roughly 2 times as fast as the 9800.
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mullet+May 28 2004, 12:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ May 28 2004, 12:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What's better, 9800 Pro or 9800 XT?

    <i>Asus ATi Radeon 9800XT,256MB, TV/DVI-Out, Video-in </i>

    Is that the one you got DY3? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No, I went for the Atlantis 9800 Pro 128 meg of DDR.
    Everything runs great and i'm very happy with it.

    I think the XT's are slightly better. Look about "Tom's Hardware"
    but the more obvious way of telling which is better is to
    look at the price...... usually.
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-xioutlawix+May 28 2004, 01:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ May 28 2004, 01:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Outta curiosity, how are you finding your 9800 pro performance wise? I'm thinking after I get another full month of work under my belt, I'll be able to purchase one, just wondering if there'd be a significant boost over my current performance. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    they are awesome

    personally i went for the 9600 XT Ultimate Pro

    sounds fake i know but google it or look it up under Sapphire on here www.overclockers.co.uk

    it doesnt have a fan.. it has a heatpipe instead... my games look better then my friends on an 9800 pro... but.. i have a 3 gig chip he has like 1.7 so i dunno if that plays part on smoothness etc
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    Just a quick warning to you guys who are considering
    buying a card like this. Make sure you check what "Watt"
    your current Power Supply Unit is.
    Some Radeon 9800's (well, most) have a power splitter
    cable on them. they're so damn good they need that bit
    of extra jiuce from your PSU.

    Mine was 300w but I thought that was too low and sharing
    the power with various components <b>and</b> the 9800 Pro
    was going to be risky.
    I'm now on a 470w (these things are around £20 but a 400w
    might work for £12-£15 via eBay) with a 12cm silent fan.

    Do some checks before commiting the cash!
    If unsure then ask here! There's plenty of Tech-Wise
    forumer's here willing to help.
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    /me huggles sparkle 300w PSU juicing up my two-molex R9500 softmodded into 9700 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> rated for 300w, puts out 350+
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    You know, this is my big frustration with games today. So many of them have all these pretty water shader/reflective effects... yet the general world itself (grass, trees, other textures) still look like *textures*. The first two shots are godly. Then I saw the third one and wondered why you stopped with the Farcry pics and went back to Halo or something.

    Gaming companies need to make the *rest* of the world look as good as the water already does. Graphics companies need to tailor their chips to develop the visual aspects that are currently lagging sorely behind.
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  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-coil+May 27 2004, 08:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ May 27 2004, 08:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, this is my big frustration with games today. So many of them have all these pretty water shader/reflective effects... yet the general world itself (grass, trees, other textures) still look like *textures*. The first two shots are godly. Then I saw the third one and wondered why you stopped with the Farcry pics and went back to Halo or something.

    Gaming companies need to make the *rest* of the world look as good as the water already does. Graphics companies need to tailor their chips to develop the visual aspects that are currently lagging sorely behind. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I noticed the exact same thing myself. Really, the ground/tree textures for Far Cry look sub-par compared to some of the other games out lately. This is one of the reasons I'm looking foward to Half-Life 2's graphics, not only does it have great looking water, but the textures also look nice as hell.
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  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    Take back EVERYTHING I said negative about the Far Cry engine, save for comments based around its scalability.

    Curse you, All-In-Wonder Radeon 9200!
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  • TommyVercettiTommyVercetti Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13390Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I ran Far Cry at maximum graphics in 1024x768 on my GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and beat the game at an average of 30 fps. Then I went back and played it on med graphics and got a smooth 60.

    Good thing I'm getting a new computer soon. I will ownz0rate j00 with maximum everything, res, full AA and AF and... PHOTOREALISM HERE WE COME!
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  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    Photorealism is a long way off.
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  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    edited May 2004
    *Nevermind*
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