Video Card Help
The_Mad_Knifer
Join Date: 2003-01-18 Member: 12439Members
Join Date: 2003-01-18 Member: 12439Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Difference Between GFX Cards</div> Well, recently I decided that I should probably upgrade my 32 MB GFX card to either a Radeon 9700 PRO 128 MB, or a Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB. Is there much of a performance difference between the two, or is the only real difference the price? Unfortanutely, due to my lack of knowlegdge, I bought the computer without an AGP slot. So, are there any PCI Radeon cards that would run as well as the above? Or will I have to buy a new computer with an AGP slot? I did a search, but I didn't find anything on this.
Help is much appreciated! Thanks!
Help is much appreciated! Thanks!
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yes theres a difference between pci and agp.. just put it this way agp is better..
If u just wanna get a card, get a pci radeon or pci nvidia fx
If u want a radeon agp without a new computer, get a new mobo and the card..make sure the mobo has one
Or you can get a whole new computer, but be careful.. even the newest computers dont even come with agp slots... like my cousins.. wierd, my 3 year old sony came with one <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Be sure you have DDR ram though. It should make a huge difference in the system performance overall.
And get the 9800 PRO. I'm not sure in the difference between the 9800 and 9700, but I always like to think that bigger is better and faster yadda yadda. Which is why I'm buying a 9800 XT and selling my 9800 Pro this weekend.
If you're strapped for cash, I dunno what to tell you. But buying PCI cards is such a waste of money in my opinion.
Only certain motherboards allow DDR video ram though.....Right? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
DON'T
DO
THAT.
Seriously. Waste of money.
I'll buy the 9800 Pro from ya real cheap ;)
DON'T
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Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life.
Well I'm also thinking that some people have even worse than what I have <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
QUOTE (2of12[B0RG] @ Jan 15 2004, 01:03 AM)
And get the 9800 PRO. I'm not sure in the difference between the 9800 and 9700, but I always like to think that bigger is better and faster yadda yadda. Which is why I'm buying a 9800 XT and selling my 9800 Pro this weekend.
DON'T
DO
THAT.
Seriously. Waste of money.
Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
why must money be an issue in my life ....?
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Buy the 9700 PRO.
Its not as good as a 9800 but overclocking it could improve performance a bit
If you plan to get a new video card, it doesnt matter if you get a RadeOn 9700 or a RadeOn 9800 Pro,
DO
NOT
GET
A
PCI
CARD,
whatever you do, dont do that. If you have the money for a RadeOn 9800 Pro, take some 100 bucks off and get a new motherboard along with a RadeOn 9700 Pro. I have one, and I can play KotoR on 6x Sample AA without any problems whatsoever.
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Only certain motherboards allow DDR video ram though.....Right?
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I dont think so, but only certain motherboards support system DDR ram (mostly new mobo's though).
DON'T
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Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Must be nice.
Then again I love being poor. I probably wouldn't be a communist if I wasn't
DON'T
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Seriously. Waste of money. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
well then would you send me some, i definately dont have plenty.......
Only certain motherboards allow DDR video ram though.....Right? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nope. You must be thinking system memory. Motherboards are very specific about what type of system memory they accept but not the video memory.
DON'T
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Seriously. Waste of money. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
well then would you send me some, i definately dont have plenty....... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
lol. Get a job.
Thanks alot for all the answers guys!
Somebody suggested that I get a new motherboard. So, thats what I think I will do.
However, someone said that I may need a new CPU and RAM. Which is why I am here.
Since I am a newb on motherboards, I was wondering, could you guys figure out if my specs
will run on this motherboard? Thanks alot guys!
My specs:
2.5 GHz Pentium 4
512 MB of PC2100 DDR SDRAM
80 GB 7200 RPM HardDrive
I don't know how fast my FSB is.
Also, a couple people said that having DDR RAM would make a huge difference.
Does that type of RAM that I have count as DDR, or does
the SDRAM part make it different?
I really don't know anything about computers.
Once again, thank you all!
Note: If you can't, for some reason, find all the specs of this motherboard at the link, there is a short review on the page there. Click read the full review, and I'm pretty sure that they list all the specs there.
One last thing: What is an 8x AGP Slot?
Jeez im a newb...
DON'T
DO
THAT.
Seriously. Waste of money. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lol. I have plenty of money and feel like doing it.
Money is not an issue in my life. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
well then would you send me some, i definately dont have plenty....... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
lol. Get a job. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But how careless can you get? The difference between a XT and pro does NOT warrant spending any money despite how many money you have. Wait for a next generation graphic card. Please <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
The Mad killer, I think it means it can be used by both slots (both DDR and SDR slots) not sure though
From what I can gather, your FSB is 400Mhz.
Your RAM will work fine on that board.
The 8x AGP slot is for the video card. You'll need a card that is either 8x or 4x capable.
Do you plan on using a RAID configuration for your hard drives? You might be able to find a less expensive board if you don't plan on utilizing some of the features this board supports.
Thanks for the help!