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| Ian Steadman |
Dec 09, 2003, 02:04pm EST |
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I've been offered a Sapphire 9700 Pro 128Mb by a friend of mine for £120. I know it works, because he was using it before buying his new card, a 9800 XT. However, I know this card is quite old now, so I want to know how it shapes up to the newer Radeon cards.
Is it capable of supporting DX9? What would it cost normally? Most of all, is it worth buying it or a newer 9600 XT?
Any advice much appreciated.
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| wlk |
Dec 09, 2003, 02:13pm EST |
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>> Re: 9700 Pro - How does it shape up?
man that is a bargain. The 9700 pro rocks. It has full dx9 support and all the features you need for half-life2 etc. They cost £200+ new. They outperform the 9600XT and the 9800 SE.
Its a bargain mate, you'd be a fool not too.
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| grant fanning |
Dec 09, 2003, 03:06pm EST |
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>> Re: 9700 Pro - How does it shape up?
they out perform the 9800 non pro too! but im not so sure that it's as easily OCed to 9800 pro speeds as the 9800 non pro is
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| ben woods |
Dec 09, 2003, 04:08pm EST |
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>> Re: 9700 Pro - How does it shape up?
Yeah, the 9700 Pro is a little worse than the 9800, but only marginally. (The 9800 non-pro was orginally going to be named the Pro, but the launch of the Geforce FX series made ATi increase the speeds and make a faster Pro model). The 9700 Pro does have full support for DX9 with PS 2.0 and VS 2.0, however the 9800 non-Pro has 2.1 of those, that is what makes it better. The Radeon 9800 and Radeon 9700 Pro have the exact same speeds. The Radeon 9700 Pro is still a magnificent card, I wish I had one! 
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| Shadow_Ops_Airman1 |
Dec 09, 2003, 08:32pm EST |
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>> Re: 9700 Pro - How does it shape up?
considering the 9800 pro was basically a improved version over the 9700 pro , the 9700 Pro is still a Great Card, i mean it has 8 Rendering Pipelines and its 256Bit card versus the 9600 XT which uses 4 rendering pipelines and is 128Bit.Im sure u could flash the BIOS to the 9800 Pro, but i dont know how to do so,
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| Ian Steadman |
Dec 10, 2003, 01:06pm EST |
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>> Re: 9700 Pro - How does it shape up?
Crikey, seems like I got myself bargain here. Thanks for the info, seems perfect for HL2! 
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