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"Glitch" <glitch_120@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> jingram wrote:
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> First of al, the 9800Pro is an old card and even if you find one for sale 
> it's not advisable to buy it.The best thing you could get for that money 
> is a nVidia 6600GT or a ATI X700Pro.
> However the best bang for the buck today is the X800 or X800GT.
> In any case 9800Pro would be an upgrade toy our 9600XT but I wouldn't
> advise you to buy it.

Yeah, that really answers his question. The "old" 9800 Pro's visuals look 
identical to a 9600XT. They're both decent DX9 cards, but the 9600XT lags 
behind in framerates and throughput. By about 30-40%. The "old" 9800 Pro is 
just fine for most any new game, so long as you don't require resolutions 
greater than 1024x768 with options on, it'll do fine. There's no real 
performance difference to speak of between a 6600GT or X700 Pro until you go 
above 1024x768 and turning on FSAA and AF. All are modern DX9 cards. None 
support Pixel Shader 3.0. So getting an X700Pro thinking the visuals or eye 
candy will be any different is just wrong.