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Thanks for actually answering my question.

Jeff

"Augustus" <augustus@wrtt.net> wrote in message
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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.
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> 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.
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