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"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.
Well put but the 6600GT does suppoer ps 3.0.

Dan