Re: How does the "eye candy" of the ATI 9800Pro compare to that of an ATI 9600XT?

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From: farmuse
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:52

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    you are joking right, the 9800 came out less than two years ago. 
old, gimme a break. Old is a Stealth 2000, but not a card that is not 
even made it to it's second birthday. Plenty capable.

    they are both Direct X 9 cards, the 9800 is faster.


Glitch wrote:

> jingram wrote:
> /cut/
> 
> 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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Subject: Re: How does the "eye candy" of the ATI 9800Pro compare to that of an ATI 9600XT?
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