WildKat Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Currently I have a 9800Pro which I want to sell and replace. I can get just over £100 for it. Bearing in mind im a poor student, I can afford to spend about £190.Im unsure of what card to buy, the 6800 non-ultra, the 6600GT or X700Pro/XT whenever its released.Seeing as this is the common budget for consumers itll be interesting to see the opinions of others wanting a card in this range.6800 non ultra - about £1906600GT - about £140 not in AGP yet X700 - similar to 6600GT again not in AGPIs it best to wait for a month or two and see what develops or just sell my 9800Pro and buy a standard 6800?Apparantly the new Rivatuner can unlock the 4 pipes (providing theyre not defective) in the 6800 but it still has slower DDR1 memory...The last couple of generations of cards it was simple to choose, this time its a lot harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 well after reading lots and lots about graphics cards (i was going to buy 1 too) I decided on waiting for x700 - 6600, yes they're said to be pci express but in the article's I read it was mentioned that those cards will have agp versions as well. so i'm waiting for themas for u I don't really understand why u want to change your 9800pro? did u come across a game where it cannot handle? also as a poor student u're looking at high end expensive cards...u can overclock your 9800pro to 9800xt in a few easy steps. (get the bios from 9800xt and it'd run fine but read articles at tomshardware..) or simply increase the memory clock and the core clock.... anyways i'd say that unless u really really hate your 9800, wait for a while....and try looking into overclocking....and b4 buying go look into hw comparisons. (tom's hardware recommended....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famer Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 XtremeMaC On point wait it out. If you want to these sites list how to convert your card like XtremeMaC said. also you can google for how to do it yourslef itf these are not good enoughhttp://forums.infoprosjoint.net/showthread.php?t=4941http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.p...66&page=1&pp=10http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?locat...&var1=92&var2=0http://www.ntcompatible.com/story31419.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildKat Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Its not able to flash to XT. Which overclocking utility is best? I used NVHardPage mostly for my GF4Ti (only had the Radeon a week or so - picked it up cheap second hand but was looking for something newer).At the moment ive got the Omega drivers installed but all the clocks are stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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