Do you think this will work or its a waste of money

Andrew266 · 03-06-2003, 05:02 PM

I was thinking of getting the sapphire radeon 9800 pro when it comes out.
my set up is

Motherboard Aopen AX45-8XN
CPU Pentium 4 2.4B Ghz
Memory 512 MB Corsair pc 3200
PCI Cards Audigy Platnium, Soyo usb 2.0 card and internal hub,Koutech IOFUTURE IO-PIR133 ULTRA DMA/133 IDE HARD DISK CONTROLLER WITH RAID
Cooling 4 Case fans and baybus
Storage WD 120 JB
BIOS
O/S Windows XP Pro

will it be worth it to do this or will this setup not be able to handle the full power of this card

FightingChance · 03-06-2003, 08:15 PM

I'm sure that will be fine. Awful lot of money though, but meh, you can't take it with you.

You could but something a generation back and have some fun money leftover though. . .

AGR964 · 03-06-2003, 08:20 PM

I think it would be better to buy the 9700 Pro after its price drops in a few weeks with the release of the 9800. IMHO, you won't notice a big difference between the two except for a large wad of cash missing from your pocket

pointreyes · 03-06-2003, 08:23 PM

Why a RAID controller if you are using only one drive?

If this is a dual DDR board, make sure to use two sticks instead of one stick of DDR.

Audigy 2 is by far much better than any Audigy card.

Proc is a good choice if you can definitely get the 'c1' stepping proc.

Andrew266 · 03-06-2003, 08:37 PM

i have all this built already im just looking for a video card

it is a single channel board sis 648 to be exact
i have purchased all this already and its built needed an extra channel thats why i bought the raid card. and i bought the audigy platnium back last summer so i wasnt expecting a new audigy card coming out for a while, while i belive the audigy does not suck and i heard it before and i am enjoying it.

probly will go with a 9700 pro but just wanted the 256 mb of memory for the video card i like playing graphicly intense games and i did build a decent system i belive

althes · 03-06-2003, 08:44 PM

For the money I would spend it on a 9700pro. They are good enough to run todays games and those coming out. Why expense yourself more, use the money you save on a harddrive or more memory or a joystick etc.

Andrew266 · 03-06-2003, 09:12 PM

yea i belive im going to get the 9700 pro i just wanted the extra memmory, this is a long shot but anybody know if they are coming out with any other 256 mb cards

Cogar · 03-06-2003, 09:55 PM

Another thing to consider is that the 9700 Pro is pretty much through its teething problems. Drivers are stable, and the few issues with the board are known and have solutions (or at least workarounds). On the other hand, the 9800 is unknown, and there will be board, BIOS, and driver revs required for it to reach its full potential. This may take a few months as it did for the 9700 Pro. Since the 9700 Pro is already fast enough to exploit all of your system's capabilities, choosing it seems like a better way to go--and that choice will save you a headache or two along the way.

Andrew266 · 03-07-2003, 01:29 PM

on toms hardware there is a chart that says that the 9700 pro is avalible in 128 and 256mb of memory im not sure what thats suppose to mean i havnt seen one 256mb card if anybody knows of one please post the link

03-06-2003, 05:02 PM	#1
Andrew266 AB Expert (Not English) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Medford,NY Posts: 546	Do you think this will work or its a waste of money I was thinking of getting the sapphire radeon 9800 pro when it comes out. my set up is Motherboard Aopen AX45-8XN CPU Pentium 4 2.4B Ghz Memory 512 MB Corsair pc 3200 PCI Cards Audigy Platnium, Soyo usb 2.0 card and internal hub,Koutech IOFUTURE IO-PIR133 ULTRA DMA/133 IDE HARD DISK CONTROLLER WITH RAID Cooling 4 Case fans and baybus Storage WD 120 JB BIOS O/S Windows XP Pro will it be worth it to do this or will this setup not be able to handle the full power of this card
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03-06-2003, 08:15 PM	#2
FightingChance Yes, I am better than you Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 4,068	I'm sure that will be fine. Awful lot of money though, but meh, you can't take it with you. You could but something a generation back and have some fun money leftover though. . .
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03-06-2003, 08:20 PM	#3
AGR964 SeñorMushyBottom Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sunny California Posts: 2,129	I think it would be better to buy the 9700 Pro after its price drops in a few weeks with the release of the 9800. IMHO, you won't notice a big difference between the two except for a large wad of cash missing from your pocket __________________ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum; 939 A64 Winchester 2.3 GHz; Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro; 74GB Raptor; Dual Channel Mushkin 1024MB 2-2-2-10 fjerbvpodjytgdkrfg
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03-06-2003, 08:23 PM	#4
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	Why a RAID controller if you are using only one drive? If this is a dual DDR board, make sure to use two sticks instead of one stick of DDR. Audigy 2 is by far much better than any Audigy card. Proc is a good choice if you can definitely get the 'c1' stepping proc.
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03-06-2003, 08:37 PM	#5
Andrew266 AB Expert (Not English) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Medford,NY Posts: 546	i have all this built already im just looking for a video card it is a single channel board sis 648 to be exact i have purchased all this already and its built needed an extra channel thats why i bought the raid card. and i bought the audigy platnium back last summer so i wasnt expecting a new audigy card coming out for a while, while i belive the audigy does not suck and i heard it before and i am enjoying it. probly will go with a 9700 pro but just wanted the 256 mb of memory for the video card i like playing graphicly intense games and i did build a decent system i belive
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03-06-2003, 08:44 PM	#6
althes I am at work. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 464	For the money I would spend it on a 9700pro. They are good enough to run todays games and those coming out. Why expense yourself more, use the money you save on a harddrive or more memory or a joystick etc. __________________ Althes ebay:althes heatware:althes
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03-06-2003, 09:12 PM	#7
Andrew266 AB Expert (Not English) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Medford,NY Posts: 546	yea i belive im going to get the 9700 pro i just wanted the extra memmory, this is a long shot but anybody know if they are coming out with any other 256 mb cards
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03-06-2003, 09:55 PM	#8
Cogar Level 16, lawful good Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It varies, but usually within 100 yards of a keyboard. Posts: 7,284	Another thing to consider is that the 9700 Pro is pretty much through its teething problems. Drivers are stable, and the few issues with the board are known and have solutions (or at least workarounds). On the other hand, the 9800 is unknown, and there will be board, BIOS, and driver revs required for it to reach its full potential. This may take a few months as it did for the 9700 Pro. Since the 9700 Pro is already fast enough to exploit all of your system's capabilities, choosing it seems like a better way to go--and that choice will save you a headache or two along the way.
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03-07-2003, 01:29 PM	#9
Andrew266 AB Expert (Not English) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Medford,NY Posts: 546	on toms hardware there is a chart that says that the 9700 pro is avalible in 128 and 256mb of memory im not sure what thats suppose to mean i havnt seen one 256mb card if anybody knows of one please post the link
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