is ATI 9800 pro 256mb good enough to run many latest games?

dansilva · 03-24-2005, 04:53 AM

i am just wondering that is ATI 9800 pro 256mb good enough or smooth enough to run many latest games i.e. Warhammer 4000, Doom3, Haf-Life 2 etc? dont worry about spec of the cumputer lets say P4 3.0 1gb RAM 120GB WD HD Abit IC7 series MoB

**Praetor** · 03-24-2005, 04:53 AM

You can certainly run all the latest games but dont expect to be able to crank the AA/AF to the max though

Mithrus · 03-24-2005, 04:56 AM

That is the same videocard that I have, and I must say it works well enough. I play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 and have them both set to almost the highest quality....the only reason it is not all of the way, is because I only have 768 MB of RAM.

**Praetor** · 03-24-2005, 04:58 AM

Well Doom3 isnt dependent onthe amount of memory you have as Anand has shown us (testing 256MB to 1GB) .... but rather the video system .... so you played Doom3 @ Ultra at what resolution?

Mithrus · 03-24-2005, 05:00 AM

No, it isn't at ultra, the setting below that, and I forget the resolution, but I will have to change that anyway as I just got a 19" monitor, which is a big change from a 15".

dansilva · 03-24-2005, 05:00 AM

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dont expect to be able to crank the AA/AF to the max though

sorry Praetor whats "AA/AF" i am not just familiar with it :-)

so really is it actually worth buying X800 (256mb) series over 9800 256mb when it pretty much does the same job?

**Praetor** · 03-24-2005, 05:02 AM

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sorry Praetor whats "AA/AF" i am not just familiar with it :-)

Antialiasing = remove jaggies
Ansiotropic Filtering = hmmm how to describe .... reduce parallax distortion

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so really is it actually worth buying X800 (256mb) series over 9800 256mb when it pretty much does the same job?

Depends on the budget and intent as the price jumps is significant. The X800 series is significantly improved over the 9800 line

Mithrus · 03-24-2005, 05:04 AM

You could always go for the X850.....although it would cost a lot of money, it would satisfy your gaming needs for a long while.

dansilva · 03-24-2005, 05:05 AM

whats improven from 9800 to X800 significantly (that u think of)

Mithrus · 03-24-2005, 05:08 AM

The Fillrate and number of Polygons Per Second, for the most part.

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03-24-2005, 04:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mithrus Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Age: 20 Posts: 71	That is the same videocard that I have, and I must say it works well enough. I play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 and have them both set to almost the highest quality....the only reason it is not all of the way, is because I only have 768 MB of RAM.

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Mithrus Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Age: 20 Posts: 71	No, it isn't at ultra, the setting below that, and I forget the resolution, but I will have to change that anyway as I just got a 19" monitor, which is a big change from a 15".

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Mithrus Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Age: 20 Posts: 71	You could always go for the X850.....although it would cost a lot of money, it would satisfy your gaming needs for a long while.

03-24-2005, 05:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mithrus Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Age: 20 Posts: 71	The Fillrate and number of Polygons Per Second, for the most part.