ATI Radeon 9800 Graphic's card - SV650.org

Richie · 26-11-06, 09:53 AM

MY current graphics card is an old NVidia GForce 3 with 64Mb .... and it doen't run the newer games at all.. ie Battlefeild 2,
It can only just run Halo but is a little jumpy
My next door neighbour swears by the ATI Radeon 9800,
So is this graphic card any good ?

my system is a AMD Athlon XP2600+ running 1.25Gb of RAM.

Cheers for any info.

rictus01 · 26-11-06, 10:10 AM

if I'm not mistaken the 9800 comes in both 128mb & 256mb flavours, (think it came out in about 2003) and is a few years old now, you can get better with more on board memory.

If however money is a factor them it'll be alot better than your current one.

Cheers Mark.

Richie · 26-11-06, 10:24 AM

Thank you, that is the answer I was looking for.

now ... open tab to Ebay , search ATI 9800.... cheapest first...

26-11-06, 10:33 AM

i'm having the same trouble with my nvidia fx5200

it was great but its old hat now and i really need to upgrade.

26-11-06, 10:45 AM

There are different versions of the 9800... You have the bog standard 9800, then the 9800 Pro, then the 9800 XT

differences are clock speeds for the GPU and memory... the XL is the top one, ATI and NVidia use differnet naming methods... XL on Nvidia stuff tends to be the cheap nasty stuff, ATI used it for their higher clocked stuff...

so if you can get a 9800 XT, you are sorted.... I have the 9800 Pro... bought it when it was first out for a whopping £300

now my PC is just about capable of running the games I want to play.. and its an XP3200 with 1Gb of 3200 RAM.... must get faster!

26-11-06, 11:22 AM

i have the radeon 9600 ati whatsamacallit and its great, bit low on memory but still great , running AMD 64 3000 & 1 giga ram..

26-11-06, 03:29 PM

i was runnin a 9600xt and that ran BF2 and CS with no problems, unfortunatley it blew up, and im now running a 9550 which ive over clocked, and they all still run, so a 9800 is a good card especialy the XT version

26-11-06, 05:23 PM

It all depends on how much you have to spend really as it's all relative, especially if you dont want to upgrade your your mobo (& cpu, ram etc) to PCI-E.
I have a 9800 Pro & it's a good card but it's a low end card (bought mine a few years ago after they became bargains). It will begin to struggle, & you'll be turning some of the eye candy down in newer games. If you can find one cheap it will play BF2, others like Oblivion, X3 etc pretty well but personally I would look at other ati cards if I was buying now. If you do go for one they were available in 128 & 256 bit forms aswell as 128Mb & 256Mb cards, so make sure it's 256 bit whatever RAMs on it.

HTH

26-11-06, 05:31 PM

The 9800Pro is a decent card for the money. By todays standards it's not amazing but I was running a similar rig to yourself and could comfortably run HL2 and run FEAR and Quake 4 with the graphics around medium. So for around £60 it's not a bad card. The stock 9800 isn't much good. Also 128MB or 256MB of memory isn't going to make that much difference on that level of GFX card.

26-11-06, 05:42 PM

Just as an example for 70 ish quid you could get a X1600 PRO 256Mb, better core & 4 extra pipelines amongst other updates. Just search around & use hardware guides.

26-11-06, 09:53 AM	#1
Richie fantabulas Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nr Durham Posts: 4,940	ATI Radeon 9800 Graphic's card MY current graphics card is an old NVidia GForce 3 with 64Mb .... and it doen't run the newer games at all.. ie Battlefeild 2, It can only just run Halo but is a little jumpy My next door neighbour swears by the ATI Radeon 9800, So is this graphic card any good ? my system is a AMD Athlon XP2600+ running 1.25Gb of RAM. Cheers for any info. __________________ My Flickr photos

26-11-06, 10:10 AM	#2
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	if I'm not mistaken the 9800 comes in both 128mb & 256mb flavours, (think it came out in about 2003) and is a few years old now, you can get better with more on board memory. If however money is a factor them it'll be alot better than your current one. Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

26-11-06, 10:24 AM	#3
Richie fantabulas Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nr Durham Posts: 4,940	Thank you, that is the answer I was looking for. now ... open tab to Ebay , search ATI 9800.... cheapest first... __________________ My Flickr photos

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26-11-06, 10:33 AM	#4
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	i'm having the same trouble with my nvidia fx5200 it was great but its old hat now and i really need to upgrade.

26-11-06, 10:45 AM	#5
valleyboy Guest Posts: n/a	There are different versions of the 9800... You have the bog standard 9800, then the 9800 Pro, then the 9800 XT differences are clock speeds for the GPU and memory... the XL is the top one, ATI and NVidia use differnet naming methods... XL on Nvidia stuff tends to be the cheap nasty stuff, ATI used it for their higher clocked stuff... so if you can get a 9800 XT, you are sorted.... I have the 9800 Pro... bought it when it was first out for a whopping £300 now my PC is just about capable of running the games I want to play.. and its an XP3200 with 1Gb of 3200 RAM.... must get faster!

26-11-06, 11:22 AM	#6
454697819 Guest Posts: n/a	i have the radeon 9600 ati whatsamacallit and its great, bit low on memory but still great , running AMD 64 3000 & 1 giga ram..

26-11-06, 03:29 PM	#7
Marshall Guest Posts: n/a	i was runnin a 9600xt and that ran BF2 and CS with no problems, unfortunatley it blew up, and im now running a 9550 which ive over clocked, and they all still run, so a 9800 is a good card especialy the XT version

26-11-06, 05:23 PM	#8
_drummer_ Guest Posts: n/a	It all depends on how much you have to spend really as it's all relative, especially if you dont want to upgrade your your mobo (& cpu, ram etc) to PCI-E. I have a 9800 Pro & it's a good card but it's a low end card (bought mine a few years ago after they became bargains). It will begin to struggle, & you'll be turning some of the eye candy down in newer games. If you can find one cheap it will play BF2, others like Oblivion, X3 etc pretty well but personally I would look at other ati cards if I was buying now. If you do go for one they were available in 128 & 256 bit forms aswell as 128Mb & 256Mb cards, so make sure it's 256 bit whatever RAMs on it. HTH

26-11-06, 05:31 PM	#9
Heed Guest Posts: n/a	The 9800Pro is a decent card for the money. By todays standards it's not amazing but I was running a similar rig to yourself and could comfortably run HL2 and run FEAR and Quake 4 with the graphics around medium. So for around £60 it's not a bad card. The stock 9800 isn't much good. Also 128MB or 256MB of memory isn't going to make that much difference on that level of GFX card.

26-11-06, 05:42 PM	#10
_drummer_ Guest Posts: n/a	Just as an example for 70 ish quid you could get a X1600 PRO 256Mb, better core & 4 extra pipelines amongst other updates. Just search around & use hardware guides.