kingdomwinds Posted January 22, 2004 Posted January 22, 2004 i just got a 9800 pro. should i use direct3d or opengl for gaming?
kingdomwinds Posted January 22, 2004 Author Posted January 22, 2004 mine is the 128mb version. so far my opinions are mixed. i get like 90fps at 1280 by 1084 with 4x aa in jedi academy. but when there are alot of effects like force pull, drain, lots of ppl, my frame rates jerk. suddenly drop to 30 and back to 90 and its annoying. i have the latest drivers and the card itself is installed correctly. any suggestions?
Crow_Nest Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Yes. 1. lower your res 2. turn off AA and AF 3. Turn of video sync
MennoniteHobbit Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Get an ATI Radeon 9800XT!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
kingdomwinds Posted January 25, 2004 Author Posted January 25, 2004 lol 9800 xt is for hardcore gamers. and i dont have that kind of money for xt.
Crow_Nest Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 You shouldnt buy it, its one of those $700-$800 video card. it aint worth. Just a bit more you could already buy a new PC complete with everything
DarkLord60 Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 My card was $500 when I bought it now I wish I would have waited for the XT
Crow_Nest Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 Originally posted by DarkLord60 My card was $500 when I bought it now I wish I would have waited for the XT Really the XT aint that good. The All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro is one of the best ATI cards right now.
[RAA]-=Chi3f=- Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 Just bought a Radeon 9600XT and it wouldn't boot correctly. Kept giving me "failure to find .dll" which is a sign that the system is recognizing the RAM or the GART (AGP) isn't configured properly... I changed every possible setting, updated the GART, reconfiged (flashed) the BIOS, and still no luck. It's on it's way back to newegg as we speak. I'll just stick with the GeForce cards, never had a problem with them. /shrugs
Crow_Nest Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I say return the 9600XT (or just sell it away) and get a GeForce FX 5700 ultra, i have it and it runs great!
kingdomwinds Posted January 27, 2004 Author Posted January 27, 2004 is there a huge performance diff between the 9800 pro 128mb version and 256mb? like frame rate?
Crow_Nest Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 All i can say getting 128 MB is your best bet, 256 is an overkill, it may or may not improve performance.
Tyrion Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Originally posted by |GG|Crow_Nest All i can say getting 128 MB is your best bet, 256 is an overkill, it may or may not improve performance. The extra mb is used for details usually(for instance, you cannot set the general textures in CoD to maximum if you only have 128 mb). However, (luckily, I suppose) I cannot notice the difference between high and maximum details in CoD so it isnt much of a problem for me. But the 9800 Pro is extremely good. I can get 40+ fps with everything on high, with 4XAA and 16Xaf in CoD.
kingdomwinds Posted January 28, 2004 Author Posted January 28, 2004 Tyrion, you also own a 9800 pro 128mb? Yeah i noticed it does not perform that well with very high tex.
Tyrion Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Originally posted by kingdomwinds Tyrion, you also own a 9800 pro 128mb? Yeah i noticed it does not perform that well with very high tex. Yeah, I sure do. Very high textures arent very important for me though. I cant really notice the differences when I'm trying to dodge getting my head blown off.
DarkLord60 Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 I have 9800 Pro 256Mb I have no problems with it at all.
MennoniteHobbit Posted February 10, 2004 Posted February 10, 2004 Umm, i have a question, is the ATI Radeon 9600XT DirectX 9.0b compatible? I need to know so that I can start playing Empires: Dawn of the Modern World with the right AGP card.
Pie™ Posted February 10, 2004 Posted February 10, 2004 Originally posted by MennoniteHobbit Umm, i have a question, is the ATI Radeon 9600XT DirectX 9.0b compatible? I need to know so that I can start playing Empires: Dawn of the Modern World with the right AGP card. I have that card, and i haven't had any problems
MennoniteHobbit Posted February 10, 2004 Posted February 10, 2004 Sorry, I just want to be positively sure, but the ATI Radeon 9600XT. The 9600XT. I just want to be sure... don't want something to not work...
DarkLord60 Posted February 10, 2004 Posted February 10, 2004 Originally posted by MennoniteHobbit Sorry, I just want to be positively sure, but the ATI Radeon 9600XT. The 9600XT. I just want to be sure... don't want something to not work... Better to be safe then sorry.
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