Radeon x850 vs 9800XT

[kame]

Anyone have any suggesttion on where I can get performaance data on these two cards running on the same test?

I am trying to figure out if it is worth sell and upgrade..

thanks..

nm Ifound it on their site...
http://apps.ati.com/ATIcompare/result.asp

Ithink it is worth the uograde if I can get it for cheap...

[zippyjuan]

Is your 9800XT too slow? It is a very good card. Just wondering the reason for wanting to upgrade. While faster, you will probably not see much real-world improvement. If you want to move up, the next generation of ATI cards are coming out in the next month or so.

[IrishSS]

Head over to Tom's Hardware guide and take a look at their VGA charts. They have exactly what you are looking for.

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/

[Bires]

I've had my Radeon9800Pro (OCed to above XT speeds) for more than a year now.

It feels like I should be upgrading, but all the games I play run great on the old dog.

[kame]

Yea....

me too....

It does feel it is time to upgrade. I am going to wait, I upgraded my RAM to 3 gig instead.

~si

[zippyjuan]

I thought I read some where that having more memory beyond a certain point would slow down your computer since it takes longer to access it. I believe they were looking at two gigs or more.

[Jeffbx]

Uh, yeah... unless the applications you're running require more than 2GB, you really don't want to go above that. It's a waste of $$. The only apps I've seen with that type of requiremts are high high end 3D simulations (not games) where the models are 2GB or more, or server apps with hundreds of simultaneous users.

2GB is about the useful limit of XP for the everyday user. Going above that will yeild zero difference in capacity or performance of the machine. It won't necessarily slow you down, but it certainly won't do you any good, either.

[Bires]

I thought I read some where that having more memory beyond a certain point would slow down your computer since it takes longer to access it. I believe they were looking at two gigs or more.

You may have been thinking about the overclocking potential of the system. As I understand it: When there is more memory in the system the northbridge controller has to move a lot more data and it heats up faster, making more aggressive memory timings on 3-4 dimms more difficult to keep stable.

I have 2 gigs of PC3200 in mine, and my max OC on the memory dropped from 210MHz with 2 512's to 205MHz with 4 512's.

[shocky123]

..This could also be due to the fact that generally very large chips (2GB ram sticks.. etc) tend to have higher latencies.

~Kyle