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Summary: Can't complain
Review: The Radeon 9800 is the card to get if you want high-end game performance, but don't want to spend $400-$500 on the latest and the greatest. At stock speeds, this card will run just a hair slower than a 9700 Pro in most games, until you get to DirectX 9 games, in which the 9800 pulls ahead a bit.Overclockers can often get this card up to 9800 Pro speeds, but for me the slight performance gain in most games wasn't worth the risk of frying a $250 card. Judging from my experience with this card, I'd say it is probably not worth it if you're already running an ATI 9500 or 9600 series card, or the equivalent. Also not worth it if you're still only playing older games, like Quake 3. But for me, coming from even a Geforce 4 Ti, the performance difference in newer games was absolutely amazing. About the only downside to this card is the noise from the fan. If you run a quiet PC, this thing will most likely end up being the loudest thing in your case. Not significantly louder, but it definitely lets you know that it's there. I got annoyed enough that I ended up replacing the fan with a Zalman heatsink. Highly recommended.
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Summary: FAST FAST FAST
Review: This card runs same as Radeon 9700PRO the beauty of non-PRO is
1.CHEPER
2.CAN run @ PRO version replaced a gf4 ti 4200 and is almost 10x better than that card
my friend's got a gf fx 5900 ultra which i got to try..and he came here, tried the 9800 pro...and he liked the 9800 better
dont miss this...GREAT card, does great things
dono if you wanna upgrade if you've got the 9700..but this is definitley the best card out there atm imo
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