Video Card Question

[litefire]

the ATI 9800 PRO is a good video card right? It will play bf2 great right?

Compared to a Nvidia GeForce 6200 :laugh:

[Flanker]

Re: Video Card Question

It's not that much better. It's been a while since I saw a direct comparison, but I think the 6200 might actually be better, or atleast the same.

As for playing BF2, expect Med settings with 30FPS on 1280x1024.

[litefire]

Re: Video Card Question

a lot of people in the post ur specs thread have this video card..
well with the 6200 i play on all low settings and off view distance 50% and audio low..and i still get much lag. i get about 5-10 fps...

[Flanker]

Re: Video Card Question

Then there's something wrong, because thats worse than a FX5200. I should know, I had one.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Video Card Question

It's not that much better. It's been a while since I saw a direct comparison, but I think the 6200 might actually be better, or atleast the same.

As for playing BF2, expect Med settings with 30FPS on 1280x1024.

Um... the 9800 pro is absolutely better than a 6200. The 9800 pro is between a 6600 vanilla and 6600 GT in performance.

[litefire]

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so i should get it?

[Flanker]

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Naaaah, 6600 has to be better than the 9800Pro.

Although now I'm sure I was wrong about the 6200.

[John Edmo]

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Buy a 6800GT. everything is set to max with 100% distance and 4x antialiasing.

[imported_Wreck]

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Naaaah, 6600 has to be better than the 9800Pro.

Although now I'm sure I was wrong about the 6200.

It's not. I've had both in my possesion and the 9800 pro is slightly better. See for yourself:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277&p=8

[RAF92_Warhawk]

Re: Video Card Question

It's not. I've had both in my possesion and the 9800 pro is slightly better. See for yourself:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277&p=8

I have to agree with wreck on this one. I had a 9800 Pro for a while and that card performed excellent for its time. I have tried the 6100, which isn't that far from a 6200, and the 9800 pro outdid it by miles.

[Flanker]

Re: Video Card Question

I stand corrected (even though you showed a game in which they were close in performance; other games showed a much larger difference).

I'll submit that the 9800Pro is indeed a much stronger card than the 6200, that's clear. I'm still not convinced on the 6600 vs. 9800Pro though. Those might be the same, as a best case scenario for the 9800Pro.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Video Card Question

I stand corrected (even though you showed a game in which they were close in performance; other games showed a much larger difference).

I'll submit that the 9800Pro is indeed a much stronger card than the 6200, that's clear. I'm still not convinced on the 6600 vs. 9800Pro though. Those might be the same, as a best case scenario for the 9800Pro.

And other games showed a smaller difference and even the 9800 pro beating the 6600 GT in one instance.

The 6600 GT was better than the 9800 pro in each game by:

Doom 3: + 28
CSS: + 18
UT 2k4: -2
Halo: + 17
Far Cry: + 4
Wolfenstein ET: + 3
BFV: + 24
Sims 2: + 2

Here's some more head to head action:

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=92

[venny]

Re: Video Card Question

go get a 7300GS, definitely works better than all those cards. costs about US$50 i think.

[litefire]

Re: Video Card Question

u sure?
what fps would i get

[venny]

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http://xtreview.com/review75.htm

http://sg.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=1833&cid=3&pg=5