[Mmmm]Homer March 17, 2004 Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 17, 2004 As reported on HardOCP Best Buy has the 9800 Pro for $199. I just went to my local one and they were also sold out. They said they were getting some in on Friday. I took a trip out today to check into video card prices and several ATI deals caught my eye. Comp USA has the ATI Radeon 9800Pro AIW for sale at $250.00. Best Buy did have the 9800Pro for $199.00 after all the rebates. Best Buy did not have stock on the item though, and only showed a very few on the way in. Circuit City had nothing of interest. Also, everyone was sold out of Battlefield-Viet Nam. The sales associate at Circuit City told me, "We don't usually get new games." NewEgg has 9800Pros for as low as $212.00 with free shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r March 17, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member March 17, 2004 stop tempting me... im trying to hold out for a bit but under 200 !!!!! side note - CeBit show is tomm. I'm betting a few new things will be introduced that will be nice. Whether they are shown private/public doesnt matter, its means they have new working hardware ready to roll out and i like to hear that with R420's soon to arrive /goes back to counting pennies in the upgrade jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters March 17, 2004 Share gOOters Member March 17, 2004 I want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 17, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 17, 2004 If I can get one Friday at BB I'm buying it. Then another 512mb RAM, pair of Raptors..... I did get a "Sandisk Cruzer Mini 256mb" USB flash drive last night at CompUSA for $40. It's very cool, works like a charm. Plug it in and there it is in Explorer. Last night a buddy and me went to the new Fry's built in the 'burbs here recently and my Geek-O-Meter pegged. But I didn't buy anything there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar March 17, 2004 Share Crowbar Member March 17, 2004 I just bought a 9800 Pro off Newegg for $212. According to the reviews, it's core clock says it's a 9800XT. This is the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 19, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 19, 2004 It took going to a couple of stores over the last 2 days but I got one. I have some stuff to do for a few hours but I'll put it in later and post up some benchmarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy March 19, 2004 Share auggybendoggy Member March 19, 2004 just how good is the 9800? i gave up on my ati cause a few games wouldnt display correctly. when I went to the games sites. I found all kinds of crud on ATI's bad behavior. After my 8500le I vowed to never buy another no matter if they had the horsepower over nvidia. So I bought a nvidia and blammo ALL my games work. However perhaps it was a 8500 thing. is the 9800 work flawlessly? Aug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 19, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 19, 2004 I know the Catalyst 4.3 drivers that were just released fixed some issues that some were having in BF1942. I can't wait to see what BF Vietnam, Farcry Demo, and CoD look like with this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 19, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 19, 2004 However perhaps it was a 8500 thing. 8500 was the greatest ATI card of all time. I owned 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco March 19, 2004 Share wilco Member March 19, 2004 homer!! glad to see you bought one! We have lots of the same parts now...I just need to amp up my memory and get some sata drives....and a dvd burner....sigh.....does it ever end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman March 19, 2004 Share Batman Member March 19, 2004 Hehe i hope it never ends... What will happen then??? Will i start buying large leisure equipment?? Start wanting to over clock my lawn mower?? If the lawn mower starts to run hot i put a big heat sink on it, nerds driving by honk at me.. If it ends for me ill be dead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 19, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 19, 2004 Homer,Mar 18 2004, 09:20 PM] I know the Catalyst 4.3 drivers that were just released fixed some issues that some were having in BF1942. I can't wait to see what BF Vietnam, Farcry Demo, and CoD look like with this thing. Farcry will blow your mind. You got UT2k3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 19, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 19, 2004 I just need to amp up my memory and get some sata drives.... This is where I'm headed next Wilco. Did you ever disable Cool & Quiet? It gives me a 9% boost without it. And did you ever overclock? It really is free performance just sitting there. If you do both you'll probably get ~30% overall gain. Try going to Scion and configuring one of their models, then go to the Interiors section and check out their LED Enhancements. lol I'd say Farcry had the FPS with the Ti4600, but the 9800 Pro has the FPS and image quailty. I could say the same thing about BFV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 19, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 19, 2004 Homer,Mar 19 2004, 10:16 AM] Try going to Scion and configuring one of their models, then go to the Interiors section and check out their LED Enhancements. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 19, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 19, 2004 I was thinking what Batman said.... Did you see the cupholder or the footwell lighting in the xB model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 19, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 19, 2004 Homer,Mar 19 2004, 11:48 AM] I was thinking what Batman said.... Did you see the cupholder or the footwell lighting in the xB model? ah. no i didnt. But I do love the xB models. I saw a riced out version of the xB the other day and actually liked it a lot. The orange paint version is sweet. I would buy it if I needed a car and had the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco March 20, 2004 Share wilco Member March 20, 2004 Homer,Mar 19 2004, 09:16 AM] I just need to amp up my memory and get some sata drives.... This is where I'm headed next Wilco. Did you ever disable Cool & Quiet? It gives me a 9% boost without it. And did you ever overclock? It really is free performance just sitting there. If you do both you'll probably get ~30% overall gain. No CnQ is still going....and I still have not ventured into overclocking....the MSI board i believe is a little more made for stability than oc'ing...but I did read some stuff on the MSI forums that is encouraging. When i do it ill be sure to bench it. Im going newegging soon to buy my Sata drive(s). Probably in a couple of weeks as long as the prices is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 20, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 20, 2004 Read the installation for C&Q, I think you just go into BIOS and disable it and ACPI 2.0 something or other, and then change the power setting from within Windows and it is off. Add ~9% performance. The MSI should OC fine I would think, can you bump your FSB in 1 or 3mhz increments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco March 20, 2004 Share wilco Member March 20, 2004 Yea i can bump it in small increments either by way of bios or a program called core center which allows for the change from windows. Peopel are right down the middle on the msi boards as to which way is better....so ill see whats best for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 20, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 20, 2004 What kind of RAM did you end up getting and what are the timings? If you got some good PC3200 you should be good for some overclockin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco March 20, 2004 Share wilco Member March 20, 2004 This one: Click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 20, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 20, 2004 well it looks fast. try her out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 20, 2004 Author Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 20, 2004 Yeah! Crank it up! Follow All Kill3r's n00b Overclicking Guide to keep a check on your temps, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeK March 21, 2004 Share TeK Member March 21, 2004 Farcry will blow your mind. You got UT2k3? Played Farcry today. Runs exceptionaly well on my 4600. Can't imagine what it would look like on the 9800Pro. Your gunna be loving. BTW, I reccomend the game, its already turning out very good from what I have played already in the single player mode. Don't waste ur time on UT2k3, Just pick up 2k4, Played it also and its INSANE. Wish I had a better comp tho to run it with higher quality . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy March 21, 2004 Share Slaphappy Member March 21, 2004 heheh I got one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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