Radeon 9800 Pro Roundup @ Nordic Hardware
Posted by: NewsFactory on: 06/03/2003 12:11 AM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ] · 2433 views
Today Nordic Hardware takes a look at 7 Radeon 9800 Pro cards, where 2 boards are reference boards from ATI and the 5 others are retail products. These are just about the fastest videocards you can get your hands on right now. ATI recently launched their 256 MB version of the Radeon 9800 Pro and it's in here as well, but the focus remains on the retail products.
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When it comes to ATIs new 256 MB board I can't really say that I'm impressed. Initial rumors indicated that this board would run faster than the 128 MB version but the only thing clocked higher is the memory and this is only to defeat the added latency of using DDR-II. In some few odd cases the extra 128 MB VRAM does make a difference though but these cases are few and far between.
You can find the 13 pages of action packed high end videocard shootout at Nordic Hardware.
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When it comes to ATIs new 256 MB board I can't really say that I'm impressed. Initial rumors indicated that this board would run faster than the 128 MB version but the only thing clocked higher is the memory and this is only to defeat the added latency of using DDR-II. In some few odd cases the extra 128 MB VRAM does make a difference though but these cases are few and far between.
You can find the 13 pages of action packed high end videocard shootout at Nordic Hardware.
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Devourer Unregistered |
#44448 Posted on: 06/03/2003 07:32 AM
Strangely no1 is posting comments for this bit-o-news!!! Is that cuz the FX 5800 is faster then the 9800's when no AS & AA is used? Not like I care who makes the faster card but I am surprised there hasn't been any1 defending the 9800's & others ranting how Nvidia is back. LOL... |
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shaderboy Unregistered |
#44449 Posted on: 06/03/2003 07:46 AM
Its because the FX is using FP16. Anyway no one would use cards like these without AF and most would use AA so the fact the FX is faster is of no importance. |
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Jaybo Unregistered |
#44454 Posted on: 06/03/2003 04:00 PM
It is to ATI. |
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El_Coyote Unregistered Posts: 503 Joined: 2002-12-18 |
#44458 Posted on: 06/03/2003 07:22 PM
well this is kommon knowledge, nothing new in this test, except they line the 9800's up against eachother.. theres not much to say really :P |
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shaderboy Unregistered |
#44462 Posted on: 06/03/2003 08:22 PM
Only because the nvidoits are so good at taking one small advantage and turning it into total superiority. |
