I'm about ready to upgrade my GeForce 3 to the Radeon 9700 Pro.

My processor is an Athlon Xp 1700, this being said, and knowing the processor is a bottleneck, will my processor be sufficient to run the card at a "decent" level? as it will be used for gaming.

Thanks for your input.

Athlon XP 1700
512 mb Nanya pc 2100 DDR
GeForce 3
Shuttle AK35-GTR mobo
40GB Western Digital HD
Enermax whisper 431 watt power supply

I would think it would be though as they say "the bigger the better" so if you can sell your 1700 and put a few $'s to the proceeds you'll not regret it :wink:

I had mine running on a xp1800, then xp2000 and now xp 2400.

I think the overall difference in 3dmark 2001se is about 1,000 marks.

Great card and great choice.

ENJOY!!!

Tonezone

BTW, why are you not waiting for the Geforce FX? :o

:wink: Just wondering :wink:

Tonezone, thanks for your reply.

Why I'm not waiting for the FX......the cost...from everything I've read, that here in the U.S. the Ultra 5800 will be going for around $450.00 u.s. dollars, quite steep if you ask me, When I can find the 9700 Pro for less than $300.00. So, I'm not sure I can justify the FX's price for performance based on what I can get a 9700 Pro for.

If I were to opt for the 5800 Ultra, then I can be assured a wait before the card becomes readily available. With the Radeon, I can buy the card and still have enough cash to stuff a 2400+ in my mobo

Jomo

Excellent

A wise choice. I fu***ng love this config on my machine.

NOTHING is a probem.

All the best and have a great new year

Tonezone

Don't forget that in some benchmarks with optimised drivers the FX crushed the latest ATI release - Although I'd wait for the Ultra to come out anyway - and give a good kick down to prices over the whole Graphics market...

As has already been pointed out here, the "crush" is due to a driver cheat. It's amazing that more people aren't up in arms about this. When the drivers are set to proper and equivalent setting, the situation is reversed. The fact remains, if you want the highest performance AND image quality, your first choice is the Radeon 9800 Pro followed by a close second in the 9700 Pro. That said, NV35 will make things a little more interesting.