ATI 9800 Pro Vs 9800 platinum

[camerol]

I recently bought a new graphics card. I thought I was buying a power color radeon 9800 pro card, bu what arrived was a 9800 platinum card. The cards was pretty cheap for a 9800 pro (£105). Should I send the card back or is the platinum card ok in its own right?

I was looking at a 9600 pro for about £70 before I found this cheap "9800 pro"

I'm looking to run things like battlefield vietnam, possibly halo...

Any thoughts?

[nIghtorius]

I recently bought a new graphics card. I thought I was buying a power color radeon 9800 pro card, bu what arrived was a 9800 platinum card. The cards was pretty cheap for a 9800 pro (£105). Should I send the card back or is the platinum card ok in its own right?

I was looking at a 9600 pro for about £70 before I found this cheap "9800 pro"

I'm looking to run things like battlefield vietnam, possibly halo...

Any thoughts?

it's not a true 9800 Pro.. but I know it's faster than a 9600Pro.

some info:
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Coreclock:
9800Pro: 380
9800Platinum: 380 , they're the same..

Pipelines:
9800Pro: 8
9800Platinum: 8 , also the same

Memory:
9800Pro: 340 (680) DDR 256-bits, ~22GB/s bandwidth
9800Platinum: 300 (600) DDR 128-bits ~9.6GB/s bandwidth

ough.. this is sad.. this will have a negative impact on performance compared to the 9800Pro.

But everything else is the same as a 9800 Pro.

[Danhill]

If I were you I would return it or better yet save a couple of more bucks and buy a 6600 GT that is better than a 9800 pro and more future proof

[camerol]

Nightorious, Any idea about how much of an impact his kind of bandwidth restriction would have?

I've got a 2 year old P4 PC, so I guess the card may not be the weakest link anyway, in which case am I better off with the cheaper 9600 pro

GT owner - am V tempted by the 6600GT, but at 2x my original budget think it is a little beyond me (there around £150 I think). Also does it work on AGP x4?

[Daneel Olivaw]

It works on AGP 4x but its a costly card. Depends how much you game and if you run linux. BTW, if you keep that 2 year old P4, (willamette I suppose) your CPU will be a bottleneck anyways. Bench a little and show us the results, bench with 3dmark2001 (to get an Idea of the CPU) and 3dmark2003 to get an idea of the GPU. Run FarCry, if it's playable and fun, then your purchase was alright, though farcry is highly dependant on system ram.

And a 6600 on a Williamette is like an Ferrari with a 80KPH speed limit.

Most important, Memory bandwitdh has almost only impact on Antialiasing and Anisofiltering. With these two at off, you'll not notice any performance loss inside a game.

Benchmarks don't say everything either.

If you plan on upgrading your cpu/mobo/ram, the 6600 is a good choice. Otherwise, an 8 pipe 9800SE is a good buy, much better than any 9600, and it prolly fits your system.

System specs please.


A 9600 pro has 4 pipes, and a 128 bit bus, your 9800 card has 8 pipes and a 128 bit bus.