Radeon 9800 vs 9800 Pro

[MatrixmaN]

Both 128mb.

Whats the big difference between the cards to separate the Pros from the Cons?

[Onlooker]

Doesn't Pro have a TV-Out? I noticed the same thing. There's really not much of a difference.

[MatrixmaN]

A TV-Out?

That's it?

HAHAHA, and that card is like 300+ minimum for a TV out i'll never use. There has to be more to it than that.

[daveleau]

The ATi web site is very vague and does not tell the differences. Looking on pricewatch, they all look the same. I can find no site that tells the differences. Very strange.

[Optimus Prime]

extra bandwidth, pixel shading, blah, blah, you know, it's just better, faster.

If you buy a sapphire or similar 9800 NP though, you can flash the card to make it a 9800 pro, then overclock it some more .

and the 9800 i'm getting has TV out, it's NP.

[MatrixmaN]

Well I just bought a 9800 NP I bought off Ebay for a whopping $250....

Is that better than my old 9500 Pro I fried?

[MatrixmaN]

Also, does the 9800 non-pro have all 8 pipelines enabled?

Or is that the Pro version like the 9500 was to the 9700

[bugalaman]

the only difference between most (i think) radeon pro's and np's is it's gpu and memory clock speeds. They are identical in every other way. 9800 Pro = 380gpu/340mem ; 9800 NP = 325/290
you can probably overclock a 9800np to pro speeds pretty easy, if u get the faster samsung ram (2.8ns) , i think the sapphires 9800np have it.

[MatrixmaN]

Sweet,

I look forward to the arrival of my 9800 np on thursday/friday to replace this crappy temporary FX 5200. Man, this thing doesn't even match the quality or framerates of my 9500 pro.

Was $250 a good price for the NP?

[bugalaman]

Originally posted by MatrixmaN


Was $250 a good price for the NP?

Yup, you got a good deal