9800 Pro

[athlonxpguy]

I am looking to buy a 9800 Pro, but can't decide on Powercolour or Sapphire. Any opinions?

[J-Excel]

Newegg has the 128mb Sapphire 9800 pro for $224 OEM and $227 retail. I'd go with that.

[athlonxpguy]

My choices are as follows:

PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB - Retail

Supplied with FREE DX9 enabled Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness - full game, Splinter Cell, Warcraft III, Will Rock, Breed, Colin McRae Rally 3, TOCA Race Driver demos, Big Mutha Truckers and WinDVD 4 full programmes

£178.60 Including VAT

Or

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail

No software

£176.19 Including VAT

[Gilthanaz]

No software? I'm seeing that it comes with Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune 2, and PowerDVD.

[VERT]

I dont know if you guys can get the GeXcube brand, but these are the same as the reference cards but with slightly faster memory 400/700 and these are cheaper as well. I have just ordered one of these and am getting it early next week

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[eagle1]

Well it really depends if you want the bundle or not (or if you like it).
I have a Sapphire 9600 Pro and it performs very good.
I think Sapphire has close ties with Ati so their cards end up being exceptionally well but Powercolor produces very good cards also so, it all depends if you want the bundle or not. The prices are similar also so...

[Dbest]

Hey eagle1 long time no see , how's everything going? athlonxpguy it all depends in the bundled software, but you should also get a little more research before deciding since some companies use better/faster RAM on their cards. This is true for NVIDIA cards, I don't now if it also applies to ATI since I haven't owned one of those.

[VERT]

I believe Sapphire makes all the cards and then they are distubuted to the various manufacturers for any additional bits, packaging, software, etc

This is why all the cards preform pretty much the same and all look the same.

[BFsoLo.]

I have both the Tyan 9700 pro and 9800 ProM.
Both come with their own hardware monitor and a Great Heatsink fan combo thats just hard to deny !

TYAN ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "Tachyon G9800 PRO-M" -RETAIL


- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: ATI RADEON 9800PRO/380MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/680MHz
BUS: AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)+DVI Connector+TV-Out(S-Video Out)
Support 3D API: DirectX®9, OpenGL®2.0
Cable/Accessories: 4 Cables, VGA via DVI Adapter, Driver CD, Manual
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048x1536@85Hz
Retail Box

Model#: G9800 PRO-M
Item#: N82E16814136105

Free FedEx Saver Shipping

$280.00

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1

[tony_j15]

I got a Powercolor 9700 pro myself. Both companies make great cards. Check out warrenties, see if one company has a longer one. If you like those games, the powercolor looks to be yours.