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upgrading from 1800+
- Thread starter shunx
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1700+, 1800+, 2100+ with the Tbred cores. They tend to overclock very well. 
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i'd say go with a barton.. but serously.. if you wanna be preped for HL-2 get a better video card =d
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The 2500+ would be a better choice, since they'd reach around the same wall in overclocking, but the 2500+ would have an edge because of its extra cache. IMHO, the 9800 Pro is a major waste of money. Save yourself $150 and get a Sapphire 9800 non pro. These are guaranteed excellent overclockers; they reach pro speeds effortlessly and overclock just about as well as the pro's do, too.
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My 9800 np has reached 440/370 with a BIOS flash to a 9800 Pro. Just about all Sapphire 9800's are able to reach the same speeds. A 9800 Pro would get you at most 20mhz more on each. There would be no visible difference in anything between the two. Even benchmark results would be all but dead even.
CPU is relative to gaming as relative to you're overall computer performance. you're 1800+ pali @1530MHz running @133FSB gives you only a certain percentage point to its max performance.
ie... if what you have(as specified above) gives you 10000 points on 3dmark2001se, going to a xp2500 and pushing it on the 200FSB on a nforce2 board, will give you an increase of 13500 on 3Dmark2001se. These new Bartons, two that I've bought from NEWEGG, (for custom rigs that I'm building) run @ 1830MHz on 166FSB, on the nforce2 board, running it up to 200FSB, the Barton is running at 2200MHZ @Default vcore and baddah boom! more points on 3dmark.! (I only have a Geforce4 4400 and Geforce2 ultra vidcards)
What ever the game you're about to play, putting in that 9800 non-pro onto your rig, with a 2500 barton, nforce2 board, and PC3200 DDR Ram, you should be rock'n da house down on your fav game, with all the options turned on.
ie... if what you have(as specified above) gives you 10000 points on 3dmark2001se, going to a xp2500 and pushing it on the 200FSB on a nforce2 board, will give you an increase of 13500 on 3Dmark2001se. These new Bartons, two that I've bought from NEWEGG, (for custom rigs that I'm building) run @ 1830MHz on 166FSB, on the nforce2 board, running it up to 200FSB, the Barton is running at 2200MHZ @Default vcore and baddah boom! more points on 3dmark.! (I only have a Geforce4 4400 and Geforce2 ultra vidcards)
What ever the game you're about to play, putting in that 9800 non-pro onto your rig, with a 2500 barton, nforce2 board, and PC3200 DDR Ram, you should be rock'n da house down on your fav game, with all the options turned on.
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I'll recommend the Barton 2500+ too, mainly because I've had good experiences with them. Ditto for the 9800nonpro.
Here is a link to the only published benchmark comparison for the 9800np that I've found on the net.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/ati_radeon_9800/default.asp
Here is a link to the only published benchmark comparison for the 9800np that I've found on the net.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/ati_radeon_9800/default.asp
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A palomino hense:
get a XP1700+ DLT3C JIUHB and an SLK800a/900a and a 9800pro/np
I'm getting 17500 in 3dmark2001 and 6400 in 3dmark2003
get a XP1700+ DLT3C JIUHB and an SLK800a/900a and a 9800pro/np
I'm getting 17500 in 3dmark2001 and 6400 in 3dmark2003
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