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Should I upgrade from a 9700pro?????

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bzel1

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I have a Radeon 9700pro right now. I wanted some opinions on if it is worth upgrading to this card. It is on sale at newegg for 179.00. Will I see much of a difference?? Please post some comments.



Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce FX5900XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "WinFast A350XT"
 
I'd keep the 9700 pro, overclock it and stash my pennies till I had enough to pick up one of the 6800 boards.

I'm sitting just a little lower that you with a 9500np hardmodded and running at 375/612 and doom3 runs ok at 1024x768 and pretty well at 800x600 so no worries til I can snag a 6800 based card.
 
bzel1 said:
I have a Radeon 9700pro right now. I wanted some opinions on if it is worth upgrading to this card. It is on sale at newegg for 179.00. Will I see much of a difference?? Please post some comments.



Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce FX5900XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "WinFast A350XT"

Yeah that is a lateral movement. You would be about the same. Try saving up for a 6800 GT or X800 Pro. Then you will deffinetely see a difference.
 
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I've got a 9700 Pro, and while all the new cards out there look tasty, I decided to sit on it and wait for the holiday season. I don't think you'll see much of an increase unless you upgraded to the X800 or 6800 like others have pointed out.
 
fuzzba11 said:
I've got a 9700 Pro, and while all the new cards out there look tasty, I decided to sit on it and wait for the holiday season. I don't think you'll see much of an increase unless you upgraded to the X800 or 6800 like others have pointed out.

Nope, you will see no difference. I just came from a softmodded 9500NP to a 6800GT... the difference... is incredible. (And it had better be, for 4 bills).
 
Dito . . . wait to get a next gen card during holiday season. By then prices should stabilize/drop when the holiday revisions come out.
 
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