Kickin it old school: 9800pro vs ti4200?

Hey guys,


I've recently come into possesion of an unknown brand ATI 9800 Pro. I slapped the thermalright V1 cooler i had lying around on it, and seems to run and game good... my question is, i can't use this thing myself... and my girlfriend is currently on a ti4200.

Would the 9800 pro be an upgrade for her? or should she just keep the ti4200? I'm lost since when i started following video cards, PCI-E was just coming out, and 6800 Ultras were awesome.

Her system:

Asus P4SP-MX
1 Gb generic DDR400
P4M 3.2/533/512
80Gb WD800JB

She does the Second Life thing alot, as well as play a bit of Diablo II: LOD, The Sims/2, and Sid Meiers Pirates!


~ Gos

the 9800pro is much better

YEa the 9800pro is better plus it is dx9 .

Not a huge boost, but a 9800PRO will be noticeably better at gaming.

Thanks guys, you rock I wasn't even thinking of the DX9 thing either.


~ Gos

IWasHungry said:

Not a huge boost, but a 9800PRO will be noticeably better at gaming.

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Yes, it will be a huge boost.

9800PRO without a boubt

Wraith said:

Yes, it will be a huge boost.

9800PRO without a boubt

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OH ya a 9800pro will be a HUGE HUGE upgrade.

BossBorot said:

the 9800pro is much better

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QFT.

As already said... MUCH better card, and DX9

If you only know nVidia, think of the differnce between a 6600GT and a 7900GT...

Neur0mancer said:

QFT.

As already said... MUCH better card, and DX9

If you only know nVidia, think of the differnce between a 6600GT and a 7900GT...

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That's a bit of an exaggeration. 6600GT <<<<<< 7900GT while Ti4200 <<< 9800PRO.

In nVidia terms, a 9800PRO is roughly equal to an FX 5950 Ultra. Going from a Ti4200 to a 9800PRO is like going from a 6600GT to a 6800GT, or from a 6800GT to a 7900GT.