9800 pro brand?

[Jibby]

9800 pro type?

im getting a 9800 pro and i was wondering if i should get BBA or another brand such as asus or sapphire etc....\

ALso a brand/store where i can get good ram on it or does it even matter?

 

[Jibby]

*bump* ;(

 

[Evnas]

http://www.ocforums.com/vb/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=254359

Your answer

As for the store, well I only buy stuff from Newegg. Occasionally I'll buy something from another site (such as my processor, since it was garaunteed stepping)

 

[bRiCe]

www.guru3d.com they did a test with the herculeus card vs bba and even tho the herculeus card had all this fancy cooling and stuff, it was just as good/bad as the bba. The test is what made me get a regular bba. I doublt that any of them outperform the others by enough to make a difference

 

[Jibby]

i guess the only question still left unasnwered would be where to get a BBA that will have good ram. I heard newegg carries the 9800 pro's with crappy ram. i want samsung.

 

[Matthias99]

AFAIK, *all* 9800Pro cards have 2.8ns Samsung RAM -- they have to, since the default clocks are 380/340, and 3.3ns RAM is only rated to 300, and 3.0ns to 333. It's the 9800 Non-Pro cards that can have 3.0 or 3.3ns Infineon RAM.

 

[Big Nuttz]

I just bought a BBA Radeon 9800 Pro from Best Buy yesterday and it has Samsung Ram. I paid $299 for it. Its doing 430/369 with stock cooling.

 

[Jibby]

ohh ok a bit of confusion im getting a BBA 9800 pro for 185 bucks from compusa cuz my friend works there and gets a big discount

 

[bafbrian]

I'd go with a BBA Radeon 9800 Pro from Newegg.com. What was said earlier, it has to 2.8ns for it to run at 380/340.

Jibby: You are really lucky to get such a great card at a low price like that. I wish I had a friend who would hook me up like that. All I got to say is at that price.

 

[Jibby]

hes also a really good computer technician. i had to give him my magic stick of crucial for him to hook me up that crucial pc 2700 gave him does 217 fsb with default crucial timings (forgot what it was)