ATI RADEON 9800 (128 MB) AGP Graphic Card Reviews

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GDDR4 is definitely the way to go, much faster than GDDR and GDDR2. I read that some games require over 256mb of videocard memory, so I went with this model with 512 instead. Cons: None Other Thoughts: I went from a Radeon x1550 to this. Using the same settings in Oblivion I went from 15 fps to 85 in 1024x768. from Newegg.com Very low benchmarks in 3d mark06 and 3d mark vantage. Customer service is lacking. Other Thoughts: My really good friend gave me his BFG tech 8800 gts OC since he bought a newer gtx series card for himself, so I installed his 8800gts 512 on my board and my system flys, average nearly double the fps in every game with the 8800gts over this card, never under 100fps max settings in COD4 & WaW and the card is priced 25 dollars more 164.00 on Newegg, So basically what I'm saying is I've been a ATI customer for nearly 4 years now and im soo disapointed with these last two hd 3870 and hd 3850's i've bought (performance wise) that im never buying ATI again. Unless you're on a Low budget Go nvidia you wont regret it. from Newegg.com Price was decent. Cons: Drivers were old and outdated. Until I downloaded straight from AMD/ATI it kept locking up. After 5 months the cards started to lock the system more often after several wipe and reinstalls and diagnostics the cards were found defective. from Newegg.com *99 after rebate. Installed with ease; did some benchmarking and totally wipes my old 8800. ATI 4 Life! Cons: 40 bucks more, I could buy a 4850...nah! from Newegg.com Good FPS (70+) with CoD4 with moderate, acceptable settings. Cons: 1 of 2 failed at 90-day mark. VPU recovery errors, then ATI2DVAG error, then BSOD. Verified this to the Diamond HD 3870 (replaced with an HIS 3870 and all was good). from Newegg.com Pros: Run Most games well. Great custom resolution and Overscan Compensation. ATI CARDS ARE YOUR ONLY OPTION IF YOU USE A TV THAT HAS ANY OVERSCAN. I play on my 65" 1080p Rear-Projection TV and it compensates for the overscan all internally so i can just set my desktop and games to 1920x1080 and it looks great 1:1 pixel mapping. from Newegg.com Pros: newegg is the best and I love ATI products over all performance. I'm stepping up to a 4870X2 soon and my days of dealing with dieomond will be Thankfully over. from Newegg.com Pros: PCI-E, 512 MB, 256 bit GDDR4 should rock. Cons: Something odd is happening here - even in BIOS, the text characters are garbled, with the wrong letters coming up at times, and flickering back and forth between two different letters. from Newegg.com Pros: Excellent picture quality, highly overclockable. Fastest 3870 I've seen, handles crossfire like a champ Cons: All the cons I'd chalk up to ATI's poor driver architecture - can only use two screens on the main card when using crossfire mode. Other Thoughts: Better than the 8800, worse than a 9800. from Newegg.com Pros: Newegg Super Human. ATI GREAT Cons: Diamonds are for never. The support team needs support. from Newegg.com

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RADEON 9800 Series of visual processors is the most visually advanced 3D performer on the planet, delivering an immersive, cinematic experience for the most demanding next-generation games with DDR memory and a 256-bit memory interface. Merging advanced stability with revolutionary features, RADEON 9800 Series is the only Visual Processing family in its 2nd generation.??Prepare yourself for the world's fastest and most compelling gameplay, courtesy of the unprecedented power, control and eight-pipeline architecture of RADEON 9800 Series. Experience feature film quality on your PC, the new standard in 3D entertainment. Advanced stability meets revolutionary features with support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0, OpenGL feature sets and the only cinematic quality Visual Processing Unit in its 2nd generation. RADEON 9800 Series features CATALYST, the industry's most stable 3D acceleration software.

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Released	over 3 years ago
Installed Memory	128 MB
Memory Tech	DDR SDRAM
Card Interface	AGP 8x
Compatibility	PC
Form Factor	Plug-in card
Installed Memory / Technology	128 MB (DDR SDRAM)
MPN	100-435012
Max. Screen Resolution	2048 x 1536
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
UPC	727419410922
Warranty	3 Years

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