Upgrading from a Geforce 4 4400Ti to a 9800 pro. worth it?

by **Buliwyf** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:09 pm

I know the 9800pro XT is right around the corner, but the regular 9800 pro, think its a decent upgrade from the 4400?

by **Mugzy** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:22 pm

Well, I know I was told that a 9600Xt is 5 times faster then my GF 4 4200, so my guess is that a 9800XT would blow a 4400 away!

I am thinking about getting a 9600Xt.

by **Camel toe joe** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:24 pm

I remember buli saying ati=caca :lol:

by **Agent-Commando** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:27 pm

Buli, think of it this way.

GF 4 Ti4400 = Chevrolet
9800 Pro = Ferrari Modena

yes, the performance increase would be huge when paired with a good processor like yours and huge amounts of RAM.

In my professional experience and opinion as a Comp. Technician anyway.

by **Buliwyf** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:41 pm

i may get the 9800 pro *dont need XT for only a 5-10% speed diff*, but ill be pissed if ATi releases a 128 meg flavor of the 9800xt

by **supersTring** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:09 am

do it do it do it

i couldn't shell out the 400 for the 9800pro when i built my new rig (went w/ 9600pro) but performance-increase-wise, my unprofessional opinion is that it would definitely be worth it

i luv "vid card upgrade day"
damn that's a good day

have fun man

by **RCglider** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:23 am

9700 pro here....swore I'd never get ATI again after the 7500 oem fiasco.

reformed nVidiot

by **shockwave203** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 2:04 am

the XT is too expensive for the performance gains over a 9800pro. Go with the 9800 pro, that card is a BEAST!

by **JimmyTango** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:53 am

I am getting hte XT when I get an idea when HL2 is to be released. This is upgrading from a 9700Pro, also. I will gfet 25 to 30% better performance, and that is without an overclock on the XT. You will see great improvement over that 4400.

BTW, why not overclock that P4?

by **shockwave203** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 3:38 am

Originally posted by JimmyTango
I am getting hte XT when I get an idea when HL2 is to be released. This is upgrading from a 9700Pro, also. I will gfet 25 to 30% better performance, and that is without an overclock on the XT. You will see great improvement over that 4400.

BTW, why not overclock that P4?

You can buy the XT and get HL2 for free. ATI and Valve have a deal, so it sounds like the exact thing you would need.

by **(>Tool<)** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:05 am

It is totally worth the upgrade, I know some who went from a first run Ti4600 to the 9800 pro, you can crank all your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering and that card just sucks it down where as the Ti4600 gets a huge perfomance decrease. If you don't want to run AA or filtering then don't bother, but they do make the video look much nicer. I'dd do it if I had the dough.

by **JimmyTango** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:09 am

Originally posted by shockwave203
You can buy the XT and get HL2 for free. ATI and Valve have a deal, so it sounds like the exact thing you would need.

I know, but with the delay, and my 9700 Pro running all games fine now, why upgrade now?

Also, if it is pushed back until April 2k4, like rumors are suggesting, by that time the R420 and NV40 will be out, so I would also wait until info on HL2 is confirmed. Of course, other games may need me upgrading, like DX2, far cry, stalker, all of which would be out before a postponed HL2.

ATi has got to be pissed. I saw on hardforum.com many posters who have canceled their XT orders, as there is no point in having the card until HL2 is ready, or other games demand that kind of power.

BTW, the new M0 stepping of the 2.4 P4C's are overclocking gods. 3.55 on stock vcore and cooling. There is beleif they are rebadged Xeon's and 3.2 EE's that did not meet their intended clocks.

by **Buliwyf** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:26 am

bought it the other week. runs great with AA/ASF on etc.

by **(>Tool<)** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:43 am

..... and it makes the graphics incredible, thus worth the upgrade I'm sure. I have a Ti4800Se running at 310/670 and just for kicks I turned on all AA and ASF to full and ran Enemy Terriory, I couldn't believe how flawless the graphics were, the framerates where fine but when airstrikes came in I'dd drop to 5 fps so that was a no-keep on the lol. I knew it would happen but I just wanted to check it out. Right now I don't have the dough to get a nicer card, but I'm not complaining about my $150 Ti4800 I got 3 months ago that produces this quality without AA/ASF......

by **(>Tool<)** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:44 am

That first one was me looking in a mirror if you can't tell, it was cool to dance around and check my jig lol. and one more, some almighty duels............

Upgrading from a Geforce 4 4400Ti to a 9800 pro. worth it?

Upgrading from a Geforce 4 4400Ti to a 9800 pro. worth it?

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