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kingjoe2002

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Hi i decided to buy a new video card for the workstation i have. Right now it is running a Quadro4 900XGL. Im thinking of upgrading it to an ATI 9800XT or 9800Pro. Now is the XT worth the extra buck over Pro? I mainly just play C&C Generals and do light graphics work. Also would the system bring out the cards potential?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual 2.8ghz Xeon 512k

 

 

 

1gig PC800 Rambus

 

 

 

2 120gb Maxtor in RAID 0 config

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im also considering upgrading another workstation i have at:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual 2.2ghz Xeon 512k

 

 

 

1gig PC800 Rambus

 

 

 

2 18gig SCSI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 9800Pro is pretty cheap on ebay at around 80 bucks so i wonder for C&C Generals if the performance difference will be big.

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Well, generals isn't a very gfx intense game so I think both cards might be a bit of overkill... I'm not sure how your gfx programs will respond switching from a 3d rendering card to a gaming card...

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by the sounds of things ure not really gonna be strainning ure card to much so its all up to you wether ure gonna want it to last a lil bit longer and be able to expand into more demanding things and pay a bit more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or if your just gonna be doin light work stuff its not really worth it.

Aussie Aussie Aussie,

 

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