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ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB Review

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  1. DJ Shamroc •  April 29, 2004
    Rating: 4.5/5

    I really love this card. I’ve had it for a while, but as far as overclocking goes, it comes with it’s own overclocking device built in. ATI’s drivers are released aabout 1 per month, which is awesome to say the least. I can play every game, Far Cry, Pain Killer, Call of Duty, etc. with the settings all the way maxed out. The only problem with Far Cry is I have to run it at 1024×768 or else I get some slow down. Overall a great card and I highly recommend it. But I would wait and see what ATI is going to do next before I buy.

    Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  2. LoW •  April 29, 2004
    Rating: 4/5

    I agree with DJ Shamroc. I wouldn’t expect much from the ‘Overdrive’ overclocking utility, but by default this card is super-fast! The 256MB memory is shown to help in high resolutions and will help future-proof the card if you don’t intend on purchasing the next generation graphics cards right away. The Catalyst drivers seem to see improvement every month; not perfect but getting there.

    The only negative is the high price tag, mainly because it is the fastest ATI card out now….(kinda like Intel or AMD’s fastest processor at the time) so it comes with a premium. Now is a bad time because in the next few months the next gen cards are schedule to release. I wouldn’t expect this card to drop by much even when that happens…maybe 50-100 bucks difference.

    In the end your best bet would be to wait or conserve your cash on say a 9700 based graphics card…the 9800 isn’t a huge jump from that, performance-wise. Overall I think ATI did a nice job but the 9800 is more of a response to NVIDIA’s fastest flagship Ultra model.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  3. RadDreamer •  April 30, 2004
    Rating: 4.5/5

    I’ve had mine for a few months now and while the performance sis nothing to scoff at, the drivers are somewhat buggy. I have had many issues with texture tearing and items not being drawn properly. This was fixed by using the omega drivers found at http://www.omegacorner.com but I dont think that an individual should have to fix the problems in a big companies product. Overall this is a very good card as long as you dont mind using 3rd party drivers.

    Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Jesus •  September 24, 2004
    Rating: 5/5

    I buy this cars some months ago and its performance has pretty high! This cars is what I spected and runs every games that I put on it. This is a very hi performance car d for me.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  5. Devon •  August 10, 2005
    Rating: 5/5

    My graphics card just recently melted I mean the tracers on the board melted (dont ask how cause I dont know). It was a Nvidia GeForce 3 Pro. and now i have my eye on a Radeon 9800XT. do you think you could tell me if ime making the right choice of getting it???

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  6. JC from To •  February 27, 2006
    Rating: 2.5/5

    when this card was performing it was great. but now the fan is shot. i called ATI and they were useless. going to try a third party fan. let you know how it goes. BTW… DONT BUY FROM DELL!

    Rating: 5 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  7. Monjoor •  September 25, 2006
    Rating: 3.5/5

    Bought one due to an upgrade from an ATI Radeon 9200. Card performs well at high spec settings. However the big down fall is the fan noise! It is very noisy so watch out. You may require a third party quite fan.

    Rating: 7 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  8. Chad •  May 11, 2007
    Rating: 2/5

    Yes the fan on the 9800 sucks. I have burned my 9800 pro up because the fan will die. Crappy work. If you have one immediatly buy a replacement fan. DO it or regret it!

    Rating: 4 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  9. Berns •  July 31, 2007
    Rating: 1.5/5

    Well looks like i’m in the same boat I spent about $500 on this card the fan goes out and apparently a chip has burnt up. Now I get all sorts of cool looking red dots all over my screen and I cant run any 3d games at all.

    Rating: 3 :: 1 out of 1 people found this user review helpful.

  10. zlajadk •  August 27, 2007
    Rating: 1.5/5

    I got the same problem as comment #3, red dots all over my screen, cant play 3d games – wtf to do?.. #4 says to buy a replacement fan.. where?

    Rating: 3 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

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