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Name: Hooner
Date: May 24, 2004 at 22:19:43 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
OS: Win Xp Pro s/p 1
CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2000+ 512 PC270
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Finally getting my 9800 Pro today, after 2 years of making do with an MX440!

So just a quick question to all you 9800 Pro users, which are the best Cat drivers in your opinion?

Some people are like Slinkies™, not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...


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Response Number 1
Name: Phildo916
Date: May 25, 2004 at 01:04:23 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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Ive had my 9800 Pro for 4 days. ive only used catalyst 4.5 as of yet. Far Cry looks amazing but likes to crash after about 20 mins of play, im not sure if its the drivers or what but im pretty sure its not my system. :-\

2600+ Barton
512 PC2700
ATI 9800 Pro 128
ECS K7VTA3 ver 8 mobo
WD 80 GB IDE HDD


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Response Number 2
Name: nebjamin
Date: May 25, 2004 at 06:24:34 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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I have the new 4.5 Cat but had the OMEGA drivers.
Some things might not work with 4.5 so I downloaded the
Omega and there great. They also come with a free little
program to Overclock if you want.

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Response Number 3
Name: Richard Trahar
Date: May 25, 2004 at 10:28:58 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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At last Hooner you got a 9800 Pro lol, I use Cat 4.5, gained a little performance boost over 4.4, I always use the latest driver and never have a problem

What do you think of the 9800 Pro over the MX440 Hooner, better ;-)

You should be a able to run games at max details on that
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Hightech Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Iceq 128mb
( Core 425 MHz and Memory 380 MHz )


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Response Number 4
Name: j3r3my_07
Date: May 25, 2004 at 18:31:04 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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I sold my 9800 Pro for $200 :(...is it worth it to get Asus 9800XT for $375 now???


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Response Number 5
Name: Richard Trahar
Date: May 25, 2004 at 19:18:57 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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for $399 you can get a Radeon X800 Pro!

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MSI KT8 NEO
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.0ghz
1.0 GB DDR PC3200
2X 160 GB HDD
Hightech Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Iceq 128mb
( Core 425 MHz and Memory 380 MHz )


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Response Number 6
Name: Hooner
Date: May 25, 2004 at 23:20:59 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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It's um, a bit better Zero, lol. Everything flows like water, it's a beautiful sight. The difference to Far Cry is staggering, all those lovely DX9 effects.

I've still gotta say that my OC'ed MX rocked for what it was, can't see that much of a diff in Painkiller, or Vice City, apart from they're 3 times the frame-rate now obviously. But they always had good frame-rates on my MX anyway, around 50 fps. Battlefield Vietnam looks damn tasty now too.

It's nice being able to slap some AA and AF on my games though, the old MX would chug even at minimal settings.

All in all I'm really glad I waited until prices dropped down, I picked this baby up for less than £140 :-)

Some people are like Slinkies™, not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...


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Response Number 7
Name: Fishystix
Date: May 26, 2004 at 14:40:18 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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How long have you had that GEforce 4mx?

Wecome to the real world, Hooner! :-)


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Response Number 8
Name: rick152
Date: May 27, 2004 at 13:26:34 Pacific
Subject: Calling all 9800 Pro users
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Use Cats 4.5 Beta, i heard that some people got a dramatic boost in 03 with those drivers combined with X800 Pro

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