card for doom3?

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i'm playing doom 3 with radeon 8500 aiw, and it does'nt keep up very well.
thinking of upgrading to a 9800 pro but money is tight - so would a 9700 pro
be sufficient? tia
 
atwifa said:
i'm playing doom 3 with radeon 8500 aiw, and it does'nt keep up very well.
thinking of upgrading to a 9800 pro but money is tight - so would a 9700 pro
be sufficient? tia
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I'm playing with a 9600 and it works beautifully.

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atwifa said:
sorry forgot to mention that rest of the system

athlon xp1700+
512 sdr
40gb hdd
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playing on a 9700 non-pro with XP2400 and 512 ddr
at 800x600 medium settings just fine.
 
I think your system may still bog on Doom 3 sometimes even with a 9800 pro,
due to your CPU. But if you look at benchmarks between the 9700 and 9800
there is only a few percentage increase in framerate so I'd personally go
with the 9700 depending on the price difference. I picked up a used genuine
ATI 9700 pro for $160 Canadian, compared to a new MSI 9800 pro that goes for
$320 so I saved a lot of dough there for very little change in performance.
 
With your cpu you'll be looking for each fps you can get, so I'd say go with
the 9800Pro. The speeds between the 2 cards isn't that great in general, but
the 9800 edges away a bit when really stressed, and Doom3 will stress a
video card. That being said, if you're just looking for a Doom3 card, until
ATI gets better OpenGL drivers, an nVidia card might be better for you.
 
In my opinion, 9700 pro and your current CPU isn't sufficient enough.
Unless you CAN stand playing games at a low resolution and low detail level.
Shelf the game until you can afford a more aggressive upgrade, or current
aggressive hardware become cheaper
 
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