Is AIW9700 PRO a good card?

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I have seen lots of discussion about 9800 or 9600 card here, but not much
about 9700, is it a good card? why no one ever talk about it?
 
I discuss said:
I have seen lots of discussion about 9800 or 9600 card here, but not much
about 9700, is it a good card? why no one ever talk about it?
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Because it is a discontinued product.
 
I have seen lots of discussion about 9800 or 9600 card here, but not much
about 9700, is it a good card? why no one ever talk about it?
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Its still a good product, but you can't buy them new any more.
 
its still a great card.
i guess ati decided they realy didnt need a card between the 9800 and the
9600.
 
The 9800 is the successor to the 9700 series. It is essentially the same as
the 9700 but with a refined VPU, and faster memory. The prices on the 9800
cards are dropping and you may be able to get a really good deal on a 9700
somewhere, but generally the latter cards are no longer in retail stores.

JK
 
my brother bought a secondhand AIW9700pro last week
- it clocks up to 9800pro speeds and is superb - cost him £80
 
Say What!?!?!?

How is the 9700 not DX9 compatible?

AFAIK Anything newer than 9200 is DX9 compatible.

And that does not mean that it won't work with DX9 based games. It only
means that DX9 stuff will not be used. FYI, I am using an anciet AIW8500dv
to play Far Cry just fine...
How am I not playing it correctly? It looks absolutely beautiful even on my
old rig.

What does that tell you?
 
DaveW said:
It is an older card that is NOT DX9 capable, and so can't play the newer
games correctly.
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Wrong. The 9700 Pro is fully DX9 compliant. Also 256bit memory, 8 pipelines
and fast (325/600). Just updated / replaced by the 9800 series.
 
And that does not mean that it won't work with DX9 based games. It only
means that DX9 stuff will not be used. FYI, I am using an anciet AIW8500dv
to play Far Cry just fine...
How am I not playing it correctly? It looks absolutely beautiful even on my
old rig.

What does that tell you?
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I wouldn't call an 8500 ancient. The full bore 8500 is directly comparable
to a Geforce4 Ti4600. It's only drawback is the lack of DX9 compliance, and
as you noted, you don't see much of a difference in most games. In terms of
speed and benchmars, it's basically identical to the 9600 Pro. Get's about
12,000 in 3DMark01 with a 3.0Ghz processor.
 
Andrew said:
Buts its high on the irresponsible FUD meter.
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Yep. But I think the only way that we're going to get it to stop spreading
that particular FUD is to get IRS, BATF, Homeland Security, Al Qaeda, PLO,
Mossad, or some agency of a like or similar nature to take an interest in
its wellbeing and the diminishing of same.
 
DaveW said:
It is an older card that is NOT DX9 capable, and so can't play the newer
games correctly.
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Back at your old games again? ... remember when the R300 kicked nvidia's Ass?
 
very funny



Ass?
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This is old stuff now, Ron. DaveW has repeated that claim many times,
but recently rethought and admitted he was wrong.

Not much point in chasing it now ;-)

patrickp

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