Radeon 9800SE, anyone have mod results?

[Johnbear007]

Wow


I had to share this, I know it belongs in brag$moan but I just went to best buy to buy a 9800 np

They were out, so they gave me a pro for 275$ !

 

[modedepe]

Pretty good price! Nice going.

 

[paperfist]

Has anyone seen benchmarks of the 9800SE in stock form? Do they compare to the 9600Pro speed wise because of the hardware limitations?

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: paperfist
Has anyone seen benchmarks of the 9800SE in stock form? Do they compare to the 9600Pro speed wise because of the hardware limitations?

I think the 9600 pro beats it. The 9600 pro has higher clock speeds

 

[Nyquest007]

check the links on the first few post labeled text.
I have a question of performance difference in a gfti4400 and the 9800se from sapphire? It has the 256 bit mem interface, but with the other 4 pipes down. Even if the other 4 pipes don't allow proper operation, will it still outperform my current card? on the new aquamark 3 I get almost 22,00 points. I'm running 1.8@2.4a p4. I guess is it worth it or should I wait till the dx9 games actually get here?

 

[paperfist]

Yeah, sorry just finished reading the overclockers.com link. Seems like in DX8 and Quake the 9800SE is faster, but in all the rest it's pretty much a tie in stock form.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Nyquest007
check the links on the first few post labeled text.
I have a question of performance difference in a gfti4400 and the 9800se from sapphire? It has the 256 bit mem interface, but with the other 4 pipes down. Even if the other 4 pipes don't allow proper operation, will it still outperform my current card? on the new aquamark 3 I get almost 22,00 points. I'm running 1.8@2.4a p4. I guess is it worth it or should I wait till the dx9 games actually get here?

With a Ti4400 I would wait. I went from an 8500 and even that is still fine, however I moved it to my wifes machine to upgrade her card. If not I would have held off.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Nyquest007
check the links on the first few post labeled text.
I have a question of performance difference in a gfti4400 and the 9800se from sapphire? It has the 256 bit mem interface, but with the other 4 pipes down. Even if the other 4 pipes don't allow proper operation, will it still outperform my current card? on the new aquamark 3 I get almost 22,00 points. I'm running 1.8@2.4a p4. I guess is it worth it or should I wait till the dx9 games actually get here?

I'd wait. If the 9800se didn't mod it wouldn't be that huge of an improvement.

 

[Nyquest007]

Thanks for the reply, I guess that's more money for games now, ha!

 

[pelikan]

There are 9800SE's clocked at 380/340. But there are also 9800SE's clocked at 325/250. So if you want to do the softmod you should find one that is not only 256 bit, but also with the higher clocks.

 

[Nyquest007]

So do you think by the time HL2 gets here prices on the cards will have gone down or will they maybe go up with anticipated surges in sales due to the Game release? I've heard the next card, the XT, is coming soon, maybe that will drive the prices down even further. One final note, I've looked at the Sapphire card@ 198$ from newegg. The product link showed that it was 256bit card, but only 4 pipes open, not sure of the clocks. IS there potential there to kick my gf4400 out of my machine? There is a chance I could sale my card off for about half the price of the Sapphire part. I'm so confused.

 

[pelikan]

I'm very tempted to try out this one at BananaPC.

 

[Nyquest007]

that's the one that overclockers new zealand got going with 8 pipes open and good or better than performance of other 9800pro's.
link
http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/review.php?id=03vga00r9800se0powercolr9800se00105
check it out and tell me what you think? Is it a go? Seems to be "The ONE"

 

[pelikan]

Originally posted by: Nyquest007
that's the one that overclockers new zealand got going with 8 pipes open and good or better than performance of other 9800pro's.
link
http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/review.php?id=03vga00r9800se0powercolr9800se00105
check it out and tell me what you think? Is it a go? Seems to be "The ONE"

Great link. Thanks. This looks good.

 

[Nyquest007]

okay, I just downloaded the demo for Jedi knight: Academy and it plays real jerky at 1280x whatever it is. It's okay at 1078x740, but anything higher it gets slow. Is this just the game, like enter the matrix and it's issues, or is it the v-card? If so would the 9800se from powercolor boost performance from my current gf4400?
P.S. Something about a hot chic and a lightsaber really gets me going!

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Nyquest007
okay, I just downloaded the demo for Jedi knight: Academy and it plays real jerky at 1280x whatever it is. It's okay at 1078x740, but anything higher it gets slow. Is this just the game, like enter the matrix and it's issues, or is it the v-card? If so would the 9800se from powercolor boost performance from my current gf4400?
P.S. Something about a hot chic and a lightsaber really gets me going!

No, you would need to go higher, like 9800 pro. the 4400 is better than the 9800se