ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB

[Les Therrien]

Does anyone have one of these? If so, how good is it??

[Roger Evans]

I'm surprised no answers to this Les ~

If it helps I used to have 9700 ~ my only complaint was cooling fan noise ~ I now use 9600 256 which is a lot quieter ~ and I don't see much difference with Revit (I don't play games so can't say about performance difference)

If I were to buy 9800 (or any other Nvidea equivalent) I would go for an uprated cooling system to reduce noise.

[Damo]

Does anyone have one of these? If so, how good is it??

I have the Radeon 9800 XT with 256MB. Use it to power two 17" LCD monitors (one digital and the other analogue).

Graphics are good, I've had no problems with it. I do hear the fan stepping up any time I start pushing the system. When the PC is doing just normal work then the system is relatively quiet, but once the PC starts working I am aware of the fan, but I think this is normal with most systems now.

Bottom line, the graphics card is stable, and I’m sure you know to get the latest drivers.

[Les Therrien]

thanks Damian!

would you say there's a noticable increase of performance over say a 128MB card?

[mlgatzke]

I use an nVidia Quadra 3000FX 256MB to drive 2-20" flat panels with DVI and I absolutely LOVE it. The performance is awsome in every application I try. However, it has glitches in Revit when trying to use the OpenGL performance option. So, I just leave the OpenGL option turned off. It still works GREAT anyway.

[hand471037]

There's a 9600 in my laptop. I love it, it's great. At first I was worried about the ATI, for I liked Nvidia cards more, but so far it's been great. However I'm just driving one monitor, can't say anything about duals (which I miss).

[Wes Macaulay]

Given the fact that you can Revit on a 64Mb video card, I suspect that one of these heavy hitters isn't going to get you much more performance.

[Damo]

At first I was worried about the ATI, for I liked Nvidia cards more, but so far it's been great.

Like yourself, all my previous cards were nVidia and I was unfamiliar with ATI Radeon.

However, I would suggest that Les has a look at Tom’s Hardware here http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...216/index.html Apparently ATI handles the dual monitor set-up better then NVidia

[Roger Evans]

I use Dual CRT with 9600 256
No problems with the system as far as I know ~ its very useful and would be more so if Revit supported Dual Monitors.

The monitors are not identical (I know not the best move but still) ~ the cheaper one ~ an Iiyama 455 conked out last week and was swapped out yesterday ~ Have to say I missed the dual option for that short while but everythings fine again now.

Anyone have any ideas on the monitor going phut?

[Les Therrien]

I just installed an ATI Radeon 9000 rv.250 128 mb card about 7-8 months ago.

The Radeon 9800 was available at the time but was more than double the price.
It was about $1000.00 CND. I am guessing the price has come down some since.
The reason I am considering this card again is only because every little nano-second adds up very quickly! If I can gain an hour a week then it's heaven!!